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Wednesday, 8 February 2017

Things I wouldn't do while calling myself pro-life part 2

You cannot hold anti-immigration sentiments or support oppressive immigration policies.

At first you may be shocked to hear this, but I really need you to consider, one thing, if you were part of a group of people, and there was a sudden civil unrest and your life was at a severe risk, wouldn't you become an immigrant, a political immigrant, wouldn't you desire to reside in a country that is sympathetic to your plight?

I suggest that you consider this one long and deep.

You cannot oppose healthcare for all

This is another unheard of part of being pro life, being pro life means that you desire everyone to have the same medical treatment no matter their financial background, race, religion, or sexuality, etc.

but, in order to eradicate this form of inequality completely within society, we need to educate everyone to a high standard from an early age.  What does this have to do with healthcare for all? well, everything!
for one, healthcare starts with the individual and education.  And we cannot have good health care workers in any field without a high standard of education, in place.

Secondly, we have to look at how we as a community can help to fund healthcare in order to make it free, such as using tax on wages, like they do in Britain.  On average, in a single year, at least 643,000 people are forced into bankruptcy simply because of medical bills alone.

Medical treatment is and should be a medical right, and it can be!  the right to life and health should be fundamental to all, a right that all should collectively work for.

You cannot use dehumanizing words or language

To use dehumanizing words, is to view others as being non human and not worthy or respect.  To do so, means that you strip people of all positive human traits and qualities.  It also makes people feel worthless to society and to the human race as a whole.

There are many ways that someone can be dehumanized, most of which should always be frowned upon, especially if you call yourself pro life.

If you wish to know more about how to tackle dehumanization then please follow the link provided
https://anawimcc.org/what-is-deumanization/

Even forcing someone to live contrary to their values and/or beliefs that they hold, then ineffectively, you are dehumanizing that person and you can no longer call yourself pro life if you do so, for do so is contrary to the pro life view.

you cannot support the death penalty

Do you know how many innocent men and women have been given the death penalty?

Since 1973, 144 people have been found to be have been innocent of the crime that they were accused off, in turn meaning that they have been exonerated.  If this isn't reason enough to oppose the death penalty, then what is?

You cannot call your self pro life if you approve of the death penalty, lukewarm or otherwise.

No one can justifiably approve of the death penalty. period.
grief can blur the lines between right and wrong, and you are more likely to bay for the blood of anyone, if no one knows who the real killer/murderer is.
If we view ourselves as being pro life then we must rise above the carnal need for revenge killings.  If we can't rise above this carnal feeling, then we cannot be pro life and must re-examine our stance in the world.

You cannot support, advocate for, or participate in war.

You may know the refusal to participate in war as a conscientious objector.  Those were people who refused to participate in any war, as it went against their moral outlook.
In today's world, it is still viewed as necessary to go to war.  If you view war as a necessary means to achieve an aim or goal, then you cannot call yourself pro life as you are advocating for the death of countless innocent men, women, children and animals.  If you then are on your way to being pro life and as a conscientious objector, and you should embrace such a path.

Until we turn away from those highlighted paths, then true purposeful peace cannot happen.



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