https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rfk-infertility-genetic-quote/
Had to fact check it, it wasn't malicious enough
this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2026
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Oh this quote is much older than that guy's relevance. I wouldn't doubt he said it but he surely wouldn't have been the first.
The article does go on to remind us just how obsessed they are with sperm and testicles
This platform never lets the facts get in the way of a story, do they?
This platform isn't a homogenous entity. You're also on this platform.
Welcome to the internet.
Sir, this is a shitposting community. Facts and logic are not allowed.
I mean if your parents didn't have kids, you don't exist and thus cannot have kids.
The term for the statement in formal logic is "vacuous truth"
The statement is true, because the antecedent can't be
Checkmate rationalist...
...or is it?
*How would it be checkmate when he doesn't exist? Think, people, THINK. *
Yeah, it's technically true lol
If your parents were infertile than you wouldn't exist so you wouldn't have kids either.
Nothing in that sentence implies that you not being able to have kids means your parents couldn't have kids.
What if your parents were adopted?
Adoptedness is only partially heritable; if one of your parents is adopted, chances are you're 50% adopted too.
I adopted my parents.
Found the cat.
Someone needs to start taking out billboards with direct quotes from this dude and Trump.
No slogans or message, just their own words.
Although Snopes think he never said it.
I have always thought that billboards should be one of the main political messaging tools. The FOX crowd live in a resonance chamber, but they can't avoid driving or walking by billboards. Intelligently designed billboards can be devastating, and can't be tuned out. They should not be anecdotal, a lot of money and effort should be put in them.
Seriously. I can't believe this isn't parody.
He's not technically wrong, though.
Infertile isn't the same thing as sterile, and treatments like IVF can help couples conceive when they wouldn't be able to naturally.
Many conditions that can cause infertility have genetic components.
This isn't true. He says enough stupid things without having to make things up. https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/fact-check-robert-f-kennedy-233148881.html
Brain problems run in his family
this completely absolves the worm 💯
This man is a GENIUS!
Since I genuinely cant tell yet if this site is smarter or dumber than reddit, let me point out the fact that this is obvious sarcasm.
There is no longer any belief that is so outrageous that you can't find many people that genuinely hold it. Plain text is bereft of the unconscious social cues that could get around that problem, so there is no way to tell sarcasm just through print.
This is a corollary to Poe's Law.
I understand what he's saying he's just saying it badly. Like yea if you needed fertility treatments to conceive then your offspring may need it to.
Ironic considering his parents didn't have any kids that lived.
100% of people born will die. Stay afraid.
Wait....
Infertility runs in my partner's family.
Wow. If stupidity was painful, this guy would scream at the top of his lungs.
Did you know Wombats poop cubes? Their intestines and pelvic structure shape the feces into perfect blocks that don't roll away—ideal for marking territory on rocks and uneven ground without it sliding off.
I did. It's quite odd
Worm starved to death.
If my parents couldn't have kids, I wouldn't have to listen to his bullshit
whait… the super spreader realy said this? xD
No. Check snopes.
Yall acting like people who are infertil can't adopt a kid smh
Clearly and obviously talking about biological parents and kids.
Nah then the kids that get adapt will be infirt
Exactly