Eugenics, The Pledge, And The Worst Mother Of The Year.

I figured that I would set politics aside for today's post to talk about a some strange news coming out of North Carolina, California, and... where ever the hell NBC is based (New York?).  All three stories are, quite frankly, very disturbing, and I want to give everyone reading this a heads up - the California one may make you doubt humanity more so than you probably already do.  The other two will really solidify that doubt.  I'm sure of it.

Oh, South Carolina.  I'll miss making fun of you.  Please send us

more gems like this one...

For once, South Carolina can feel embarrassed by its northern less-hick counterpart.  In 1933, North Carolina became one of a few other states where eugenics was practiced, specifically targeting low income females.  For those of you that don't know, eugenics is the practice of sterilization to rid the targeted species of "unfit" characteristics.  Let me just toss a few key words back out at you:  "sterilization"; "unfit characteristics"; "targeting low income females."

Social workers for the state would pressure parents into sterilizing their sons and daughters - a practice that all other states with eugenic laws swept under the rug shortly after World War II.  Why?  Because a lot of evidence (and I mean an overwhelming amount of evidence) showed that Hitler's Third Reich pursued eugenics in an attempt to create their pure, Aryan race.  But that didn't stop North Carolina!  Nazis be damned!