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My favorite arguments are ones that pit two ideas from the same cultural trope against each other. For example, "It's racist to decry catcalling; most catcalls are done by POC, where catcalling is a flattering/nonthreatening gesture, and the white protest is unwelcome"

Aella

@Aella_Girl

Feb 26, 2019

or: "If eating meat is wrong, then late-term abortion is wrong too" or "If eating meat is fine, then fucking animals should be legal" or "If women should have control over their own bodies even with externalities, then abortion+sex work should be legal" If you have any, comment!

Aella

@Aella_Girl

Feb 26, 2019

or the ol' classic I'm really into lately: "If we're gonna truly treat women like they have agency, then we should stop expecting men to be the ones to protect us from other sexist men"

Aella

@Aella_Girl

or "Pedophilia is terrible - sexual arousal from a scenario that only results in damage to another person is horrible. Also, BDSM should be illegal."

9:36 AM · Feb 26, 2019

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@gabbymcnabb@spore.social

@GabbyMcNabb

Feb 26, 2019

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@Aella_Girl

"From the same cultural troupe"... Are these meant to be trite examples of compartmentalized thinking? It just reads as poor understandings of sets of ideas with some sort of forced relationship...