[On white responsibility for slavery]
There are horrible evils going on in our day. The way Down syndrome infants are treated in the Western world before they are born is far worse than the way slaves were treated in the American South, as is proved by the fact that there are, in fact, descendents of those slaves still alive today. This blood-guilt game is what corrupt and decadent societies play to distract themselves from their real sins, and assure themselves that they are not moral cowards.
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Slaves are intelligent, sentient beings. A fetus is not. If a fetus is "human" purely because it issued from a human, so are faeces, and flushing toilets would be considered murder.
The way Down syndrome infants are treated in the Western world before they are born is far worse than the way slaves were treated in the American South, as is proved by the fact that there are, in fact, descendents of those slaves still alive today.
And how exactly are Down syndrom infants treated in western world?
There are, in fact, descendants of Down syndrome people still alive today, too, stupid.
An infant has a birthday, ya know. How are they treated before they are born?
If there is a before, there must also be an after they are born. How are they treated after they are born in the non-Western world?
Blood-guilt game? Whut?
I really hate that abortion can be used along with genetic testing to eliminate potential children because they could have a rare illness or condition. I understand that it's to prevent unneeded suffering but at the same time some of the best people I ever knew had genetic disorders.
It saddens me that people like my cousin Christen (who had muscular dystrophy) might never have a chance to brighten lives under the guise of preventing them to suffer. It's things like that which makes my support of abortion a very difficult decision. One I can't make easily.
If you're talking about abortion, fetuses are aborted before they have a nervous system so they don't feel a thing and are aborted before they even know they exist.
Slaves, on the other hand, were treated to incredible amounts of pain both physical and psychological, from being whipped and shackled in chains to seeing members of their family being sold to other plantations and knowing they'd never see them again.
Funny, because the way you guys treat Down Syndrome children AFTER they are born contributes to why they are aborted BEFORE they were born. If parents knew they had a support network to help them cope...you know, the programs you guys shoot down left right and center because they mean you might need to pay a few cents more on taxes...they might be less likely to terminate a pregnancy.
But hey, that would mean actually giving a crap about someone once they are actually born and requiring ACTUAL EFFORT, rather than waving around signs, shaming people.
Thing about slaves,,,they were treated as any other breeding stock,,,you don't have black people today because slave owner EVER expected them to have free children.
I'm a pro choice Deist who hates abortion but sees it as a necessary evil. The idea was abortion can be used to pick and choose which kids a parent wants to keep scares me. That is all.
Sorry for the late response, I an not a christard or a Nazi.
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