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I'm pro-choice, but labeling terms like 'unborn babies' as 'weird' for being 'politically loaded' feels like an unproductive distraction. You're just adding bai
by lxe 2y ago
I'm pro-choice, but labeling terms like 'unborn babies' as 'weird' for being 'politically loaded' feels like an unproductive distraction. You're just adding bait to a divisive debate rather than contributing any real substance to the conversation.
- mint2 2y agoIt’s divisive to not want loaded language that is almost exclusively used by anti-abortion advocates rather than the general terminology? Using the divisive terminology is what’s divisive, not the comment complaining about the divisive language
- consteval 2y agoI believe it is politically loaded, but that it doesn't matter here. Certainly I'm not going to bother to call these things out when it's not really the topic. But, since we're here, I think it's loaded because it implies the fetus will be born. It kind of gives the impressions that a fetus is equivalent to a baby given enough time, hence they are unborn babies. I think that language is inherently anti-choice. It seems nitpicky but these subtle collective consciousness changes result in culture shifts over time.
- EasyMark 2y agoI think you have to watch for such terminology as it fetus is a much better word, otherwise you let reporters sneak in their own personal biases instead of using neutral terminology.