Anti-LGBT Texas Rep. Now Claims We Won’t Survive in Space

[tabaqui]

Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert is no stranger to making outlandish and unverifiable claims about LGBT people.

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[mercystars]

He failed biology dozens of times, didn't he.

[tabaqui]

I think it's safe to say he never actually graduated.

[screw_reality]

The way people talk about the survival of the species depending on moving off world, you'd think we already had a ton of sustainable colonies established. They also don't seem to have any idea how selective an exodus from Earth would really be. I remember a TA in one of my classes really going on a rant about NASA being de-funded and how Earth was doomed and we need to colonize the Moon and Mars now now now. Nobody is inviting you and your Philosophy PhD, friend.

[tabaqui]

Right? If they think that money and the 1% is gross now, just imagine the free-for-all shite-fest that picking people to 'colonize' other planets would be. Sure, the initial group would be, in essence, worker-bees, but if anyone is imagining a fair lottery or something, they're very confused.

And yes, holy gods - don't they *realize* that humans living off-planet, sustainably and permanently is decades - maybe a century - in the future?

[hobbits_friend]

How about "saving mankind" by trying to make THIS planet a better place to live for everyone instead of worrying about about gays on Mars? But global warming and all those other environmental problems are just myths, right?

[tanglespiders]

"If we had to flee the Earth -- THROUGH NO FAULT OF OUR OWN, DEFINITELY NOT BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IDK, GIANT SPIDERS, MAYBE -- would you take two male pandas on your gargantuan space ark? Don't be foolish."

[tabaqui]

*snickers madly*

[hobbits_friend]

I would rather take the pandas or even the giant spiders as long as I don't need to take any stupid Republicans with me :D

[tanglespiders]

You’re wanting to save humankind for posterity, basically a modern-day Noah, you have that ability to be a modern day Noah, you can preserve life. How many same-sex couples would you take from the animal kingdom and from humans to put on a spacecraft to perpetuate humanity and the wildlife kingdom?

I wish I got paid $174,000 a year to retell Futurama jokes on cspan.

Anyway, I say we go the Seveneves route. Bye, ya hateful pos.

[thedabara_cds]

This presupposes that we'd be able to colonize other planets but are too stupid to bring in-vetro fertilization equipment on board. And that being on the same spaceship with all that gay sex would turn every single hetero on board gay all of a sudden.

This man was born with no logic circuit. Or more likely is flamingly gay but just can't admit it, even to himself.