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What does it mean?
Hicks mocks the contradiction of claiming to be pro-life while being a non-smoker.
In plain terms
He points out how being pro-life and avoiding smoking conflict logically.
What can you take from it?
Ideological labels often contain internal contradictions.

Where it applies

  • discussing political labels
  • analyzing moral stances
  • critiquing contradictions

Putting it to work

  • examining label logic
  • identifying hypocrisy
  • challenging ideological purity

Questions to consider

  • Do labels hide contradictions?
  • Where do you see moral inconsistency?

Another view

It oversimplifies nuanced personal health and political choices.

More from Bill Hicks

  1. 'If you're so pro-life, don't lock arms and block medical clinics, lock arms and block cemeteries. Let's see how committed you are to this premise.'

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  2. 'I was adopted by pro-life Christians when I was a kid. [Mimes gunshots] Does my penis make me a bad boy? That's what they told me!' Please, give me the Satan-…

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  3. 'We're pro-life.' Eww, you look it! You look like you're filled with life.

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