His Canadian newspapers probably don't include much information about American abortion politics.
He's not thinking it through that far. If you're comfortable making all of those claims about his thought process, I'll counter with the possibility that he knows and values someone who was conceived via rape. It's not an easy line to draw, even if you're pro-choice; I am pro-choice because I believe in bodily autonomy even though I do believe that life begins at conception. Justin a 16-year-old kid who was homeschooled by his religious mother in a country where abortion is covered under their national health plan. Factoring his personal opinions about abortion into the American political discourse is disingenuous.
@LucyFlawless: Don't give him too much credit. Guys say shit like that when they want to seem like the good guy.
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@Tu veux ou tu veux pas?: His bodyguard probably works for a larger American company that provides security services and is hired via his American record label.
I believe that abortion is covered under their health plan as a normal medical procedure. Even if he doesn't like it, he has no concept of what it's like for Americans to fight to keep it legal.
@RedBeansAndRiceDidMissHer: It's extra funny because unless she's recently lost a lot of weight, she probably still considers herself to be fat.
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This article was written by Tracie, a very pretty girl with a mean streak who probably considers herself a nerd because she writes for a website.
Yep. Although I think it's a secret aspect of the Jezebel commenting base that no one's comfortable addressing.
Wait, so she was incredibly awkward and alienated the people around her? Sounds like a nerd to me.
It's like [www.fivedollarcover.com] , which is also bankrolled by MTV. They go out and find quasi-interesting people, give them broad scenarios, and have them improvise and act the situations out on camera.
We'd praise a well-spoken pro-choice teenager for being ahead of the curve. There is a such thing as "normal," and by definition most people fall within those parameters. Most teens are not qualified or informed enough to vote responsibly, which is why they don't have the right to do so.
He's Canadian. He doesn't have to know about American congress. He doesn't have to know about Roe v. Wade. Canadian abortions are all covered by their healthcare services. His contextual landscape is a bit different.
I think he means that people are conceived and born for a reason.
I think the idea is that a pro-choice teenager doesn't necessarily become a pro-choice adult. We're willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and hope he learns enough to eventually change his mind. He was homeschooled, which means that he was likely undersocialized and will probably be spouting his parents' opinions for a while to come. He's from Canada, which means that we might be problematizing an issue that he might not see as something that has to be actively defended. To be honest, I don't like the idea of holding average teens up to the standards of exceptional ones. If it takes Justin a minute in the real world to change his mind, he's actually ahead of the curve.
As a Canadian citizen, he probably doesn't even know what Roe v. Wade is.
Because he's a Canadian home-schooled teenager who has no knowledge of American healthcare and abortion discourse?
He's also from Canada, where abortion isn't quite so politicized.
That's exactly what I'm talking about. I hesitate to say it around these parts, but a lot of this discourse seems to center around competing for guys.
Ditto. You shouldn't still be attached to your social labels from high school.
@18thfloor: There's no real logic to it. They just don't want to drive. They're selfish.
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