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Kickstart
United States1941 Posts
On October 05 2016 11:35 Netscape9 wrote: Punish them for breaking the law, not for being women though. ... I guess we should be thrilled with our old laws that outlawed sodomy? How about our Jim Crow laws? We used to have laws against abortion, we've moved on from those as well. | ||
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Dan HH
Romania9118 Posts
On October 05 2016 11:35 Netscape9 wrote: Punish them for breaking the law, not for being women though. I responded to "Trump did not say he's in favor of punishing women for abortion." not to "Trump did not say he's in favor of punishing women for being women" | ||
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zlefin
United States7689 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On October 05 2016 11:35 Netscape9 wrote: Punish them for breaking the law, not for being women though. So making something illegal isn't saying that people should be punished for committing that act? Like making abortion illegal? | ||
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Introvert
United States4742 Posts
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9858 Posts
Kaine isn't an awful person either, kind of reminds of of Mulcair. | ||
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
On October 05 2016 11:37 Dan HH wrote: I responded to "Trump did not say he's in favor of punishing women for abortion." not to "Trump did not say he's in favor of punishing women for being women" No, Trump is perfectly equal opportunity. He would punish men for getting abortions too. | ||
KwarK
United States42573 Posts
You can't go "my hands are tied, I'm just enforcing the law, I don't necessarily believe in this" when you wrote the damn law. | ||
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
On October 05 2016 11:38 Plansix wrote: So making something illegal isn't saying that people should be punished for committing that act? Like making abortion illegal? No. You can make providing abortions illegal or you can make receiving an abortion illegal. Trump initially said the latter, which is horrifying. | ||
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Logo
United States7542 Posts
Like after the debate I don't believe that Pence believes that Donald Trump can (or will) win. | ||
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Netscape9
United States139 Posts
On October 05 2016 11:36 Kickstart wrote: ... I guess we should be thrilled with our old laws that outlawed sodomy? How about our Jim Crow laws? We used to have laws against abortion, we've moved on from those as well. Except Jim Crowe laws were laws created to keep black people down. Abortion laws, whether you're for or against them, aren't. | ||
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plasmidghost
Belgium16168 Posts
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9858 Posts
On October 05 2016 11:40 Logo wrote: Pence seemed like he was debating for his own career post-election rather than to help Trump win. Like after the debate I don't believe that Pence believes that Donald Trump can (or will) win. What can you do after most likely the worst debate performance in the history of US politics. | ||
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OuchyDathurts
United States4588 Posts
On October 05 2016 11:40 Logo wrote: Pence seemed like he was debating for his own career post-election rather than to help Trump win. Like after the debate I don't believe that Pence believes that Donald Trump can (or will) win. I'd actually go with that. | ||
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
On October 05 2016 11:41 Netscape9 wrote: Except Jim Crowe laws were laws created to keep black people down. Abortion laws, whether you're for or against them, aren't. Except when Jim Crow laws were around, they were all about the "separate but equal" and pitched as cultural separation. Some people pushing for those laws probably even believed that too. Abortion laws are about removing autonomy from women. If it wasn't, those same people would be putting equal emphasis on aiding the child after birth. | ||
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
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KwarK
United States42573 Posts
On October 05 2016 11:41 Netscape9 wrote: Except Jim Crowe laws were laws created to keep black people down. Abortion laws, whether you're for or against them, aren't. Oddly enough control over family planning, which does include abortion, is one of the key factors linked with bringing people out of poverty. It's that and education. Lack of access to sex education, contraception, abortion etc condemn America's least well off people to a cycle of poverty. And that does disproportionately impact black people. So as easy as it would be to say "That's so obvious it's retarded, no shit abortion laws weren't literally the same as Jim Crow laws and aren't explicitly intended to keep black people down" it's actually more complicated because abortion laws do play a role in keeping black people down. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On October 05 2016 11:41 Netscape9 wrote: Except Jim Crowe laws were laws created to keep black people down. Abortion laws, whether you're for or against them, aren't. There are many women who disagree and believe abortion laws are just a way for the government to control their bodies. Weirdly enough, many anti-abortion laws are written by men. | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9858 Posts
On October 05 2016 11:44 WolfintheSheep wrote: Except when Jim Crow laws were around, they were all about the "separate but equal" and pitched as cultural separation. Some people pushing for those laws probably even believed that too. Abortion laws are about removing autonomy from women. If it wasn't, those same people would be putting equal emphasis on aiding the child after birth. Beastiality, necrophilia, and prostitution is illegal in a lot of places. Are these things being illegal also not taking away autonomy from people? When we think that something is bad, even though it doesn't affect other people, we don't allow it. And this is coming from a pro-choice guy. | ||
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Sermokala
United States13905 Posts
On October 05 2016 11:41 FiWiFaKi wrote: What can you do after most likely the worst debate performance in the history of US politics. Theres no soviet dominance of eastern europe? or "lockbox" | ||
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