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Originally Posted by MisplacedDreamer
Saying something as simple as "any parent who would consider an abortion would make a shitty parent anyhow" makes someone who has an abortion feel like shit even though the person who said it made an unfounded claim and probably didn't even give it two seconds of thought. It just sounded good for his or her argument and they just said it. Next time, think before you say something that could potentially trigger depression in someone. It's completely unfounded!
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As much as I agree with their statement being unfounded, I have to hold back a laugh at what you're saying. One of the things that I find to be of utmost stupidity and annoyance is when people say "well [thing] could be a trigger, why don't you smarten up and be nicer!". EVERYTHING is a trigger, meaning your projected anger could be a trigger also for that person. Bet that didn't get two seconds of thought, especially the bolded sentence. To put it in a more commonly used example, it's like a mother spanking her kid at the playground saying "hitting others is not good, don't hit!". Also, if you paid more attention to their entire post, their statement didn't help, it was irrelevant as their post was about abortion as a method of population control.
It possibly making those who got an abortion feel depressed isn't an argument against it. It may make abortionists depressed, the receiver of abortions depressed, the receptionist of abortion clinics depressed, the parents of the receiver of the abortion depressed, friendly neighbour depressed, etc... . Point is, it can make anyone depressed and scolding someone in this manner is like treating them like a 5-year old (unintentional pun).
To avoid any misconceptions I may get, I am not supporting their statement as it's nonsense. But I'm also not supporting the argument of it being triggering or making people sad.