JWeinCom said:
1. I'm confused. You seem to be indicating that you are pro-choice, and that you do not think of a fetus as a parasite. Yet, you're also saying it's not possible to be pro choice without thinking of a fetus as a parasite. Those two things directly contradict themselves. 2. You're just wrong on metaphors. Metaphors are by definition figurative, not just any comparison. Two is greater than one is not a metaphor. A clementine is just like a small orange is not a simile or a metaphor. They're tatements and literal comparisons. And you can use "is" in a metaphor. It is raining cats and dogs, her body is a wonderland, this room is a pigsty, this relationship is a roller coaster, this classroom is a zoo, Brock Lesnar is a beast, he is a machine, she is an angel, the Yankees are on fire, the Jet's owner is a clown, she's a maneater, my boss is a pig, that car is a lemon, etc etc. All metaphors, all using some form of is. If you think something is metaphorical just because it uses like, or literal just because it uses is, you're mistaken. 3. I never said my point of view is that people don't care. My point of view it that they have a choice. They do not have to engage in any particular activity as a direct result of a UBI increase or any other tax. A ban on abortion does force a pregnant woman to gestate a baby. Just one of the many ways these two situations are incongruous.
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" Yet, you're also saying it's not possible to be pro choice without thinking of a fetus as a parasite."
can you quote me directly where i said that?
"All metaphors, all using some form of is."
and none are declaring one thing to be equal to another which is what i said
"on the other hand to say something "is" something else is to equate the two"
"If you think something is metaphorical just because it uses like, or literal just because it uses is, you're mistaken. "
some reading comprehension here would go a long way
up to now i still don't see how you can seriously argue that "a foetus is just like a parasite" is a literal statement
"My point of view it that they have a choice."
people have a choice when it comes to paying taxes? how do you get out of it?
"They do not have to engage in any particular activity as a direct result of a UBI increase or any other tax. "
so if no one has to pay taxes how will you get your social programs funded?
"A ban on abortion does force a pregnant woman to gestate a baby."
almost like how people are forced to work more when taxes are increased