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He absolutely can voice his opinions, but he's also responsible for them. Is there some social more I missed that says forcing 13 year old rape victims to carr

He absolutely can voice his opinions, but he's also responsible for them. Is there some social more I missed that says forcing 13 year old rape victims to carry children to term is acceptable behavior but not buy videogames from the shitheads who support this policy crosses a line? Why should I support people who are trying to push their religious beliefs on me? Why should I support people who want to regulate what others can do with their own body?

tzs 5y ago
> forcing 13 year old rape victims to carry children to term According to Governor Abbott, this won't be a problem because "Texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets" [1]. [1] https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/gov-abbott-abortion-bill-wont-force-rape-victims-to-have-babies-texas-will-eliminate-rapists/ https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/gov-abbott-abortion-bill-won...
kangnkodos 5y ago
I agree that a woman should get to decide what to do with her own body. Texas SB 8 is bad. But imagine you enter a Twilight Zone episode, and are transferred back to the 1920s. You publicly state your opinion that abortions should be legal, and then you lose your job because of it. How would that feel to you? Even though I think a woman's rights are the most important, I understand that there are lots of people from 1920, or even today who think the unborn baby's rights are the most important. In fact from their point of view, they think people who support abortion are baby killers. That's not right. You and me aren't baby killers. We want to help women. That's all. I don't think people with this other opinion are monsters. They're people. Like you and me. Just people with other opinions. They just want to help unborn babies. That's all.
- version_five 5y ago
  I don't really agree with the second half of your comment - I won't get into that - but the first half is bang on. It's the same idea as asking people if they'd oppose slavery in the antebellum period, and they all pretend they would, while at the same time only supporting mainstream orthodox views in their own time period.

tzs 5y ago

> forcing 13 year old rape victims to carry children to term According to Governor Abbott, this won't be a problem because "Texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets" [1]. [1] https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/gov-abbott-abortion-bill-wont-force-rape-victims-to-have-babies-texas-will-eliminate-rapists/ https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/gov-abbott-abortion-bill-won...

kangnkodos 5y ago

I agree that a woman should get to decide what to do with her own body. Texas SB 8 is bad. But imagine you enter a Twilight Zone episode, and are transferred back to the 1920s. You publicly state your opinion that abortions should be legal, and then you lose your job because of it. How would that feel to you? Even though I think a woman's rights are the most important, I understand that there are lots of people from 1920, or even today who think the unborn baby's rights are the most important. In fact from their point of view, they think people who support abortion are baby killers. That's not right. You and me aren't baby killers. We want to help women. That's all. I don't think people with this other opinion are monsters. They're people. Like you and me. Just people with other opinions. They just want to help unborn babies. That's all.

version_five 5y ago
I don't really agree with the second half of your comment - I won't get into that - but the first half is bang on. It's the same idea as asking people if they'd oppose slavery in the antebellum period, and they all pretend they would, while at the same time only supporting mainstream orthodox views in their own time period.