The beauty of a representative making a eye-raising (mildly-said) comment is criticism. And in the age of social media, the beauty of critics is how they make it. This video is satire of Rep. Todd Atkin's sour "legitimate rape" comment on contraception and abortion, featuring a pharmaceutical ad showing legitimate rape as an emerging birth control. Fabulous, they make it seem, and easier too!
Well, it's all completely mocking Atkin's remark, and of course after a cringe and laugh, I find it more interesting that people would actually make such an ad, or when any one person does give a damn to express their outrage through humor. It's pretty sarcastic. Humor is a unique platform of criticism for political moves and persons, and especially in a society of Saturday Night Live, it seems more available to the general public, easier for them to understand how ridiculous or insightful some political issues can be.
This is pretty funny . . .
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