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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Ah, that clarifies things considerably. If that is the case, then what pro-lifers are doing is reprehensible. It is a shameless tactic to drum up support for their movement via the most effective method: the appeal to one's emotional sensitivities. In this, pro-lifers are being disingenuous: If abortion is indeed as horrible a crime as they suggest, then they should argue against it on its own demerits. My problem in all of this is the exaggeration that they feel they need to resort to in order to be heard.
I personally find abortion to be tragic and horrible. But there are a lot of horrible things in this world that are not the same as genocide and mass murder.
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It's not just the imagery they use that is questionable, it's their behaviour as well. Shouting at passer-bys, getting into the faces of people who are trying to ignore their display, complaining to Campus Security at the first signs of a counter protest.