You're absolutely correct. In my case, I was forced against my will to attend a March for Life event in Washington, DC 12 years ago. I refused to hold any signs or chant anything, but I got intimate experience with the rhetoric used in these protests.
I also have had an abortion so I have seen the protests from the other side as well. Almost got in a fist fight with a grown man who spit on my girlfriend, but opted to get a security guard to call the police instead.
My experience led to me oversimplifying the argument to make a point, but it's definitely more nuanced.
> My experience led to me oversimplifying the argument to make a point, but it's definitely more nuanced.
I'm finding that as information is becoming increasingly accessible that this seems to be becoming more common: oversimplification. Maybe this is through attempts to understand more about our world but not having enough time to learn the nuance. Maybe willful ignorance. Maybe the disseminators of knowledge are bad (quality) or bad actors. Probably all the above and more. But I do know that there are plenty who use these concepts to deceive us. It is easy to see that authoritarian powers love to overly simplify concepts and create hard boundaries: defining good and evil. I do think the cure to this is encouraging nuanced discussions. But the cure is much harder to take than the poison. So I'm not sure if there's a better solution.
I also have had an abortion so I have seen the protests from the other side as well. Almost got in a fist fight with a grown man who spit on my girlfriend, but opted to get a security guard to call the police instead.
My experience led to me oversimplifying the argument to make a point, but it's definitely more nuanced.