06-30-2022, 10:00 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-30-2022, 10:03 AM by JasonBlack.)
I am pro-life, but generally I don't talk about it as much because
1) Most of my opinions are centered around practicality. This one is just a lot more gut-level in a way that I can't expect people to care about in a debate. (it really boils down to "is it alive or isn't it?". I come down on the side of "better safe than sorry")
2) I really can see the other side here. I'm not a fan of the "you just want abortion cuz ur a hoe!" type arguments.
What disturbs me the most is the degree to which society has this view of "but there's so many unwanted children".....what the hell? That isn't supposed to be normal. We're supposed to be a society that views children as a blessing, protects children, derives meaning from taking care of children. Both our education system and the broader culture have been completely negligent in teaching people to become parents and to value taking care of children. "Pfft! I don't want kids! I just want to go around fucking random people until I'm 52 and work 60 hours a week even though I hate capitalism, screw family!"
imo, there are three main barometers that show how much actual compassion you have
1) How do you treat your significant other?
2) How do you treat service workers?
3) How do you treat children?
What I see instead is....everyone wants people to take care of them[i] even when they are [i]grown ass adults. No, I'm not necessarily talking about welfare/charity. It's more like this game of "socialism of self-esteem" where people resort to shameless displays of learned helplessness to get pity and validation, while viewing attention given to others as attention taken away from them. Think about it....how is society going to view children when you have such a large % of the population who feels competitive or someone else getting attention? Of course children need more attention than adults. Frankly, this is a variant of cultural covert narcissism I find absolutely disgusting.
1) Most of my opinions are centered around practicality. This one is just a lot more gut-level in a way that I can't expect people to care about in a debate. (it really boils down to "is it alive or isn't it?". I come down on the side of "better safe than sorry")
2) I really can see the other side here. I'm not a fan of the "you just want abortion cuz ur a hoe!" type arguments.
What disturbs me the most is the degree to which society has this view of "but there's so many unwanted children".....what the hell? That isn't supposed to be normal. We're supposed to be a society that views children as a blessing, protects children, derives meaning from taking care of children. Both our education system and the broader culture have been completely negligent in teaching people to become parents and to value taking care of children. "Pfft! I don't want kids! I just want to go around fucking random people until I'm 52 and work 60 hours a week even though I hate capitalism, screw family!"
imo, there are three main barometers that show how much actual compassion you have
1) How do you treat your significant other?
2) How do you treat service workers?
3) How do you treat children?
What I see instead is....everyone wants people to take care of them[i] even when they are [i]grown ass adults. No, I'm not necessarily talking about welfare/charity. It's more like this game of "socialism of self-esteem" where people resort to shameless displays of learned helplessness to get pity and validation, while viewing attention given to others as attention taken away from them. Think about it....how is society going to view children when you have such a large % of the population who feels competitive or someone else getting attention? Of course children need more attention than adults. Frankly, this is a variant of cultural covert narcissism I find absolutely disgusting.
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