Anti-choicers, that is. In the arguments with anti-choicers that I get into so frequently these days, there are two trends I notice. They try to make us ‘admit’ to our pro-choice views, as if they were something to be ashamed of*. And they demonise us. Oh, do they demonise us. The vitriol I have experienced from … Continue reading
Pro-choicers Begging For Blood
When you get tweets like this: @flyingteacosy feel sorry for those who are blind & beg for the blood of innocent unborn CHILDREN they are deceived.#abortion@marialaoise — Mr Unlocked Mind (@Irishcatholic10) May 3, 2013 I think that maybe there are anti-choicers who’ve confused this: With this: I’d say it was an easy mistake to … Continue reading
Abortion. On demand.
“Abortion on demand” We hear that phrase a lot. It comes from anti-choicers. Scaring the middle-ground with talk of floodgates opening and irresponsible women demanding- always demanding- abortions whenever they feel like it. In Ireland, even a hint of legislation that just might save the lives of pregnant people needing abortions is met with this. … Continue reading
Pro-”lifer”: “We’re all going to end up dead anyway”
“But sure we’re all going to end up dead anyway” This is the value that a so-called ‘pro-life’ Irish politician puts on women’s lives. I find it almost impossible to respond to this. How do you answer a person who looks at women suffering and dying unnecessary deaths because they are refused the treatment they … Continue reading
The Meaninglessness of Meaning
This started off as a comment to JT’s post, I Found Meaning in the Clouds, about how weird it is when people don’t see how meaning can exist outside their own religious framework. So there I was the other day, paddling a kayak down the Grand Canal.. or was it the Royal Canal? I can never … Continue reading
Holiday!
Hey there, lovely readers. I’m afraid I’ll probably not be posting for the next few days. Spent most of last week coughing up your worst, most mucousy nightmares, recovered just in time for fresh meat boot camp yesterday with the Dublin Roller Derby, and now I’m off cycling around Wicklow for a couple of days. … Continue reading
