Performative Social Justice

I don't have time right now to write much about this, but I really want to, so I'll share this link for writing about later. Check out also the link to a post about "thought-terminating cliches", which although it doesn't conform to Wikipedia's sourcing requirements (that are a little too stringent lately IMO, but they do have a reputation to break) is thought-provoking and a good draft for an essay on the topic.

My goal in talking to people is to change minds. My knowledge on the topic is that you cannot change minds if they are defensive. Therefore, respect for boundaries and encouragement of logical thought are absolutely required, and therefore I greatly appreciate learning about rhetorical models like these.

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Are You Pro-life or Pro-birth?

The difference between my pro-life stance and the common pro-birth stance is perhaps that apparently, a lot of people believe the injustice to a nonsentient, nonviable pre-human is worse than the injustice done to a sentient and already violated, traumatized child - they must, or why would they defend making child rape victims give birth with the same energy as any other undesired pregnancy? I disagree, I believe the injustice done to any woman by being forced to endure the physical, psychological and economic cost of nine months of gestation as well as the event of childbirth itself is worse than the injustice done to (ideally, if abortion were free and freely available) a clump of cells that isn't even capable of feeling pain. (The statistically overwhelming amount of late abortions, if not all of them, were decided as soon as the pregnant person learned of the pregnancy. Economic and access factors delayed them to the point where the fetus feels pain. Making abortio...

Mitchiri Neko Mix, Mix 2, and Lab

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If all bitches are the same, then all men are trash.

Plenty of men say they hate women with no reaction. In popular music, they chant "all bitches the same." That's hate. Over the dinner table, they say "well she should have defended herself." That's hate. As a joke, they say "women exist only to make babies and sandwiches." That's hate. In the legislative office, they say "We can't allow females to have access to birth control because it encourages them to have sex." That's fucking hate. The only reason you even noticed a problem is because we turned those words around on you. "All men are trash." "If you can't control your sexual desires then you need to be kept on a leash." "Child support should start at conception." "Men should get their tubes tied until marriage." Do you, a man among men, know what happens when a woman says those words? Of course not, because you aren't that woman. But perhaps you have some idea - perhaps ...

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