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Is this offensive or am I snowflake ?

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Thisisoffensiveright · 09/03/2020 18:30

For some reason, this tweet came up in my feed today - I find it highly offensive - I'm pro-choice and believe women should have access to safe and free abortions if they want them. But I think this tweet totally underminds the fact that 68 000 women die every year of unsafe abortions - www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2709326/ .
I did actually DM the author of the tweet to let them know how offensive I thought it was - and explained as nicely as possible that I was pro-choice but that I thought it totally undermined how traumatic and damaging abortion, even chosen abortion, can be for some women and the fact that the people who die from abortion are women.

I got a reply back basically accusing me of being anti-choice and telling me it is just a joke to piss off conservatives.

I'm furious - and I know it's just a tweet and not worth getting worked up about - but I just find it so horrific.

Am I the snowflake here ?

Is this offensive or am I snowflake ?
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nauticant · 09/03/2020 18:44

That twitter account is a reminder that AGP is not just a thing for the middle-aged.

BeetrootRocks · 09/03/2020 18:43

I would assume that was a person who was anti abortion posting something to screenshot and whip up feeling against Pro choice people.

It's a really stupid tweet.

And yes it does ignore the deaths due to unsafe abortion, the underage girls forced to give birth etc

Person who posted it, if they aren't actually working for anti abortion, is a monumental twat.

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Thisisoffensiveright · 09/03/2020 18:41

@mindtheclegs
nope - not a troll
did see the tweet - was genuinely shocked at the response that it was just a joke - and genuinely upset - was wondering if I was overreacting that's all - given the reactions of previous posters, I'm not being precious, that's all I wanted to know.

twitter.com/kuubikyu/status/1237022382717636608

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 09/03/2020 18:40

That's a horrible tweet. But twitter is full of them. Don't engage, the trolls enjoy it far too much.

mindtheclegs · 09/03/2020 18:38

And probably a troll writing this thread.

mindtheclegs · 09/03/2020 18:37

I think it's an 18yr old Male troll writing that tweet. Today I don't particularly care what men think.

BreatheAndFocus · 09/03/2020 18:37

It’s an immature, ignorant tweet. I don’t believe it was a joke or to piss off conservatives. That’s just a stupid excuse IMO. Again, immature and pathetic.

MrsWednesdayteatime · 09/03/2020 18:36

It's the type of thing you would expect to hear out of the mouth of the outrageous gobby one in a Sixth Form common room. Twitter should have optional age filters.

Throughthegate · 09/03/2020 18:33

Being prochoice doesn't logically entail thinking embryos/foetuses are "nobodies".
It's a very distasteful post.
The collateral damage they refer to in their comparison isn't ok, either!

1066vegan · 09/03/2020 18:32

I'm prochoice but find that tweet very callous and unfeeling