What does pushing your beliefs on someone esle mean?

[AprilRose]

I didn't know where to put this. Thank you for answering though in advance.

What does shoving your beliefs down someones throat mean?

I was on another forum. I was looking through the posts and came across a post about abortion.
The post was about a women who believed people should realize even if they are using a method of birth control that they should know that there is still a risk of getting pregnant. She mentioned how she doesn't respect when some people have multiple abortions because they didn't use a form of birth control before getting pregnant.

A different women responded and told her not to push her beliefs on others.

I know you haven't read the post exactly how it was worded but why would that be a respond to a post which isn't accusing or bashing anyone about their beliefs.

I would like an example of someone pushing their beliefs on another person.

[Whitney]

I didn't know where to put this. Thank you for answering though in advance.

What does shoving your beliefs down someones throat mean?

I was on another forum. I was looking through the posts and came across a post about abortion.
The post was about a women who believed people should realize even if they are using a method of birth control that they should know that there is still a risk of getting pregnant. She mentioned how she doesn't respect when some people have multiple abortions because they didn't use a form of birth control before getting pregnant.

A different women responded and told her not to push her beliefs on others.

I know you haven't read the post exactly how it was worded but why would that be a respond to a post which isn't accusing or bashing anyone about their beliefs.

I would like an example of someone pushing their beliefs on another person.

To push your belief down someone's throat or onto another person would be like if she was pushing for legislation which would prevent people from having an abortion if they didn't use any birth control (also often said towards those who are being aggressive, closed minded and rude when trying to convince those of an opposing view that they are wrong).

So, an example would be like this:

Young Earth Creationist:  I don't believe that science is valid and think we should teach creationism in the school.  I don't care if it isn't science because it is the TRUTH!!!!  Those who disagree with me can move out of the country because the USA is a Christian Nation!!!!

[Sophus]

I didn't know where to put this. Thank you for answering though in advance.

What does shoving your beliefs down someones throat mean?

I was on another forum. I was looking through the posts and came across a post about abortion.
The post was about a women who believed people should realize even if they are using a method of birth control that they should know that there is still a risk of getting pregnant. She mentioned how she doesn't respect when some people have multiple abortions because they didn't use a form of birth control before getting pregnant.

A different women responded and told her not to push her beliefs on others.

I know you haven't read the post exactly how it was worded but why would that be a respond to a post which isn't accusing or bashing anyone about their beliefs.

I would like an example of someone pushing their beliefs on another person.

That just seems like someone who is bitter. If someone doesn't respect my beliefs, that's totally fine. It's the person that deserves respect, not necessarily their beliefs. So I would define it as someone claiming that you must think the way the do in order to gain any sort of respect.

[thiolsulfate]

Oh the irony.

I just stepped away from a shouting match on A|N about abortion and this is the first thread I hit.

Mercifully this isn't about abortion, per se.

Pushing belief is a bit as follows:
Person A does not believe Person B
Person B attempts to persuade Person A

Person A does not accept Person B's persuasion
Person B attempts to persuade Person A with a similar persuasion as before.

Someone has already rejected another another's argument, but there another attempt is made with the same argument.

[Karras]

It seems to me that it is hard to justify complaining about other people promoting their beliefs when you choose to discuss them on a public forum. Admittedly it could get a bit frustrating if someone goes off topic to do it or is blatantly trolling, but you can either ignore them or call for a mod.

It also seems to me that the situation described by the OP is really just promoting common sense anyway, though I obviously have not seen the whole discussion so it is impossible to judge the conduct of the person promoting their opinion. Having no respect for the those not subscribing to your belief is geneally out of order, however, but it depends what she actually did say.

Being aware of the risks with different types of contraception is a good idea, even if you do not want to worry too much about it. There is after all a limit to the precautions one can reasonably take. Also, regardless of your stance on the morality of abortion, it is simply dumb to keep having unwanted pregnancies and keep putting your body through the stress and upheaval that goes with being pregnant. Not to mention any strain this might put on the health service (especially in those countries with state run health care).