But even when steelmaning the argument, they deserve to be called out on not even considering a middle ground where 10 year old rape victims are not allowed an abortion. Because “opening up doors” is a too big a cost for them.
I agree to a certain degree, that twisting someone’s pretty shitty argument isn’t helping the discourse. So my response isn’t really directed at you.
Steelmanning an argument doesn’t make it immune to refutation. It just means you’re refuting the strongest possible version. In this case, the argument is so inherently fucked up that even the steelman version is still a “what the fuck?”
But even when steelmaning the argument, they deserve to be called out on not even considering a middle ground where 10 year old rape victims are not allowed an abortion. Because “opening up doors” is a too big a cost for them.
I agree to a certain degree, that twisting someone’s pretty shitty argument isn’t helping the discourse. So my response isn’t really directed at you.
Steelmanning an argument doesn’t make it immune to refutation. It just means you’re refuting the strongest possible version. In this case, the argument is so inherently fucked up that even the steelman version is still a “what the fuck?”