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Lena Dunham says she never had an abortion but 'I wish I had'

Tigerace117 said:
If my mother had said she wished she'd had an abortion I certainly would be pretty pissed off.
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As pissed off as if she had said she hadn't had sex? It's a fair question!
 
Phys251 said:
As pissed off as if she had said she hadn't had sex? It's a fair question!
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Yeah, I'd still be more pissed off if she said she wished she'd had an abortion.

What do you mean "she said she hadn't had sex"?
 
Tigerace117 said:
Yeah, I'd still be more pissed off if she said she wished she'd had an abortion.

What do you mean "she said she hadn't had sex"?
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Had our moms aborted us, we wouldn't be here.

Had our moms not had sex that night, we wouldn't be here.

Both sets of choices would have resulted in our nonexistence.
 
Phys251 said:
Had our moms aborted us, we wouldn't be here.

Had our moms not had sex that night, we wouldn't be here.

Both sets of choices would have resulted in our nonexistence.
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Yeah, but it definitely feels a lot more personal if she said "I wish I aborted you/had an abortion/etc".
 
Josie said:
She's upset because some women were announcing proudly that they had abortions and she couldn't be part of it. Disgusting on all counts.
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That is a ridiculous characterization.
 
Tigerace117 said:
Yeah, but it definitely feels a lot more personal if she said "I wish I aborted you/had an abortion/etc".
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So? Why are so many people triggered by her comment? I thought we were in an era where "political correctness" was a thing of the past.
 
Phys251 said:
So? Why are so many people triggered by her comment? I thought we were in an era where "political correctness" was a thing of the past.
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Because it wasn't just an offensive comment, it was a rather dumb one.

An abortion is not something which should be taken lightly, and certainly not something that you should want to do.
 
Tigerace117 said:
Because it wasn't just an offensive comment, it was a rather dumb one.

An abortion is not something which should be taken lightly, and certainly not something that you should want to do.
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Oh so there are acceptable reasons for people legally exercising their freedoms! Do tell me, what are those reasons?
 
Phys251 said:
Oh so there are acceptable reasons for people legally exercising their freedoms! Do tell me, what are those reasons?
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What reasons I'd view abortion as okay?

In case of rape, incest, or in order to save the mother's life. Minors would have to get permission from their parent or guardian. Overall I think it should be allowed but socially discouraged, with emphasis placed on the alternative of adoption instead of having an abortion. It certainly shoudn't be something to take flippantly or claim that they "always wanted one".
 
Tigerace117 said:
What reasons I'd view abortion as okay?

In case of rape, incest, or in order to save the mother's life. Minors would have to get permission from their parent or guardian. Overall I think it should be allowed but socially discouraged, with emphasis placed on the alternative of adoption instead of having an abortion. It certainly shoudn't be something to take flippantly or claim that they "always wanted one".
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Derp, I meant to say that it sounds like there acceptable reasons to get triggered when people legally exercise their freedoms. I wonder what those reasons are?
 
Phys251 said:
Had our moms aborted us, we wouldn't be here.

Had our moms not had sex that night, we wouldn't be here.

Both sets of choices would have resulted in our nonexistence.
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Yeah, so? Your mom not getting pregnant in the first place is quite different than your mom killing you.
 
Phys251 said:
As pissed off as if she had said she hadn't had sex? It's a fair question!
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You're comparing a desire being expressed by your mother that shows she has zero regard for you, doesn't love you, and would rather you be dead to your mother just never getting pregnant. How in the hell is that comparable? Why in the hell would you be cool with your mom saying something like "I wish I killed you"?
 
Henrin said:
Yeah, so? Your mom not getting pregnant in the first place is quite different than your mom killing you.
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Henrin said:
You're comparing a desire being expressed by your mother that shows she has zero regard for you, doesn't love you, and would rather you be dead to your mother just never getting pregnant. How in the hell is that comparable? Why in the hell would you be cool with your mom saying something like "I wish I killed you"?
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Really! Is that right.
 
Phys251 said:
Really! Is that right.
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Yes, it is. Why would you be ok with your mother expressing a desire that she aborted you? I guess in your world it's perfectly cool for your mother to wish she killed you.
 
Scrabaholic said:
I want to hear it for myself. People have claimed that someone said something, then when you listen to the video, they didn't (ie. Hillary on late term abortion).
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I'm pretty content with reading the quote. It gives enough context to makes sense of the controversial sentence in question for me to get the gist of where she was going, which I tried my best to explain in a few posts above.
 
Phys251 said:
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Some people don't give up their intellectual or moral integrity due to what genitalia they have. Obviously, you are not one of those people.
 
Fishking said:
Some people don't give up their intellectual or moral integrity due to what genitalia they have. Obviously, you are not one of those people.
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Sixty-nine posts in, and sixty of them have come from men.
 
Phys251 said:
Sixty-nine posts in, and sixty of them have come from men.
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She rubs men wrong. That's obvious. And, I can definitely see why.
 
Phys251 said:
Sixty-nine posts in, and sixty of them have come from men.
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Would it make you feel better inside if I copied and pasted Josie's post?
 
Phys251 said:
Sixty-nine posts in, and sixty of them have come from men.
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Yes, I've already pointed out your intellectual and moral integrity is neutered. No need for you to point it out again.
 
Phys251 said:
Had our moms aborted us, we wouldn't be here.

Had our moms not had sex that night, we wouldn't be here.

Both sets of choices would have resulted in our nonexistence.
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False equivalency.

One is never being created, that is nonexistence.

One is having been created then killed.
 
Phys251 said:
Sixty-nine posts in, and sixty of them have come from men.
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Again. Who gives a ****? If you do, explain yourself.

You don't need to be a woman to realize Lena Dunham is despicable.
 
JayDubya said:
Again. Who gives a ****? If you do, explain yourself.

You don't need to be a woman to realize Lena Dunham is despicable.
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Why? She never had an abortion. Shouldn't you be worshiping her?
 
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