GOP State Senator thinks we should ship the mentally ill & disabled to Siberia to die. Seriously.

[salienne]

Lawmaker advocates eugenics
By Shira Schoenberg / Monitor staff

A 91-year-old state representative told a constituent that he believes in eugenics and that the world would be better off without "defective people."

Barrington[, New Hampshire] Republican Martin Harty told Sharon Omand, a Strafford resident who manages a community mental health

Comments

[sashwizzled]

I suppose 'lacking all empathy and human compassion' don't come under his header of 'defective'.

[webbgirl]

Yeah. So when other folks decide that the world is better off with anyone over 70 being shipped off??

Idiot.

[celtic_thistle]

Yeah, dude, um, you're 91. You think you'll somehow be exempt from something draconian and horrible like that?!

[incarnated_joy]

I can think of several people who would benefit the world by shuffling off the mortal coil. *pointed stare* But it's based entirely on how much of a dick you are, 91 years old or not.

[cyranothe2nd]

LOOK AT YOUR LIFE. LOOK AT YOUR CHOICES.

[trialia]

*hands you an internet*