Here's a poll inspired by Muman's thread complaining about the term "birther" (which was coined by the childfree movement I believe). What do you all think of the "childfree" (childless by choice) movement? It's a very controversial topic, especially for a religious conservative forum like JTF, but I want to gauge people's opinions here.
"Childfrees" are people who do not have and do not want children. Quite often, they are ferociously and militantly hateful people who hate all children, mothers, and religion (although of course not all of them are like that). By and large they are fanatically in favor of abortion. Some common buzzwords or lingo they use are "sprog" (child), "breeder" (anyone who has kids), and "moo" (mother). Generally they fall into three categories: extremely ambitious, determined "career" or "calling" people, ideological fanatics who want negative population growth (i.e. they are into the environmental or feminist movements), and people who are unable to conceive and have decided to embrace their infertility and accept it rather than fight it and be depressed over their inability to bear or father their own kids. The final category of "childfrees" tends to be the most moderate and reasonable.
Several years ago I explored this movement in some depth. I was looking for deeply intellectual, passionate, philosophical people who could articulately explain this unusual way that G-d made them, but 99% of the time I found absolutely nothing of the sort. They did make some decent political points and arguments, but by and large they are not intellectual at all and are simply puffed up with pride--they consider themselves an elite class that is above the common man. As you already know, a lot of them are positively crazed with hatred of all children and all parents. Those people were just disgusting. The others (i.e. those who were not hateful) were still almost sans exception lunatic leftists.
I will not vote but I would say "other". Many people in this movement are purely evil, whereas some of them are just nuts. A few are simply very determined, fastidious people who know exactly the kind of lifestyle they want/need. All in all I do not think that this movement is a positive influence in the world, albeit I do think that good people who feel this way ought to have some kind of social network or fellowshipping outlet to organize around in order to find friends, mates, etc.
Edit: One anecdote that I should share is that the vast majority of "childfree" women I have had the pleasure (or displeasure) of meeting are not very pleasant people. Almost to a fault they are teases (or downright sociopaths), egomaniacs, airheads, mental cases, or at a minimum weak and flaky. At the present moment, I know of only one girl who is a hardcore "childfree" who is genuinely sweet, wholesome, and kind.
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Topic: "Childfree" Movement (Inspired by "Birther" Thread By Muman) (Read 4078 times)