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arguewithatree  ·  3418 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Even debunked the latest Planned Parenthood hoax will cause great harm.

The attacks on PP are always so frustrating because abortions make up >2% of their services. They're not out here to murder babies and sell their delicious baby meat on the black market; they're here to provide affordable, easy access women's healthcare.





steve  ·  3418 days ago  ·  link  ·  

[sarcasm] but the Us vs. Them dialog is so much easier! [/sarcasm]

short story - my wife is walking down the street in downtown Denver with a 'friend'. A woman approaches the 'friend' with a clipboard and kindly says "Hi, I'm Becka, I'm with Planned P..."

"NO THANK YOU!" responds 'friend' complete with upraised, extended hand and righteous indignation.

My wife is struck by the unnecessarily angry response and it takes a block for her to process it. She asks the 'friend' about the vitriol and 'friend' launches into a tirade about abortion and the evils of feminism and girl scouts as a recruitment tool for NOW....

we're not really friends with 'friend' anymore.

arguewithatree  ·  3418 days ago  ·  link  ·  

oh lordt.

my favorite thing is when the onion abortionplex article gets circulated as fact.

saintcanice  ·  3415 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Is that 't' from ONTD by any chance?

arguewithatree  ·  3415 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not familiar with it, so I guess not. I picked it up from a friend haha

saintcanice  ·  3414 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I see it all the time there, it's an old meme. Maybe your friend is secretly an ONTD-er!

Meriadoc  ·  3417 days ago  ·  link  ·  

(Wrong symbol. They make up less than 2%, so <2%)

They also can't use any of the public funding they receive for anything related to abortion services, so even the dumb fucks saying "I DON'T WANT MY TAX DOLLARS FUNDING THAT!" aren't. So they can be happy.

arguewithatree  ·  3417 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My b. You know how I am with numbers.