Over
on his blog, Josh Brahm considers how to present a winsome response to one
of the most tedious pro-abortion objections: “Shut Up! You’re a man; you have
no right to make judgments about a women’s issue—you’ll never be pregnant!”
The temptation is to play Captain Obvious and announce the
palpably evident ad
hominem fallacy involved.
However, when someone makes this objection, it provides proof that the individual
is not at all concerned about clear reasoning and logical consistency. At this
point, she’s sharing her crass indignation not her careful inferences,
arbitrariness not argument. So, announcing her guilt in the fallacy is only one
of a million other ways to poorly end the dialogue.
Josh’s conversation illustrates the several many ways
(sorry, village idiom) to actually establish connections in common ground with
his interlocutor.
He concludes the post pointing out other fruit
that the approach bears, which significantly influences the trajectory of
the dialogue toward very fruitful fields.
It’s a must read for anyone interested in obeying Christ in our
culture. However ironic it may sound, it’s just for us guys—men only! (Not
really, we all can profit from many of the points, because of our shared humanness.
;)
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