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postBoxers

Regardless of your stance on abortion you shouldn't refer to a fetus in the context of a parasite

Dehumanising a group of people a means of disassociation and it's allowed mankind to justify some horrible things. It's a common tool in racism, referring to black people as monkeys, or Jews as subhuman animals, etc. It opens us up to justify or commit to disgusting behaviours that we can justify because they are not human. That we somehow matter more than them. When we refer to a fetus as if it's a parasite or a parasite like entity we're implying that it's doing something wrong just by simply existing. It should be aknowledged that it's not engaging in a malicious attempt to sabotage it's host's mother's life

Posted May 10, 2019, 4:14 AM UTC

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candiep1e•

I agree, but I also think you're being a little melodramatic. Usually people refer to a fetus as a parasite to emphasize it's dependence and the strain it has on the host body.

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postBoxersOP•

While I admit I'm being a little dramatic, I don't believe a fetus is at fault for, or responsible for the strain undertaken by the mother's body due to the nature of how the mother actually becomes a mother

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Luingalls•

I love you so much for posting this right now.

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kvossera•

par·a·site /ˈperəˌsīt/

noun

an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense.

That’s literally what it is.

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postBoxersOP•

Most definitions make sure to include [of another species] or something to that effect, Google's definition includes it and so does both the Oxford dictionary, and the Cambridge dictionary

A very distinct difference between a mother and a host is that the mother develops specific mechanisms to provide for the fetus/ embryo / whatever stage it's at

Edit to clarify: the mother is not the food but provides the food

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kvossera•

The mother is the food. As a mother I can safely say that I didn’t shove food up my cunt for the fetus.

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Nein9Nein9Nein9•

It's not eating you like a parasitic worm. It's not eating you.

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kvossera•

It literally is. That’s part of why it’s so hard on younger teens who get pregnant. The fetus’s needs take priority. It’s literally depleting your body of nutrients.

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MbMinx•

Nope. It is a developing thing, siphoning nutrients from my body, forcing my body to change in very unnatural ways, that could kill me when it has developed enough to be expelled.

Yeah, sure, my psych says that is a psychotic perception of a "natural function". I don't care. It's my psychotic belief, and it responds to no sense of reason. And yes, I got sterilized the minute I found a doctor who was willing to believe me.

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postBoxersOP•

Literally everything you said in that first paragraph triggers me. Here's a more accurate correction of what you said.

It is a developing thing human, siphoning being fed nutrients from by my body, forcing my body to change in very unnatural ways, that could kill me has a mortality rate of about 20 per 100,000 births (similar to the mortality rate of driving) when it is developed enough to be expelled born.

At least you acknowledge your beliefs are psychotic, and sterilisation procedure isn't a psychotic act but an informed decision, that you felt was right for you. It was thinking ahead more than anything

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The_Kremlin_best_Bot•

Imagine how mentally fucked up leftists are. Babies are parasites, men with wigs on are real women.

What the fuck happened?

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