WATCH: Larry Wilmore Lends 'Solidarity Dildo' Support for 'Cocks Not Glocks' Protestors

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 Adam Johnson
October 14, 2015

Larry Wilmore launched #SolidarityDildo Tuesday night to show his support for a group at UT trying to bring awareness to a newly-passed law allowing guns on Texas university campuses. Protestors have organized a "Campus Dildo Carry" action designed to draw attention to the fact that students cannot legally display dildos in public but can display instruments of death. 

The law will go into effect on August 1st, 2016, the exact day of the 50th anniversary of the Charles Witman shooting at UT - the first campus mass shooting in American history. An ironic touch that Wilmore found to be uniquely terrible.

"Are you kidding me? That's like using silver from ground zero to make commemorative 9/11 coins," Wilmore said, before playing an infomercial pitching just that. The protest struck the perfect note for Wilmore, who seemed genuinely excited to lend his support.

"To be clear," The Nightly Show host said. "Your fake penis is not okay, but your overcompensating penis is."

Watch the clip below:

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