DormeDwayne t1_j8t1gii wrote
Reply to comment by Littlebotweak in Little evidence to support health claims made on formula milk by Dodomando
So basically a mother who breastfed is not allowed to express her view that breastfeeding is best? And a person who has lost weight is not allowed to express the opinion that being normal weight is healthiest? And a happily married parent is not allowed to say out loud that two-parent families are best for kids? Etc etc. Their opinion is automatically prohibited bcs it can only possibly come from a place of smugness and not that they have tried both and find one preferable or whatever? Sounds dangerously censoring…
ibbity t1_j8t2407 wrote
These people are not allowed to act like their choices are automatically, inherently superior, and that anyone who makes a different choice is wrong and bad and should be shamed. Which you and I both know good and well is a very, very common behavior.
DormeDwayne t1_j8tehtg wrote
The thing is a mom who formula-fed her baby is allowed to praise bottle-feeding… but a mother who breastfed isn’t allowed to praise breastfeeding without being accused of shaming any other option. Why is that?
FeloniousReverend t1_j8te06m wrote
No, but everything you listed is purely anecdotal unless there's some kind of real evidence to support the claims. A random mother who breastfed and never used formula claiming that 'breast is best' is absolutely meaningless. How would she know breast is best, and by what criteria is she making such a claim? Hell, how does she know her kid wouldn't be better off if they had some formula mixed in? It's not censorship, it's keeping opinions as opinions and not facts. This applies to every example you listed.
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