Believe it or not, your emotions are not an argument in favor of or against anything. Your feelings do not replace facts. Yes, we all have emotional reactions to the words, actions, policies, existence of certain people or ideas. HOWEVER, any emotional reaction you have to something IS NOT AN ACTUAL ARGUMENT. If you wish to make an argument against a policy or whatever, you must put your emotions aside and focus on the facts that support your argument. Facts. No, you don’t get to make up your own facts. Yes, you should thoroughly research all the information presented to you as “fact.” Don’t have the time to do that, you say? Well, then, you must not care as much as you claim. OR, you’re simply repeating the statements of others in an effort to make sure you fit in and say the “right thing.”
A well thought-out argument will also take into account all facts, including those that might contradict or undermine the argument. If you wish to be recognized as a thoughtful, intelligent, well-read, and well-informed human being, then you will, at a minimum, remove the emotional response from your argument and stick with the facts.
If you wish to be recognized as a tantrum-throwing, angsty toddler, then by all means, remove all facts from any statement you make and replace them with buzzwords, unfounded and unsupported accusations, and “information” made up from whole cloth. For that extra-special je ne sais quoi be certain to film yourself ranting and raving in your car. Bonus points if you can simultaneously make crazy eyes and cry.
I’m harping on this again, because screaming out their emotions is the most popular method on the left for responding to anything, and I mean a-ny-thing, the right does or says. I’ve seen saddened rage (the classic “I’m so sad I feel the need to rage at all you immoral, unintelligent Neanderthals posing as caring human beings. So greatly disappointed I am.”) posts about “women losing rights” and “LGBT losing rights.” My response is to roll my eyes and scroll on by. Why? Because the idea that rights are being lost due to policies supported by the right is the oldest political tactic from the left. Yes, those on the right will do the same, but usually the right can point to a specific Constitutional right that is or potentially could be violated by the Left’s policy proposals. The Left points to the emotions and hurt feelings of their supporters as evidence of rights being “violated.”
So, I am asking… what rights are you emoting about? What specific rights are women losing or have lost?
The “right” to an abortion? There never was one. There was only a barrier to restricting abortion in the first trimester… that would be Roe. The Dobbs decision returned the issue of abortion to the states under the Tenth Amendment. It is now, as it was previously, up to individual states to decide the question of abortion for themselves. The federal government cannot declare abortion to be legal in every single state. Nor can it declare abortion to be illegal in every single state. So for you alarmists, abortion, legalizing it or not, is up to the states, not the federal government. So, no. Women have not “lost rights.”
Trans rights? And what exactly are those? If an adult human being decides they want to cut off body parts, or add body parts, and present themselves to the world as the opposite gender or a species distinctly not what they were born as, that’s their right. HOWEVER, that individual has zero right to expect anybody else to go along with that decision. That individual has zero right to free surgeries as well. None of us has a “right” to free health care, I don’t care how much you think we all should (FYI, free health care would be run by the government. The IRS and the DMV are also run by the government. Think about it for a moment.) And that’s leaving aside the question of how you think the providers of that health care should be paid… unpaid labor is slavery. If you get to demand free surgeries from doctors, then I get to demand free lawncare and housekeeping or whatever from you. A trans individual does not lose their right to privacy, or to vote, or to worship how they wish, or to peacefully gather and petition the government for redress of wrongs, or to write or speak about whatever they wish (absent libel or slander), or any of the other specific rights that make up the implied right to privacy in our Constitution. What a trans individual DOES NOT have a right to do is force others to agree with and/or support their actions and opinions. None of us have that right. The quote (misattributed to Voltaire) “your right to swing your arm ends at my nose” is applied here.
If nobody is losing rights, why are the Democrats so intent on convincing you they are?
Calm, clear arguments supported by actual facts, win over way more support than screaming out your emotions on Facebook, TikTok, or X. Pay attention to words and phrases that set you off and note which stories have those words and terms attached to them by the news networks and sites. Then ask yourself, “why am I being emotionally manipulated by this story?”
Stop letting politicians and their lackeys manipulate your emotions and set your agenda for you.
You are stronger and more intelligent than they are.
