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Puzzledtraveller

(5,937 posts)
108. Best response I've seen, and most reasonable!
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 02:34 AM
Jan 2013

Isn't it amazing how reason can be so reasonable? Let's try more of this DU!

Doesn't the man also have a choice to not impregnate a woman? Frankly, I'd sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #1
For the record, the poster he's referring to and who's well-known liberalhistorian Jan 2013 #10
Well, then, I suggest she be very careful when making her choices and she leave the rest sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #14
I could post and say I'm a man leftynyc Jan 2013 #16
True enough, but I've had the misfortunate liberalhistorian Jan 2013 #18
Personally, I have found leftynyc Jan 2013 #39
She is a woman obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #31
I will take your word for it leftynyc Jan 2013 #43
Yikes. . . . If she's so anti-choice, BigDemVoter Jan 2013 #59
+1 Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Jan 2013 #90
posters view is punishing woman for having sex. that is all. IF it is murder, then woman must have seabeyond Jan 2013 #2
Yep. That attitude drives me nuts. Butterbean Jan 2013 #46
And IMHO, anyone caught posting extreme anti-choice B.S., EVEN ONCE..... AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #75
Spam deleted by uppityperson (MIR Team) LeftyDemLibProgress Jan 2013 #3
WTF does this have liberalhistorian Jan 2013 #8
It's just a pizza recipient with a hate on for Pitt JHB Jan 2013 #19
Those who hold that position have a right to their own moral views. Just like you do. ERGO . . . patrice Jan 2013 #4
This is it in a nutshell. The government is there to protect us from zealots of all kinds. freshwest Jan 2013 #28
I can understand how some people are having a little trouble imagining it, but there are patrice Jan 2013 #34
Best response I've seen, and most reasonable! Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #108
I agree with your consternation over this post, liberalhistorian Jan 2013 #5
how does anything that cannot live on its own RedstDem Jan 2013 #6
Well, I would say that people with disabilities who use ventilators thucythucy Jan 2013 #63
So you'd force a woman to have a baby? tblue Jan 2013 #7
The OP was not expressing these views liberalhistorian Jan 2013 #11
Interesting. blue neen Jan 2013 #9
Fortunately that sick outlook is the (teeny tiny) minority here leftstreet Jan 2013 #12
Geez... Spazito Jan 2013 #13
That's why birth control was invented lunatica Jan 2013 #15
the ego of some people is stunning CitizenPatriot Jan 2013 #17
Wow. abelenkpe Jan 2013 #20
DU is not as pro-choice as we would like to think liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #21
It can be said that CHOICE is also about the opposite of one's own position, so . . . . patrice Jan 2013 #22
The poster in question is anti-abortion and anti-choice. n/t tammywammy Jan 2013 #25
I am AGAINST anti-Choice. There should be no higher authority than the woman's own. patrice Jan 2013 #35
there is a difference in having the freedom to have a different opinion and the freedom to exercise liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #27
I agree strongly, except that my reasons are not based solely on the Democratic party & I imagine patrice Jan 2013 #37
Wow ismnotwasm Jan 2013 #23
That particular individual has long espoused a virulently anti-choice, anti-abortion position. yewberry Jan 2013 #24
So someone disagrees with one of the Democratic Platfom planks JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #26
It is a big deal when these differing opinions lead to legislation liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #29
That poster also calls abortion murder obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #30
+1 redqueen Jan 2013 #36
Exactly obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #41
+1 Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #49
She should've been tombstoned for calling women murderers RainDog Jan 2013 #50
i agree obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #54
I don't know why, either REP Jan 2013 #72
+1! uponit7771 Jan 2013 #76
These are not my views, either. hamsterjill Jan 2013 #32
Ah yes, ellie Jan 2013 #33
These are my views: redqueen Jan 2013 #38
+1 Solly Mack Jan 2013 #42
truly nt uriel1972 Jan 2013 #51
Mine too. forestpath Jan 2013 #53
Exactly. PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #87
Those are my beliefs. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #104
Thank you for reminding me of someone who I needed to put on full ignore kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #40
Usually women who are this anti-choice become octoberlib Jan 2013 #44
Total misogyny between the lines Taverner Jan 2013 #45
You see that view here on a variety of subjects. Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #47
I can't believe it either RainDog Jan 2013 #48
Just ALWAYS remember - DU is full of trolls. n/t patricia92243 Jan 2013 #52
there seems to be a lot more of them than there used to be Skittles Jan 2013 #56
My Aunt, a married, middle aged woman, HockeyMom Jan 2013 #55
Like it or not, this is not a black and white issue. Vattel Jan 2013 #57
Actually, to me it is pretty black and white... Spazito Jan 2013 #60
Why is it when you say "innocent life" and "individual whose life is at stake" do I get the feeling retread Jan 2013 #61
This obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #80
Yes it is. Nobody has the right to compel their use of your body. They can't make you give blood, LeftyMom Jan 2013 #64
But if you are responsible for someone's needing to use your body to survive, Vattel Jan 2013 #70
Nope, nobody gets to compel the use of your body. LeftyMom Jan 2013 #73
If someone deliberately injured me Vattel Jan 2013 #86
That's exactly right. Sheldon Cooper Jan 2013 #89
The state has no interest in preventing her from unjustly killing you? That is crazy. Vattel Jan 2013 #91
For my own point of reference I have a question for you. At what point in the gestation cycle do you retread Jan 2013 #93
I didn't use that expression. Vattel Jan 2013 #96
You used the term "innocent life" and referred to an "individual". Were you speaking of the retread Jan 2013 #97
yes I used those expressions, but not "innocent human life" Vattel Jan 2013 #99
lol Sheldon Cooper Jan 2013 #94
lol Vattel Jan 2013 #95
You have no right to use another person's blood, let alone their entire body, under any circumstance REP Jan 2013 #98
I disagree. I would have a moral right to use your kidney to survive Vattel Jan 2013 #100
You have no legal right, and no so-called moral right REP Jan 2013 #102
So you reject the right to self-defense? Vattel Jan 2013 #112
Abortion is self-defense REP Jan 2013 #114
Absolutely NOT! cynatnite Jan 2013 #106
"I'm not being an aggressor." In my example you are. Vattel Jan 2013 #111
No amount of logic will justify it no matter how you try to swing it. n/t cynatnite Jan 2013 #113
Nope, completely wrong obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #81
BS! One either believes in individual freedom or one does not Lesmoderesstupides Jan 2013 #66
No, it is. jeff47 Jan 2013 #69
It is black and white obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #79
a woman who is pregnant has rights. a mass of duplicating cells does not RainDog Jan 2013 #84
It's plenty black and white gollygee Jan 2013 #85
Fail. My body my choice. Full fucking stop. n/t MadrasT Jan 2013 #101
I do not know the poster . . . another_liberal Jan 2013 #58
This, times a million. theglammistress Jan 2013 #78
They are greatly outnumbered . . . another_liberal Jan 2013 #92
I certainly can believe them, but I have been paying close attention for some time. nt left coaster Jan 2013 #62
Clearly, that poster thinks his/her notions trump a Supreme Court decision. WRONG. WinkyDink Jan 2013 #65
Why not? We're told to accept other right wing views and to shut up about it. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #67
They're not the views of any liberal, progressive, or even reasoning person. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #68
I knew who that was without looking - she calls women who've had abortions "murderers" REP Jan 2013 #71
I knew who it was, too obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #82
Sadly, there are a fair number of nutty viewpoints I've seen, that really should be discouraged. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #74
To DU Trolls, "The Scarlet Letter" was a piece of fiction, no_hypocrisy Jan 2013 #77
Unfortunately, I am no longer surprised etherealtruth Jan 2013 #83
This is a huge gripe I have with DU. Choice is specifically part of the Democratic platform. PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #88
That argument is missing a key point on rights. nobody_special Jan 2013 #103
Yeah, I might have just made my first hidden post. Warpy Jan 2013 #105
If you do not support choice, get out DonCoquixote Jan 2013 #107
You da boss? Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #109
not I DonCoquixote Jan 2013 #110
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