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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-11 09:55 AM
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34. Every time this woman gets pregnant I have to re-explain eugenics
Eugenics is goal and a social movement. It is not a set of laws (though it can be). In essence it is the attempt to improve the human breedstock by making sure the "wrong" sort of person does not have children. This can be through social methods outside the law also.

You have determined that this woman is the wrong sort of person to be having children. Her choice may be unwise but if one believes in reproductive freedom then one does not interfere with that choice.

You call for taking away her livelihood - her show. Who would take it away? The government? How do you square that? Perhaps you are calling for a boycott of her channel or sponsors for her show. That cuts both ways. Would you be ok with a boycott by right wingers of some gay marriage themed show? The right to control one's own reproduction and the right to marry whoever you choose are individual rights guaranteed under our Constitution. We should support people exercising their rights, no?

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