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In reply to the discussion: My Niece was 14 years old [View all]IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)I believe you are crossing over into terms of service violations with your comments, including lumping parents of child molestation victims into a "worst parent ever" category - with one out of three women being victims of child sexual abuse, your comments are over the top outrageous.
You could have chosen to "ignore" someone you *think* is a troll; I say *think* because you are not omniscient, and you keep doing the "broad brush" NONSENSE ("trying to weaken laws - supports incest - hates Planned Parenthood" - your comments are sickening, and are not those of the person you are attacking) that is Beyond Offensive.
I just posted yesterday that "yep, sometimes people on the intertubes are wrong - get over it" in another thread, and then your "parents of rape victims should lose custody" comments were made.
That was so far over the top into disgusting - wow. Just. Wow. There are some things DU should definitely make disappear, and comments like that fit that category for me.
I will wait to "ignore" until after either the Admins delete you, your hateful speech is hidden by a jury, or BEST OF ALL WORLDS you decide to SELF-DELETE the Crazy Talk. Somehow in your quest to "win the argument" you forgot that there really are people out here, and the situations being discussed really do happen. When we make laws, they are for the *majority* of situations (which fortunately rarely end up with pregnant pre-teens); we need to make sure that "good laws" have ways of dealing with the people who fall into the loopholes, and for those times when "exceptions" happen.
In my mind, these were *valid* points (including the "pro-choice means pro-choice, with no age limit"
of discussion you could have engaged in, but instead you became purposefully vicious. Even if MichelleB is a troll (which I don't think she is, by the way, but the beauty of discussion boards is that people can have different viewpoints, even if other people think them wrong), your PERSONAL ATTACKS were Over The Top, and make DU look bad.
The twelve year old is NOT wise - she was raped (per the mother) at age five, obviously has issues / has chosen to become sexually active at an inappropriate age, and has been getting propagandized that "abortion is murder"/doesn't want to be a murderer. Instead of addressing *any* of these issues (including "how can we combat abortion misinformation"
, you crossed lines of decency that I *highly* recommend you delete.
Take the advice or ignore it. Either way, I believe you should apologize because you got carried away into cruelty.
I hope a good night's sleep causes you to re-read what you wrote, and you are appropriately ashamed. If not, yes, I will be using the Ignore feature on you.