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jqpabc123 ◴[] No.43608411[source]
Is there some benefit here for Trump voters?

I don't see it.

But then again, I don't see how a trade war against the world is going to "Make America Great Again" either. It is much more likely to do the opposite.

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actionfromafar ◴[] No.43608470[source]
They are encouraged to use abstention, that way only Bad People get STDs.

Edit: I was going to say, also don't get raped, but then I remembered, only people asking for it, i.e., Bad People get raped.

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AStonesThrow ◴[] No.43608690[source]
Is there something wrong with the practice of abstinence, or marital fidelity?

I mean, sex inevitably causes babies: it’s an incontrovertible but inconvenient truth for the modern urban human species. But we were designed that way, yes?

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1. const_cast ◴[] No.43615216[source]
> Is there something wrong with the practice of abstinence, or marital fidelity?

No, and there never has been and there are exactly zero people on Earth saying there is.

The problem with this viewpoint is that as soon as people say “hey, let’s not punish people” then people crawl out of the woodwork and cry about others attacking monogamy. Sigh, nobody is attacking monogamy. You are the status quo, you can calm down now.

> But we were designed that way, yes?

We were “designed” in a lot of ways, many of them stupid. For example, the infant mortality rate should be closer to 50%. That’s what it’s always been. Humans are extraordinarily shit at giving birth. It’s almost impressive how bad our bodies are at pushing out babies.

But it’s not, because of medicine. Even just since the 70s infant mortality has gone down significantly.

Appeal to nature is lame. I don’t even know what you consider is nature, and furthermore I don’t know why it’s good. You have to explain why what you’re saying is good. You didn’t do that, people with the argument usually don’t. That means you aren’t worth listening to.