Definitive proof that Patriarchy causes brain damage
Published by R. Mildred June 25th, 2006 in Aww Kittens, My Brain Hurts, WingnutsHere’s Dawn Eden jumping the Double Negative:
Pandagon’s Amanda Marcotte writes in a comment to one of her own posts that she considers arguments against late-term abortions to be “red herrings”:
Of course, I�m clearly unconvinced there�s a reason to restrict the vast majority of late term abortions, which are done to save a woman�s health or to remove a dead fetus, but that�s neither here nor there to my point about Red Herrings and Anti Choicers Who Won�t Admit They Don�t Have An Argument.
The fascinating thing is that she’s unconvinced only that there’s a reason to restrict the “vast majority of late term abortions.”
Why, if she believes in abortion on demand — a “right” that she regularly champions in her blog — is she not unconvinced there’s a reason to restrict all late-term abortions?
With heavy heart, I suspect Ms. Marcotte will issue a swift response saying, in typically forthright manner, that I misunderstood her, and that there is never any valid reason to restrict abortions. But for now, I’m enjoying the moment.
As far as I can tell (”is she not unconvinced…” the hell? This is America ffs, speak english you moran!) dawn is convinced that, as Dawnie-poo herself rejects any factual evidence that contradicts her world view, Amanda will also automatically reject any evidence that somehow enables crazy old ladies to decide which late term abortions are “justified” and which are not.
Rather than there be an inexplicable absence of any such evidence or reasoning. For someone who has apparently renounced her genitals, she’s way too interested in other women’s, and their little uterii too.
Ugh, It’s rare that wingnuts can whip out logic that makes my brain go into full
“Ze goggles! Zey do nothing!” mode…
…But Dawn Eden does it more often than not, and with nothing more than horrific english.
And on a totally unrelated note, this is hopefully the most heart breaking thing most people will read on a monday.
Yes, Dawn managed to zero into the caveat I threw out because I knew that claiming all late term abortions pass some sort of acceptability test would mean that Dawn and crew would start finding late term abortions out there that they don’t find the reasons good enough (you should be crippled/killed in order to carry your man’s baaaabeeee to term!) to permit. Point of course being that lunatics like Dawn Eden and her friends shouldn’t be sitting in judgement on whether or not your reasons for having full human rights despite being female are good enough.
THanks for the uplifter. As if the stupidity of people like Dawn Eden isn’t enough.
Also thanks for reassuring that there isn’t anything wrong with my comprehension skills, I read that “…is she not unconvinced …” phrase two or three times with my poor little mind just going round and round saying what? what is the secret meaning I’m not getting here? She certainly didn’t mean what she said because that negates her point doesn’t it? Oh me!
I love the ‘on demand’ phrase.
Yeah and I like toilets on demand, tampons on demand, birth control on demand, socks and shoes on demand and even electricity and hot water on demand. I want my rights on demand and they want theocracy on demand and are just whining incessantly because they can’t have it.
Aw, Dawnie’s got a crush.
“Free abortion on demand” was a principle slogan of the women’s rights movement, and it still should be.
In the comments, several people make the case that believing that women are capable of making informed choices adds up to ignorance. Not only is this quaint, it’s really quite charming. No wonder RA tore off his clothes to answer Eden’s knock.