5-4 incoming?

[Skarne]

Originally Posted by Horza [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Possible new GOP slogan: Fuck those five thousand rape victims.

“They're all in favor of the unborn. They will do anything for the unborn. But once you're born, you're on your own. Pro-life conservatives are obsessed with the fetus from conception to nine months. After that, they don't want to know about you. They don't want to hear from you. No nothing. No neonatal care, no day care, no head start, no school lunch, no food stamps, no welfare, no nothing. If you're preborn, you're fine; if you're preschool, you're fucked.”

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by Horza [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Possible new GOP slogan: Fuck those five thousand rape victims.

Not saying that and you know it smart Alec.

I think it's a red herring to bring up rape.

Let me know if I know what a red herring is! 🐒

[Kaveh]

Originally Posted by Reiwa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's lost now but I did look up US rape numbers 2019 and number of abortions.

It was something like 5k vs 600k.

5000 seems like a lot?

[Jibartik]

My pitch: admit that it's destroying an individual person and then decide how you feel about that by voting.

[robayon]

I like the Pastor David Barnhart one, too:

“The unborn” are a convenient group of people to advocate for. They never make demands of you; they are morally uncomplicated, unlike the incarcerated, addicted, or the chronically poor; they don’t resent your condescension or complain that you are not politically correct; unlike widows, they don’t ask you to question patriarchy; unlike orphans, they don’t need money, education, or childcare; unlike aliens, they don’t bring all that racial, cultural, and religious baggage that you dislike; they allow you to feel good about yourself without any work at creating or maintaining relationships; and when they are born, you can forget about them, because they cease to be unborn. It’s almost as if, by being born, they have died to you. You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone. They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus but actually dislike people who breathe.

Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible? They all get thrown under the bus for the unborn.

[Skarne]

Originally Posted by robayon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I like the Pastor David Barnhart one, too:

“The unborn” are a convenient group of people to advocate for. They never make demands of you; they are morally uncomplicated, unlike the incarcerated, addicted, or the chronically poor; they don’t resent your condescension or complain that you are not politically correct; unlike widows, they don’t ask you to question patriarchy; unlike orphans, they don’t need money, education, or childcare; unlike aliens, they don’t bring all that racial, cultural, and religious baggage that you dislike; they allow you to feel good about yourself without any work at creating or maintaining relationships; and when they are born, you can forget about them, because they cease to be unborn. It’s almost as if, by being born, they have died to you. You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone. They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus but actually dislike people who breathe.

Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible? They all get thrown under the bus for the unborn.

I like it too

[unsunghero]

Originally Posted by robayon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I like the Pastor David Barnhart one, too:

“The unborn” are a convenient group of people to advocate for. They never make demands of you; they are morally uncomplicated, unlike the incarcerated, addicted, or the chronically poor; they don’t resent your condescension or complain that you are not politically correct; unlike widows, they don’t ask you to question patriarchy; unlike orphans, they don’t need money, education, or childcare; unlike aliens, they don’t bring all that racial, cultural, and religious baggage that you dislike; they allow you to feel good about yourself without any work at creating or maintaining relationships; and when they are born, you can forget about them, because they cease to be unborn. It’s almost as if, by being born, they have died to you. You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone. They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus but actually dislike people who breathe.

Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible? They all get thrown under the bus for the unborn.

Let’s see how many biased assumptions can be inferred in a single paragraph

- being against illegal immigration or exploits of our asylum system for economic purposes is being anti-immigration

- being a Republican means you are wealthy and privileged despite more and more republicans being blue collar working class and more and more democrats being wealthy ivory tower dwelling elites

- questioning how to fairly and ethically fund healthcare for all, free unicorns for everyone, free daycare for all parents, free printed money for all citizens means you want people to suffer and die from their illnesses and their children to be neglected

It’s biased as fuck man, I could keep going but lost interest at this point in challenging each one

[robayon]

Originally Posted by unsunghero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It’s biased as fuck man, I could keep going but lost interest at this point in challenging each one

They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by robayon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

This is a quote about anti-Semitism. What?

[robayon]

Originally Posted by Reiwa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is a quote about anti-Semitism. What?

Don't worry we don't like digging too deep into Sartre for a few specific reasons. I like thinking of it as useful against fascists, even if it's not about anti-Semitism.