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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Your comments about the "dishonesty" of the left are getting a little tiresome given your lack of knowledge about the issues, let alone about the left's position on the issues.
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I don't mean dishonest in a malicious way. I mean it in a way that it ignores certain objective facts. And "left" is just a term of convenience. I am not suggesting that everybody who is left of center holds the same view.
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For example, you suggest that the left's opposition to the death penalty is based on a "sanctity of human life" argument.
That may be true for some people, but it's hardly true for all, and your suggestion that no person of integrity can be anti-death penalty and pro-choice is absurd.
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My own opposition to the death penalty is based on the same reasoning, so I'm not sure why you are attributing this to a left/right split. And I wasn't attacking anybody's integrity, I just noted that there are inconsistencies on both sides.
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Your postulates above -- that the fetus is absolutely certainly a human being -- are similarly faulty. If you believe that, then surely you believe that women should be prosecuted for child endangerment if they drink while pregnant, right? Or if they work near chemicals? I mean, after all, you're not on the left so all of your positions must be completely honest and integral with each other, right?
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If they drink or work with chemicals that are reasonably likely to cause harm to the child? Yes, I do.
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If you want to explore your views on abortion here, fine. But enough with the sanctimonious "right is good, left is bad and dishonest" bullshit. That's beyond annoying even when it comes from someone who actually knows what he's talking about.
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Where did I say right is good, left is bad? On the abortion issue, I have said on several occaassions that I haven't even been able to settle on a position. If you are just bored, and in the mood to argue, that's cool, I get that. Fuck You too.
