Words are defined by usage, not by dictionary writers who fear being canceled. I’m not redefining anything. I’m using the word as I have heard it used since childhood.
An unborn baby is absolutely a human and a separate human from its mother and father. Do you doubt the science of DNA? An unborn baby has unique DNA, and it is the one and only human with that DNA, unless he or she happens to have an identical twin in the womb with it.
Again, the clear plan was to keep recounting until they finally came up with a win for Biden and then demand to be sworn in immediately. That’s not what is called for in election law, as the Supreme Court explained to Team Gore. The man tried to sue his way into the White House. He acted like a baby and so did Trump.
If a student asks me, I tell them that I have a wife, who they will meet in high school. If an LGBT-Q teacher was asked if they were married, I’m sure that if they were politically correct, they would say that they have a spouse and maybe what they do for a living.
I don’t go on about our sex life, or any other aspect of my sexuality, and neither should an LGBT-Q teacher. Nor do students ask about that; not even the emotionally disturbed kids I work with in my behavior program are that uncouth.
The LGBT-Q teachers who claim that students can’t concentrate on grammar, because they are too curious about their teacher’s sexuality are flat lying, if I may speak plainly without giving offense.
They can be treated as equal, by not talking about their sexuality, which is what is expected of “straight” teachers. Neither straight, LGBT-Q, nor asexual teachers should be allowed to tell a child who goes through a typical phase of confusion and/or experimentation about their sexuality that they are transgender and then refer them to a counselor who encourages them to seek “treatement” from the transgender industry.
My explanation is that we disagree. Something that people used to be able to do without resorting to insults. But as the liberals’ positions has more and more gotten away from any basis in reality, rational arguments fail them, and they become frustrated.
I am fully aware of what the term “loaded term” means. In fact, “loaded term” is itself a loaded term, which is ironic. I disagree that “baby” and “human” are a loaded terms. If those words truly arouse negative emotions for you, that is unfortunate. I won’t stop using them correctly, but you are free not to read my posts.
A baby is a baby, so I call it a baby. A dog baby, is a puppy, a cat baby is a kitten, and a human baby is a baby.
If we were talking about pumping a woman’s stomach to rid her of bad shrimp that is making her sick, I would call what is being taken out “shrimp” or perhaps “vomitus.” If you prefer to call a baby or a shrimp that a woman wants removed “unwanted material,” or what have you, go right ahead. I won’t call it that, but I won’t spend three posts complaining about you saying it, I assure you.
This is one of the key disagreements I have with the liberal approach to debate. You seem to honestly expect that I will concede the argument before it starts by agreeing not to say that abortion ends a human life. All the science says that it does. An unborn baby has unique human DNA. After ten weeks, it is easily recognizable as human different from an unborn dog or cat. It is nearly universally socially accepted as a baby, just ask any expecting parent. Or anyone else, not currently arguing in favor of abortion.
Ask a pregnant woman if she has named the baby, and - unless she is on the way to the abortion clinic - she will not say, “what baby?”
Oh? You are now claiming that apparently, dictionaries are not only, not how we determine the meaning of words but that the reason those dictionaries don't agree with the meaning you put to them is because they are in fear of Liberals? Do you have any idea how preposterous that sounds?Words are defined by usage, not by dictionary writers who fear being canceled.
Nope, I don't. I doubt that simply having separate DNA promotes a fetus to an individual.Do you doubt the science of DNA?
I think you wanted to say Gore, but I get your drift. Funny fact here though. It was BUSH who asked for a stay for a previous decision.Again, the clear plan was to keep recounting until they finally came up with a win for Biden
By December 8, 2000, there had been multiple court decisions regarding the presidential election in Florida.[15] On that date the Florida Supreme Court, by a 4–3 vote, ordered a statewide manual recount of undervotes.[16] On December 9, ruling in response to an emergency request by Bush, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the recount. Bush v. Gore - Wikipedia
Bush v. Gore | Summary, Decision, Significance, & Facts
Bush v. Gore, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a Florida Supreme Court’s recount order of the state’s presidential ballots in 2000. With the termination of the recount, Florida’s electoral votes were awarded to George W. Bush, giving him the electoral votes needed to be...
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This resulted by the way, in the ONLY of those multiple court decisions BUSH won. The last one, before the Supreme court.
So are you satisfied with the history lesson, or do you persist in claiming it was GORE who was shopping for a certain ruling?
Do you know of an instance when they do? I don't, but please point me to one.I don’t go on about our sex life, or any other aspect of my sexuality, and neither should an LGBT-Q teacher.
Also, how does banning certain math books help? Are you claiming they are sexual in nature?
The moment you tell your students about your wife. YOU are talking about your sexuality, namely heterosexuality. Wich, you find permissive.They can be treated as equal, by not talking about their sexuality
Are you? This next sentence seems to show otherwise.I am fully aware of what the term “loaded term” means.
A loaded term does not require invoking negative feelings. The use of a loaded term simply needs to compel the person answering to give a compromising answer. In this case, referring to a fetus as a baby, something I dispute as a correct term for it.If those words truly arouse negative emotions for you, that is unfortunate.
This is begging the question. Yet another fallacy. Begging the Question.I won’t stop using them correctly
Why would I do that? It's fun to read the comments of someone who's a teacher but refuses the acknowledge the veracity of dictionaries. Who gets the specifics about something so wrong that it's not just destroying his premise, but actually damns it. And who feels the best way to respond when called out on logical fallacious arguments is to simply use others.but you are free not to read my posts
Not really, I expect you to be able to defend your argument when pressed.You seem to honestly expect that I will concede the argument before it starts
I personally think that the reason you don't like liberals' approach to debate is that liberals actually find that a debate consists of clearly structured and supported arguments clashing.