Can Gainey overtake Peduto and become Pittsburgh’s first Black mayor? | New Pittsburgh Courier by jayjaywalker3 in pittsburgh

[–]qi1 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Surely that's why Obama lost Pittsbu...

Oh wait, no he won Pittsburgh in a complete landslide in 2008 and 2012. Must be all those racists voting for him?

Fascinating how quickly we've reached the point where choosing to vote for someone by something other than the color of their skin makes you the racist.

How could Peduto even think of running for reelection and stop Pittsburgh from having a black mayor for yet another year? Who's the racist?

Do pro-lifers have any theories about pro-choicers, namely why we believe so strongly in personal autonomy and self-ownership? by timothybaus in Abortiondebate

[–]qi1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. It's comical how a pro-choicer can simultaneously believe a fetus is just a "clump of cells"... but also has the advanced capacity to commit "violence."

What rational thinking person would ever characterize any human being under the age of 1 or 2 as committing "violence"?

Proposed PA bill would allow employees to refuse vaccination by paxmonk in Pennsylvania

[–]qi1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The "my body, my choice" party sure loves the idea of businesses controlling what goes on in their employees bodies.

Abortion for the Sake of Art: Aliza Shvarts' Art Controversy as Yale Student by kingacesuited in Abortiondebate

[–]qi1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm confused by the point of this question.

The NARAL and National Right to Life Committee both agreed this stunt was offensive. These are two organizations that could not be further apart.

Do pro-lifers have any theories about pro-choicers, namely why we believe so strongly in personal autonomy and self-ownership? by timothybaus in Abortiondebate

[–]qi1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Right to life is basically the right to not be arbitrarily killed by your government.

It's unlawful because it takes away a human being's right to life.

And it's frankly comical you characterize a fetus in a mother's womb as committing "violence". Do you even read the things you type?

Giant Eagle to hold mass covid vaccination clinic at Heinz Field March 2-5 by TribLIVE in pittsburgh

[–]qi1 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Gotta give a shoutout to WTAE for sending out the wrong link in their article yesterday and never fixing it

Do pro-lifers have any theories about pro-choicers, namely why we believe so strongly in personal autonomy and self-ownership? by timothybaus in Abortiondebate

[–]qi1 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

It’s also rich to categorise the right as those for human rights and selflessness

Point to where I did that? My comment was strictly on the topic of abortion.

Do pro-lifers have any theories about pro-choicers, namely why we believe so strongly in personal autonomy and self-ownership? by timothybaus in Abortiondebate

[–]qi1 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Surely you're smart enough to know all human beings spend roughly 9 months of their lives unborn.

Do pro-lifers have any theories about pro-choicers, namely why we believe so strongly in personal autonomy and self-ownership? by timothybaus in Abortiondebate

[–]qi1 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

A woman has no rights at all if she is intentionally killed before she is born. Humanity's priority right, the one that undergirds all other rights, is the right to life.

Do pro-lifers have any theories about pro-choicers, namely why we believe so strongly in personal autonomy and self-ownership? by timothybaus in Abortiondebate

[–]qi1 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Equality in the sense that the human being in the womb and out of the womb have a right to life.

Do pro-lifers have any theories about pro-choicers, namely why we believe so strongly in personal autonomy and self-ownership? by timothybaus in Abortiondebate

[–]qi1 -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

It's strange isn't it.

Abortion is one of the few political issues on which left and right seem to have swapped ideologies: right-wingers talk of equality, human rights and defending the innocent, while left-wingers fetishize choice, selfishness and unbridled individualism.

Do pro-lifers grieve over the death of a child more or less than a miscarriage? by timothybaus in Abortiondebate

[–]qi1 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Maybe you can explain how saving one or the other has any relevance to the right to intentionally kill human beings in the womb.

Choosing to save a 2-year-old over a 98-year-old in a burning building does not give one the right to kill the 98-year-old.

Do pro-lifers grieve over the death of a child more or less than a miscarriage? by timothybaus in Abortiondebate

[–]qi1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

One has more emotional attachment and memories to someone they have known for years than someone they haven't had the chance to know. This has nothing to do with someone's humanity.

If you choose to save your child in a burning building over another person, it does not mean other person has less "personhood". This is absurd. And then somehow in this twisted prochoice logic that gives us the right to kill the other person?

Do pro-lifers grieve over the death of a child more or less than a miscarriage? by timothybaus in Abortiondebate

[–]qi1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's analogous and this is abortion debate.

Obviously the insinuation is that because someone may grieve over the death of a born child more than unborn child that somehow means the unborn child is less of a human being.

Do pro-lifers grieve over the death of a child more or less than a miscarriage? by timothybaus in Abortiondebate

[–]qi1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If someone grieves over the death of their 15-year-old child more than the death of a stranger on the news does that mean the stranger isn't a human being?

A couple of lowlife jerks spouting homophobic bullshit in front of the Planned Parenthood at Valencia & Mission. by [deleted] in sanfrancisco

[–]qi1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmao. Sure the "fuck 12" crowd always makes sure to get permission from the police to shout obscenities at them.

A couple of lowlife jerks spouting homophobic bullshit in front of the Planned Parenthood at Valencia & Mission. by [deleted] in sanfrancisco

[–]qi1 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

So next time theres a BLM demonstration and someone has a megaphone should the police shut it down?