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by fqyzj 1132 days ago
If you are mentally capable of doing something then you should be mentally capable of hearing that doing that is wrong - it'd be great if we could all agree that's a good thing, also.

Using the term "vulnerable young women" is trying to remove the agency from them, which is despicable.
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Timon3 1132 days ago
> If you are mentally capable of doing something then you should be mentally capable of hearing that doing that is wrong - it'd be great if we could all agree that's a good thing, also.

Would you be okay if, for the rest of your life, protesters stood in front of your home and shouted "die for breathing, die for breathing"? Presumably not, right? Although you're mentally capable of breathing, which should mean you're mentally capable of hearing that doing that is wrong?

> Using the term "vulnerable young women" is trying to remove the agency from them, which is despicable.

Can you explain why? I don't see how any agency is removed from them. Pregnancy itself makes women more vulnerable, and someone going through a very hard decision will be impacted even more. Whose agency did I just try to remove?

Or could it be that you're just projecting?

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fqyzj 1132 days ago
By definition, breathing and killing are complete opposites.

I wouldn't like it if people shouted slogans in front of my house but they have a right to it.

If women are in a vulnerable, hormonal state maybe they shouldn't be the ones making these decisions. Either they can make the decision and go through the consequences, or they can't. There's no middle ground of doing something and then having people who disagree with what you did silenced.

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Timon3 1132 days ago
> By definition, breathing and killing are complete opposites.

So? Did your earlier messages include anything on breathing or killing? There were no specifiers.

> I wouldn't like it if people shouted slogans in front of my house but they have a right to it.

Alright, awesome on you for consistency! I don't think they have the right, and I'm lucky to live somewhere that also wouldn't think so.

> If women are in a vulnerable, hormonal state maybe they shouldn't be the ones making these decisions.

Why are you trying to take agency away from women? Didn't you just say this kind of behavior is despicable?

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