Australian living near Brisbane. Cis-het married cat lady, retired web developer, vigorously pro-choice atheist and feminist. My train station is Lawnton, I shop at Warner, and I have a potato for a federal MP.

Diagnosed at 60 as #ActuallyAutistic. Strong opinions, many interests, boring AF. I don’t get out much

My pronouns are she/her. My cats are Shula (black) and Jana (tortie).

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  • anathema_device@kbin.socialtoPolitics@kbin.social•No subject in American politics exhibits our reliance on strawman more than the abortion debate.
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    1 year ago

    @Metaright “Until both sides start addressing each other’s actual arguments”

    Really, no.

    The entire anti-abortion thing has been wrought from nothing, for the express purpose of working up conservative voters. Like the anti-drag thing, the anti-‘woke’ thing, etc.

    The ‘actual’ argument on the forced birther side comes down to whether a person capable of being pregnant has bodily autonomy. That side completely denies this. You simply can’t have a rational argument with people who want you dead, injured, or tied to a life with children you don’t want and/or can’t afford. Who think scooping out a clump of cells with no independent thought or existence is worse than an 8 year old being forced to bear a child to term, an adult dying of sepsis or giving birth to a ‘baby’ incapable of survival or a life free from pain and severe disability.

    Their argument basically comes down to “Kinder, Küche, Kirche”. Keep women barefoot, pregnant, and uneducated.

    Don’t you dare to try and both sides this.

  • anathema_device@kbin.socialtoPolitics@kbin.social•No subject in American politics exhibits our reliance on strawman more than the abortion debate.
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    1 year ago

    @Metaright “The way to sway a pro-lifer, then, is to demonstrate that a fetus doesn’t have personhood.”

    No, first you have to persuade them that the life of the fetus bearer is worth something more than being an incubator.

    Which you will never do.

    People who are anti-abortion fanatics may or may not believe that a fetus is a baaaaaby, really. But what they really do not believe in is the personhood of the placenta owner.

    And until you find a way to convince them that a real, living, breathing human being with feelings and rights who already exists independently has rights, including that to life unburdened by an unwanted pregnancy for any reason, you won’t convince them of anything else.

  • anathema_device@kbin.socialtoNews@kbin.social•French police kill teen who refused traffic stop
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    1 year ago

    @sendingmath Macron is coming out for the family, against the police

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66045686

    "French President Emmanuel Macron came out quickly and strongly in support of the family of 17-year-old Nahel M, calling his shooting by police “inexplicable and inexcusable”.

    The teenager was shot in his car in the Paris region after failing to stop when ordered to by traffic police.

    Video of the incident on social media shows an officer pointing a gun at the driver of a car. The officer then appears to fire at point-blank range as the driver tries to drive off.

    Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne said the video of his killing contained “shocking images showing a police intervention manifestly in contravention of the rules”.

    And Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said that if the “content of the video is confirmed, there is no way that the act which we see there can be justified.”

    It looks very much as if the government has made a coordinated effort to send out a message of appeasement and pacification.

    The police unions are not happy."