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An old poster arguing against women's suffrage. I'm particularly fascinated by outdated arguments for things we today consider completely beyond dispute - arguments for slavery, child beating, genocide, racism, etc. I feel like I'm doing "argument archaeology" or something.

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Aella

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Nov 10, 2019

Not really? My mind doesn't change, but it does freak me out a little bit how good people were at rationalizing things then (and by extension, probably today too)

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Like, pro-slavery arguments were 'sane'-sounding. Most of what I've read relies on two main points - 1., if you're gonna be anti-slavery you have to change how you treat women/children/animals which is absurd, and 2., we're actively helping the enslaved, this is best for them

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Maybe it is killing a baby, but if killing a fetus = killing a baby then i'm fine with mothers killing their babies.

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For... abortion? Maybe I'm missing your point here, I don't understand the similarity.

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Ah I understand. Still though, you could take that exact same argument and reverse it - you're arguing for the evil of "removing agency from a woman's body" and everything you say about it is just rationalizing.

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