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US Politics 22h
One thing I find interesting about Christian conservatives is that they oppose welfare because “charity is a personal obligation, not meant to be enforced by the state” or whatever but then on abortion they need to enforce their morals on everyone
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Anonymous 22h

Like y’all just pick and choose the issues (abortion, gay marriage, trans rights, etc.) where it’s imperative that we enforce everyone acts like a Christian, but feeding the hungry or housing homeless people is way too much to ask of Christian billionaires who want to decide they owe poor people nothing

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Anonymous 21h

Then they orgasm to fake $5000 Trump hand outs

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Anonymous 21h

Christian conservatives also generally support banning armed robbery because they need to force their morals on everyone

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Anonymous 22h

charity should be up to the individual to choose to do with their resources if they have them, not required for everyone no matter what killing babies is bad why is this a hard concept

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 21h

Abortion restrictions contribute to women dying Women dying is bad Why is this a hard concept?

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 21h

false equivalency fallacy

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 21h

No one really thought abortion was “killing babies” until Protestant leaders and Republicans started exchanging some cash and plans in the 1980s. And legally fetuses are not babies. Trying to have a developing clump of cells be considered a human life with all the legal protections of born humans, because they were already “shaped in the image of God,” is an example of Christians trying to enforce their moral doctrine on everyone.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 21h

“False equivalence fallacy” bro don’t use words you can’t understand It’s an analogy, showcasing that the abortion issue is larger than just “killing babies”. I’m not declaring them to be equal, I’m showcasing the other side of the problem you’re actively ignoring

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 21h

Can you point to where I told you what Christians should believe? You guys love this stupid picture and using it anytime you can’t actually articulate a good response

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 21h

Banning the sale of kidneys contributes to people dying People dying is bad Obviously you must support the legal sale of human organs

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 21h

Robbery has been a crime in like every single society to ever exist

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 21h

What explains the heavy legal restrictions before the 80’s?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 21h

Why?

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 21h

The American Medical Association wanted to “professionalize medicine” (eliminate competition from midwives and in-home practitioners), and demographic anxiety that white people were being replaced among WASPs. It really wasn’t until later that the whole “abortion is baby murder” thing really caught on

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 21h

Because basically every moral system universally agrees that using the threat of violence to steal from someone is a punishable offense

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 21h

But some people rob gas stations at gun point anyways. Why should we be able to force our moral systems on those people?

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 21h

General good of a society based on cooperation and betterment of individual circumstances

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 21h

Yeah I’m not saying the state doesnt have the power to set laws. I’m saying Christians pick and choose when they think the government should create/enforce laws through the lens of “Christian morals” and when Christianity should be optional to participate in. They almost always pick the option where they can inflict worse outcomes on poor people, women, gay people, etc.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 21h

The AMA was making the explicit argument that abortion was ending a life in the mid 1800’s at the dawn of embryology.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 21h

So… do you hold funerals for every embryo that doesn’t make it? Just curious

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 21h

Oh btw, THIS is a false equivalence fallacy #1

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 21h

I mean yes they used that language, but it’s highly reductionist to act like that’s the one reason why they wanted to ban abortion, and you didn’t have droves of Christian Protestant voters fired up about it because of “baby murder.” That part came later when Republicans where trying to find ways to gain popularity again after opposing the Civil rights movement

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