To call out someone on FB for this? *(warning added by MNHQ: concerns abortion)

[Puddingmama2017]

I’m not usually one for getting my knickers in a twist about FB stuff, but this has really got my goat

The problem with defriending and blocking everyone you disagree with is that you then create your own echo chamber.

I’m fine with FB being my own ‘echo chamber’ - I use it to keep in touch with friends, see what people I used to know are up to and appreciate the odd funny cat videos. It’s not a place for me to engage in other people’s opinions that I disagree with - there’s plenty of that in the news and real life. (And I’ll happily ‘block’ anyone who spouts pro-life drivel as seen above anytime - in real life and online.)

Almostajillsandwich

I wouldn’t have been aggressive. Nor would I have suggested her stance on this sensitive issue was wrong. I would have gently suggested that it wasn’t really a well thought out argument and hurtful to those of us who have had terminations that still affect them. I realise my language was emotive in my OP and apologise for the hastiness of writing it.

I do feel that your point was harshly written considering my update.

YABU. It’s disgusting, illogical propaganda - so I agree with you- except you have just shared it. That’s unreasonable. Why would you do that? Just ignore and move on.

PuffHuffle5 agreed - why is it one or the other? Are we also living in an echo chamber if we remove sexism, racism, misogyny, violence etc from our social media feeds? To me pro life images like this are damaging and I don’t think it’s choosing to live in an echo chamber by refusing to engage with it.

It might be a flawed argument but the message she is sending is that she doesn’t agree with abortion.

Good on her, that's her right! Luckily, nobody is forcing her to have one.

I'm against circumcision, so my DS was not circumcised. If he wanted to, I'd support that choice, but it's not my choice to make for someone else's body. Same principle.

If she's anti-abortion, fair enough. But she can't claim moral authority over other people, their bodies or their personal decisions.

Yes, the meme poster is entitled to her opinion, that's free speech. However, what she is also saying is that she thinks women should be forced to continue with an unwanted pregnancy. That they should be forced to give birth.

That's abhorrent.

American anti abortion bollocks. ‘Pre born’

Some people are pro-choice/pro-abortion.
Some people are anti-abortion/pro-life.

Erm, pro choice isnt the same as pro abortion. It means the person supports an individual’s right to choose for themselves. They may be pro choice and also anti abortion for themselves.

Also, anti abortion isn’t pro life. It’s pro forced birth. I think you’ll find these people take little interest in any of the children once born, or their mother.

To me pro life images like this are damaging and I don’t think it’s choosing to live in an echo chamber by refusing to engage with it.

They are damaging, and I don't engage with it. But I think it's important to know what's out there. I sometimes snooze a couple of religious relatives who share pro-life stuff (they're otherwise lovely people who live on the other side of the world, and I don't want to shut them out of my life - and I know they'd be respectful if I wanted to talk with them about it) because I don't like it. But I still want to feel informed about how and why people feel the way they do, even if I think they're entirely wrong.

(Conversely, some of the friends who think as I do about abortion and about politics, annoy me on FB too. They come over as very smug sometimes, and I can see why people on 'the other side' get pissed with our views, in those moments)

People are very passionate about this, I respect their right to hold such views as long as they respect my right to hold different ones and that they do not interfere with my life. I don't even have an issue with protests outside of abortion clinics, my only problem is with them trying to change the law

saraclara but I don’t think ‘memes’ are the best way to understand the other side. I understand why people are pro life and the reasons they have, but images like these don’t really ‘add’ anything to the argument in my view, they just designed to be emotive and gloss over the nuance. There’s a difference between having an informed debate and sharing provocative images.

@Sparklesocks it’s not a meme

Feverslag fine - image composite

AlmostAJillSandwich
Yes, you would be unbelievably unreasonable to "call them out" as they have done absolutely NOTHING wrong.

So conversation or debate is no longer allowed? Let's be honest, the person who posted the image in the OP clearly wanted a reaction, or they wouldn't have posted it. Why would replying with a dissenting opinion be "unbelievably unreasonable"?

If people are allowed to voice their opinions, why should the person who posted the image be allowed to do so, but the OP told not to? Surely there is equally nothing with the OP commenting on the post and sharing their opinion?