I believe in individual freedom, not giving some people the freedom to deny freedom to other people. That includes limiting the rights people have over their children's bodies and beliefs.
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Yes, and here it’s the opposite. What I’m getting at is that FGM is a horror, it’s both illegal and ignored, and you’re going after the 11 Jews who haven’t yet been driven out of the UK. +5 points for intellectual consistency, -20 for moral relevance.
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I've explained the problem with whataboutism. I have actually spent considerably more time addressing FGM but even if I hadn't, it would be a pointless and presumptuous fallacy to tell me I shouldn't focus on individual choice in terms of MGM coz FGM exists.
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Whataboutism is not a fair basis for dismissing an argument about proportion. It’s a basis for dismissing an argument about equivalence.
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