Rep. Ocasio-Cortez was so proud of her idiotic comparison that she repeated it later that same day on Twitter. Many of the replies were very similar to Tom's comment - along the lines of, maybe if she has kids we should take them and sell them at 8 weeks old. Were these people all advocating the seizure of children by child services? Are they in favor of selling children? Isn't it far more likely they were pointing out the glaring false equivalency of the original statement, by carrying her logic, such as it is, to its logical conclusion, without intending these things actually take place? Isn't that the definition of reductio ad absurdum?

I will agree with you on one aspect. We should refrain from ridiculing AOCs stupidity. It's not even low-hanging fruit. That shit has already fallen to the ground.