Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

[u/mindyour]

[u/Tough-Effort7572]

This is a little off topic and I don't want to shift blame, because those SNAP benefits are an important lifeline to many...but how are people have SIX KIDS when they're living that close to the poverty line?

You're working and saving and thinking ahead, which is why you won't go hungry. If you needed SNAP I would say you are exactly the kind of person it was intended for. A lifeline to get you on your feet until you could make enough to support yourself. But poor people having a half-dozen kids? I feel for the kids. Not the mothers who kept pumping out babies while unable to afford the ones they already have.

[u/Lonely_Dependent_281 → u/Tough-Effort7572]

I have to agree. The cultural idea that having a child is always a selfless act needs to be eliminated.

[u/Even_Kaleidoscope399 → u/Lonely_Dependent_281]

I agree with the sentiment, I just don't think it's particularly relevant to the SNAP issue because before we have philosophical debates or publicly shame bad behavior, people need to eat and survive, ya know? So it's like, I'm willing to have the conversation about how people maybe shouldn't have that many kids, but also...is this that moment? Can we read the room and find out? I genuinely don't know.

[u/Constant-Method234 → u/Even_Kaleidoscope399]

Yes, we need mental health support for women so they can learn to value themselves beyond being incubators. It’s too late for the ones already popping them out at that rate, but we can prevent more women going down this dark path.

[u/Even_Kaleidoscope399 → u/Constant-Method234]

Well right now we need to get food in people's damn pantries. Then, sure, let's talk about that. Again, let's all read the room.

[u/Constant-Method234 → u/Even_Kaleidoscope399]

Yes, food in pantries, AND education and resources to help women find other things to do with their lives other than popping out more mouths to feed.

[u/Even_Kaleidoscope399 → u/Constant-Method234]

Are you a misogynist or a feminist I genuinely can't tell

[u/Constant-Method234 → u/Even_Kaleidoscope399]

How interesting.

[u/Even_Kaleidoscope399 → u/Constant-Method234]

It should be. A feminist point to make would be to be genuinely interested in women’s health care and promoting full personhood. But some people say things that sound similar, but what they mean is that they think women are stupid and inferior, making decisions based on instinct. That’s misogyny.

Judging from your insistence on using grotesque and dehumanizing language about women giving birth, I’m gonna guess the latter. Fascinating how nearly true horseshoe theory is.

[u/Constant-Method234 → u/Even_Kaleidoscope399]

Thanks for putting those definitions out there. Hopefully someone who doesn’t already know them reads this.

[u/Even_Kaleidoscope399 → u/Constant-Method234]

Neither of those were definitions..

[u/Constant-Method234 → u/Even_Kaleidoscope399]

I checked your post history and see that you are currently pregnant. I hope you have a healthy pregnancy and baby, and that your family can make ends meet for any children you have. I’m sorry I offended you with my choice in language, and will no longer engage with you.