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First Speaker

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8. The term "pro-life" is, quite simply, totalitarian propaganda...

Reply to TygrBright (Original post)

Wed May 15, 2019, 03:42 PM

May 2019

...very similar to the Communists' use of the word "peace". After all, they'd say--you aren't against "peace", are you? The analogy to the clerical fascists' use of the word "life" is almost perfect.

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Quit calling it "Anti-abortion". Or "Pro-Life". It's the FORCED-BIRTH movement. [View all] TygrBright May 2019 OP

Yes! rusty quoin May 2019 #1

Forced-Birth is a good one. At MINIMUM, the position should properly be labeled Anti-Choice mr_lebowski May 2019 #2

Republicans are inordinately obsessed with the "icky/naughty bits" SoCalDem May 2019 #3

These laws are going to kill a whole lot more people than they're gonna save. Initech May 2019 #4

Yes they are. Living, thinking, breathing, fully-developed, born and grown and suffering people. n/t TygrBright May 2019 #5

I Salute Your Brilliance! corbettkroehler May 2019 #6

Yes, I have been calling it that for quite sometime, I agree with you 100% ! Tumbulu May 2019 #7

There were a lot of women against voting rights for women, too. Collimator May 2019 #9

The term "pro-life" is, quite simply, totalitarian propaganda... First Speaker May 2019 #8