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In reply to the discussion: I am pro-abortion, not just pro-choice: 10 reasons why we must support the procedure and the choice [View all]SpankMe
(2,972 posts)...is one reason why DU has become less valuable over the last few years. I continue to be amazed at the oddball semantics some commenters apply to original posts. So much indignation and "taking exception" even though the original post is well thought out and understandable.
Stubbornly applying some skewed nuance to an OP, and then doubling down on it when you're pointed back at what the OP really said - and a reminder of the context - and how your comment isn't logically responsive to the OP, is infuriating.
Remember when liberals like us had a backbone? Remember when we could look at a rhetorical or metaphorical flourish and not clutch our pearls and respond to it as if it was a literal statement?
And even to the extent that "I'm pro-abortion" may be literal - so what? Is it really worth taking such umbrage and replying with some finger-shaking "point" about how over the top the OP is?
And then flagging posts for "being rude". Really? Have we become total pussies? What happened to thick skin? If rude posts are truly against the TOS, then we'd have to bounce a third of the posts on this site.
We're the ones who bust conservatives on irrational and misplaced oversensitivity to benign issues - like when conservatives gasp with indignation at seeing two young men kiss in public. ("Holding hands is just fine with me..."
I know, I know - go to discussionist.com if I want rough and tumble. But, discussionist.com is blocked at my workplace, and I insist that we should be able to tolerate a little more coarse and edgy discourse here on DU without having the liberal equivalent of some moral holy-roller chime in with their butthurt.
Have no doubt this post will get flagged. I say in advance to the flagger - you already know what I think of you.