We as Democrats or Independents STILL have not wrapped our heads around this fact. TFG got elected ONLY because of his anti-abortion position - which was a clever way to rope a dope the bible thumpers.
This is and has been a one issue problem that Democrats just don't get. Long ago, we could have made the case that we want less abortions…
We as Democrats or Independents STILL have not wrapped our heads around this fact. TFG got elected ONLY because of his anti-abortion position - which was a clever way to rope a dope the bible thumpers.
This is and has been a one issue problem that Democrats just don't get. Long ago, we could have made the case that we want less abortions - but making them illegal wouldn't stop them.
We have not been clear that education and readily available birth control are the answers to less abortions. We could have been speaking at churches and rural community centers - telling the TRUTH about this issue. But we foolishly underestimated the ignorance and single minded commitment of the anti-abortion mindset. I didn't. All you had to do was drive down route 95 into the south and see the billboards with pictures of a fetus.
We made mind altering drugs illegal - did that stop people from using them? We made gambling illegal - how did that work out? We had a prohibition of alcohol - was there a shortage of booze?
All of these and other "prohibitions" don't work. They simply push the activity underground. We have yet to make that case.
There are two proven ways to reduce abortions. 1. Give women as much control as humanly possible over whether or not they get pregnant. 2. Provide enough social support so that every child has food, shelter, clothing and education. (It also helps if fixing the problem of a missed menses is categorized as a womens health concern, as it had been for thousands of years.) Both progressives and people genuinely opposed to abortion on moral grounds can agree on both those points. But they don’t serve the needs of the grifters who used anti-abortion as a tool to get themselves money and power.
You hit the nail on the head. The vast majority of my friends vote Repubiqan on the single issue of abortion. tRumps abhorrent behavior is overlooked because . . . abortion.
And their cognitive dissonance is exactly that. More children means more programs needed = more money needed to care for them. Some Men want power and control over all others. We are smelling the stinky head of the angry patriarchal society wanting to "Take Back America." Purify the blood... and skin color. Hitlerian on a deep scale. Martial law was next. They were willing to have bounties on women...and anyone who helped them. WTF!!
America has been terrible dealing with addictive vices. The solution to opioid addiction exists in Portugal and Switzerland, but it's "understood" that can never happen here.
Kathleen-now that Thomas has gotten what he wanted regarding a woman's autonomy, he has voiced the idea that ALL personal rights should be undone. He didn't waste any time telling the state level R's to go after those rights as well. Please read: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/24/thomas-constitutional-rights-00042256
Abortion AND tapping into the macho, white male superiority (FEAR) of the "other" as a backlash to the first bi-racial president in our country. And others I know for whom it was all about not paying taxes in the highest income brackets. This is complex. As are humans.
We as Democrats or Independents STILL have not wrapped our heads around this fact. TFG got elected ONLY because of his anti-abortion position - which was a clever way to rope a dope the bible thumpers.
This is and has been a one issue problem that Democrats just don't get. Long ago, we could have made the case that we want less abortions - but making them illegal wouldn't stop them.
We have not been clear that education and readily available birth control are the answers to less abortions. We could have been speaking at churches and rural community centers - telling the TRUTH about this issue. But we foolishly underestimated the ignorance and single minded commitment of the anti-abortion mindset. I didn't. All you had to do was drive down route 95 into the south and see the billboards with pictures of a fetus.
We made mind altering drugs illegal - did that stop people from using them? We made gambling illegal - how did that work out? We had a prohibition of alcohol - was there a shortage of booze?
All of these and other "prohibitions" don't work. They simply push the activity underground. We have yet to make that case.
There are two proven ways to reduce abortions. 1. Give women as much control as humanly possible over whether or not they get pregnant. 2. Provide enough social support so that every child has food, shelter, clothing and education. (It also helps if fixing the problem of a missed menses is categorized as a womens health concern, as it had been for thousands of years.) Both progressives and people genuinely opposed to abortion on moral grounds can agree on both those points. But they don’t serve the needs of the grifters who used anti-abortion as a tool to get themselves money and power.
You hit the nail on the head. The vast majority of my friends vote Repubiqan on the single issue of abortion. tRumps abhorrent behavior is overlooked because . . . abortion.
And once the cord is cut these holier-than-thou hypocrites don’t care one iota what happens to those poor children.
And their cognitive dissonance is exactly that. More children means more programs needed = more money needed to care for them. Some Men want power and control over all others. We are smelling the stinky head of the angry patriarchal society wanting to "Take Back America." Purify the blood... and skin color. Hitlerian on a deep scale. Martial law was next. They were willing to have bounties on women...and anyone who helped them. WTF!!
And now all the white supremacist justices, which includes Injustice Thomas, overturned Roe v Wade. Another huge step backward!
Good point!
America has been terrible dealing with addictive vices. The solution to opioid addiction exists in Portugal and Switzerland, but it's "understood" that can never happen here.
Johann Hari analyses it in 15 minutes:
https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong?language=en
Just got an alert that the Supremes have overturned Roe v. Wade. Will that make a difference for the midterms?
Kathleen-now that Thomas has gotten what he wanted regarding a woman's autonomy, he has voiced the idea that ALL personal rights should be undone. He didn't waste any time telling the state level R's to go after those rights as well. Please read: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/24/thomas-constitutional-rights-00042256
Abortion AND tapping into the macho, white male superiority (FEAR) of the "other" as a backlash to the first bi-racial president in our country. And others I know for whom it was all about not paying taxes in the highest income brackets. This is complex. As are humans.