I've always been critical towards fellow pro-choicers who pretend like all pro-lifers are misogynistic men, since it's objectively untrue.

But who knows, maybe pretending actually is politically expedient here. I mean, conservatives have spent years pretending that all feminists are misandrist, all civil rights advocates are racist against white people, & all vegans are misanthropes. Sometimes inflating bad elements of your opposition is actually just really effective.

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Chickie · F

I hear about women who are pro-lifers just as men. I just don't agree with their views and see them both as hypocritical

BlueVeins · 22-25

@Chickie Nothing hypocritical about it in either case. I believe life begins at sentience and they believe life begins when the DNA gets synthesized. I like to take pot shots at Republicans for supporting both abortion bans and an economic environment that enables poverty, but even then, it's completely possible to cobble together a coherent philosophy that allows both, unfortunately.

Chickie · F

@BlueVeins they are hypocritical when they don't adopt or help kids that get trafficked.

BlueVeins · 22-25

@Chickie I mean I think burglary should be illegal, but I don't personally help people whose houses are at risk of getting burgled or whatever. Failing to help is fundamentally different from acting to hurt, and that's even moreso the case in conservative thought.

Chickie · F

@BlueVeins burglary isn't the same thing as helping unfortunate kids when people want to selfishly breed.

Typical pro-life trash argument I'm leaving this convo

BlueVeins · 22-25

@Chickie Didn't say it was. Steel-manning opposition isn't being pro-life lmao