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Originally Posted by Pookie
Suchfriends, I agree with you a majority of the time. But when you get it wrong, you get it soooo wrong.
I think you show your ignorance shaped by 1) being a man (Fugazifan said it best) and 2) that dumb religion of your's.
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Excuse me but when did I exactly say to prohibit all abortion? Be sensible people, I am talking about restrictions on abortion such as age-requirments and waiting periods, reasonable compromises aren't they?
(A) the overwhelming majority of people in my life both growing up and at this exact moment as I type this are women
(b) My religion has nothing to do with it, that is just my gut reaction to something so ugly. Even Democrats traditionally haven't been so vocal about this issue because it is inherently divisive.
You are free to disagree with me, but I feel it is an ugly thing to build a platform around. Again, reproductive health issues are one thing, unabated abortion is another.
I am far from a Republican about this, and if anything, I would criticize them all the more for being open hypocrites and exploiting many people's (bi-partisan across the aisle) feelings about it when they really plan to do nothing.
Further, it is not smart for "Democrats" to demonize or vilify religion, believe it or not, an impressive majority of Americans would be offended at that. America isn't exactly an atheist country yet, so folks should be mutually polite. Again, my feelings about abortion have NOTHING to do with my religion, they are just my gut reaction to the situation.
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Originally Posted by fugazifan
Men should only be allowed to talk about abortions once single mothers receive subsadies, get free medical treatment for their pregnancies, safe contraception and safe sex is taught in schools, and safe forms of contraception are provided at little to no cost.
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I could agree with this in many regards, and I would feel that abortion aside you are absolutely right about what you have proposed there. Of course I have to say that it is also ugly to pretend this is a men vs women issue when many women aren't exactly unified about it. If anything, that is just another Democrat political ploy to create divides that may not reflect reality but political fiction.
Look how quickly it has managed to get two folks who generally agree and are quite friendly with me to suddenly become crass and negative towards me. See what I mean about being ugly? There are better things to build a platform around, less divisive matters we can rally behind as a community. Abortion is not one of them. Have some of you "feminist" men here actually seen an abortion? Think about this, for those of you who are parents, is that exactly what you would have wanted for your own children?