What do you say we lighten things up and talk about abortion? You know, I feel like I'm losing some of you here, and I want to win all of you back with this one. Let's talk about abortion. Let's talk about child killing and see if we can't get some chuckles rippling through the room here. Let's talk about mass murder of young, unborn children and see if we can't coalesce into one big, healthy gut laugh. Ha ha ha ha! Boy, I've never seen an issue so divisive. It's like a civil war, isn't it? Even amongst my friends, who are all very intelligent; they're totally divided on abortion. It's unbelievable. Some of my friends, for instance, think these pro-life people are annoying idiots. Other of my friends think these pro-life people : are evil fucks. How are we going to come to a consensus? You ought to hear the arguments around my house: 'They're annoying, they're idiots.' 'They're evil, they're fucks!' Brothers, sisters, come together! Can't we once just join hands and think of them as evil-annoying-idiot-fucks? I beseech you. But that's me :
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker uses dark humor to highlight the divisiveness of the abortion debate and the extreme language used by both sides.
- In plain terms
- Abortion causes deep division and people use very strong words against each other.
- What can you take from it?
- Humor can expose how polarized a topic has become.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does humor affect serious political debates?
- What language divides communities most?
Another view
The quote relies on shock value which may alienate some audiences.
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