• This is a political forum that is non-biased/non-partisan and treats every person's position on topics equally. This debate forum is not aligned to any political party. In today's politics, many ideas are split between and even within all the political parties. Often we find ourselves agreeing on one platform but some topics break our mold. We are here to discuss them in a civil political debate. If this is your first visit to our political forums, be sure to check out the RULES. Registering for debate politics is necessary before posting. Register today to participate - it's free!

Anti-abortion dry cleaner puts message on his wire coat hangers

You know, I'm pro-choice and I actually kinda bristle a little at all the pro-life propaganda that people seem to post everywhere, showing cute little babies telling people to "choose life".

But this? This is goddamned hilarious. I wish I'd thought of it first.
 
Hatuey said:
I've been wondering when I was going to get a chance to obliterate you over this issue again. You love playing semantics. So let's play.

Do I understand the 'pro-life' side? Oh, I definitely understand it. Ban elective abortions ie. reproductive choice. It's that simple. Now, do you know what women use to do when they had no reproductive choice?

I'll give you a clue: coat hangers.
Click to expand...

Hahahaah, and you now you want to associate pro-life with coat hangers. You really are a tool of the left. Republicans pulling plates of food away from starving children is another of your tricks.
 
Viktyr Gehrig said:
You know, I'm pro-choice and I actually kinda bristle a little at all the pro-life propaganda that people seem to post everywhere, showing cute little babies telling people to "choose life".

But this? This is goddamned hilarious. I wish I'd thought of it first.
Click to expand...

Yes, be glad you didn't, because you'd be joining the sick minded had you.
 
American said:
Hahahaah, and you now you want to associate pro-life with coat hangers. You really are a tool of the left. Republicans pulling plates of food away from starving children is another of your tricks.
Click to expand...

Yawn, this from the guy who yells out socialism more times than a lefty chick with Tourette's syndrome.
 
ksu_aviator said:
Aren't you actively suppressing like minded views by calling his view point/actions dumb? Isn't demeaning opposing views a form a suppression?
Click to expand...

No, it's not. But arguing that it is is a fine example of what RationalWiki calls 'conservative correctness':

Conservative correctness - RationalWiki

Conservative correctness is a term referring to a brand of political correctness practiced by conservatives. Where as political correctness attempts to minimize offense through the rebranding of certain words and terms to be neutral or inclusive, its conservative counterpart rebrands terms to include extreme political bias. Concepts which are liked are Americanized or linked with positive thoughts such as freedom or liberty, while the disliked terms are rebranded in the most negative light possible - notably describing homosexuality as an "unnatural vice", for example. "C.C." is especially ironic considering that the most heated decrying of "P.C." usually comes from conservatives.
Click to expand...

"insensitive" and "offended" have taken on a meaning of "don't say things I don't like". For example, atheist billboards are insensitive to Christians,[9] Barack Obama's family in France is "offensive" to hard-working Americans, and any media coverage that is imperfectly adulatory of Christians is anti-Christian.[10]
Click to expand...

This man is at liberty to place whatever message he desires on his coathangers. I am at liberty to call it dumb as Hell and tacky. This is because I'm a free individual operating within the context of a free market, where we don't have to engage in self-censorious activity to shelter the tender feelings of those with strong opposing opinions from us.
 
Einzige said:
Pro-Life Dry Cleaner Puts Anti-Abortion Message on Coat Hangers

View attachment 67139267

Classy.

This reminds me of my recent bus excursion to Texas. All over the place in the American hinterland there are farm houses and water towers with gaudy anti-abortion messages plastered all about them, usually done up in annoying colours and occasionally misspelled. They remind me of Las Vegas, for some reason.
Click to expand...

Oh, the horror! Oh, the magnitude of this horror! Why, the nerve of business and farm owners exercising their rights to free speech! And to add insult to injury, they use gaudy colors and sometimes misspell words!

You should probably carry smelling salts with you at all times in case of dire emergencies such as this. How dare anybody print "Choose life" on a coathanger! Next thing you know, they'll be slapping similar offensive messages on bumper stickers on their vehicles.

Oh, wait...they already do. And, somehow, most of us have all gotten by.
 
Your Star said:
They are free to do what they want, but everyone else is also free to stop doing business with them. I know I would.
Click to expand...
I would stop doing business with them also, but for different reasons. As much as I enjoy discussing and debating politics, there's a time and a place. I prefer to not be bombarded all the time about politics. When I'm doing mundane things like picking up my stuff, just take my money and give me my stuff and leave me alone.
 
nota bene said:
Oh, the horror! Oh, the magnitude of this horror! Why, the nerve of business and farm owners exercising their rights to free speech! And to add insult to injury, they use gaudy colors and sometimes misspell words!

You should probably carry smelling salts with you at all times in case of dire emergencies such as this. How dare anybody print "Choose life" on a coathanger! Next thing you know, they'll be slapping similar offensive messages on bumper stickers on their vehicles.

Oh, wait...they already do. And, somehow, most of us have all gotten by.
Click to expand...

You can plaster your car all you want with bumper stickers. You can even cover your windshield with them. That is your property.

I think what bugs people is the attempt to shove one's political aim down other's throats. And it is just not political crap, it is coming out of shopping mall and finding advertisements shoved under your windshield wipers. Advertisements cover our landscape like the suit of a NASCAR driver.
 
nota bene said:
Oh, the horror! Oh, the magnitude of this horror! Why, the nerve of business and farm owners exercising their rights to free speech! And to add insult to injury, they use gaudy colors and sometimes misspell words!

You should probably carry smelling salts with you at all times in case of dire emergencies such as this. How dare anybody print "Choose life" on a coathanger! Next thing you know, they'll be slapping similar offensive messages on bumper stickers on their vehicles.

Oh, wait...they already do. And, somehow, most of us have all gotten by.
Click to expand...

Why do I get the feeling that if those wire hangers said "support Roe vs Wade", "Vote Obama" "there is no God" or any other political message you do not subscribe to you or conservatives just like you would be on this thread pitching a bitch about it.

Business owners have every right to use their businesses to convey political messages,just as consumers have the right to use or not to use those businesses as they see fit.
Do you have a problem with that concept?
 
He didn't take an anti-choice position, 'choose life' is pro-choice. It's both mildly pro-life and mildly pro-choice.

There's nothing over the top there.
 
It is clever in the same way advertising MacDonald's on treadmills would be.
 
Verthaine said:
Why do I get the feeling that if those wire hangers said "support Roe vs Wade", "Vote Obama" "there is no God" or any other political message you do not subscribe to you or conservatives just like you would be on this thread pitching a bitch about it.

Business owners have every right to use their businesses to convey political messages,just as consumers have the right to use or not to use those businesses as they see fit.
Do you have a problem with that concept?
Click to expand...

I guess you get that feeling because you have other folks already neatly categorized in your own mind. While stereotyping and making hasty generalizations may not be fair or helpful, they are time-savers. No need to see others as individuals when you've got your labels at the ready.

As for me, I vote with my wallet. I've boycotted a major food-manufacturing corporation and its subsidiaries for over 20 years. Hasn't hurt its business a bit, but that's my choice not to buy their products. So, no, I don't have a problem with businesses using their bully pulpits. Not at all.

If I were "pro-abortion," I simply wouldn't use that drycleaner again. Ever. Do you have a problem with that concept?
 
nota bene said:
I guess you get that feeling because you have other folks already neatly categorized in your own mind. While stereotyping and making hasty generalizations may not be fair or helpful, they are time-savers. No need to see others as individuals when you've got your labels at the ready.
Click to expand...
"Bzzzzz!!!
I'm sorry,but you guessed incorrectly.
The correct answer was "rutabaga".
Thank you for playing.
nota bene said:
As for me, I vote with my wallet. I've boycotted a major food-manufacturing corporation and its subsidiaries for over 20 years. Hasn't hurt its business a bit, but that's my choice not to buy their products. So, no, I don't have a problem with businesses using their bully pulpits. Not at all.

If I were "pro-abortion," I simply wouldn't use that drycleaner again. Ever. Do you have a problem with that concept?
Click to expand...

Did you miss the part where I wrote "Business owners have every right to use their businesses to convey political messages,just as consumers have the right to use or not to use those businesses as they see fit"?
 
I try to never frequent businesses that benefit liberals and I know a small business owner that will not hire Obama supporters. I'm sure the owner has already considered the fact that you might not come back and doesn't care. Believe it or not, there are a sizable number of people that DO NOT like liberals and don't want them around.
 
Einzige said:
Pro-Life Dry Cleaner Puts Anti-Abortion Message on Coat Hangers

View attachment 67139267

Classy.

This reminds me of my recent bus excursion to Texas. All over the place in the American hinterland there are farm houses and water towers with gaudy anti-abortion messages plastered all about them, usually done up in annoying colours and occasionally misspelled. They remind me of Las Vegas, for some reason.
Click to expand...

I think we choose to let parents and doctors determine quality of life and then make a private choice.
 
Ray410 said:
I try to never frequent businesses that benefit liberals and I know a small business owner that will not hire Obama supporters. I'm sure the owner has already considered the fact that you might not come back and doesn't care. Believe it or not, there are a sizable number of people that DO NOT like liberals and don't want them around.
Click to expand...

I bet you're real proud to be an American, too.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom