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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Wanna know if a pro-choice argument is effective at persuasion? Simply apply the Anti-Abortion Translator: replace "abortion" with "shooting babies in the head". If your pro choice argument suddenly sounds idiotic with the translator applied, then it's not gonna be persuasive.
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In an interview with The Chronicle, VP Kamala Harris warned of grave consequences if the Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade: “I don’t mean to sound alarmist, I mean this: Women will die." Read more: bit.ly/3EOQ0Sx
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@ChanaMessinger
I think it's possible! arguments like "abortion isn't actually shooting babies in the head" at least address the problem. arguments like "anti abortion people don't care about women's rights" just sound idiotic
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Chana
@ChanaMessinger
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I mean, I think that while belief is largely earnest, one can also discount the feelings of outgroup people and "don't care about women's rights" is in part pointing at something real there, even if it's not good for persuasion. I've found failures like that in my own beliefs.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@ChanaMessinger
is it? I don't think "not caring about women's rights " rings particularly true at all in any meaningful way to me. maybe I'm not understanding your point here
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Chana
@ChanaMessinger
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@Aella_Girl
I think if you mentally jerk to an image of an irresponsible slut when you think about women getting abortions, you're going to have a different orientation to the whole thing, even if you know that women have abortions for all kinds of reasons.
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