Captain Tenneal wrote:
I understand the entire point of your posts--Republicans seem to care so much about life before (abortion) and at the end (terry shiavo) but screw people over unless they are born into $$$. And that argument may have some validity. And I agree that more should be done for those born into very tough situations like that.
hey, lookie at that. You DID get the point of my post and even agreed with it more or less. Excellent.
But I didn't avoid any topic. YOU challenged my notion about the inconsistency or wrongheadedness of right wingers defending "life" at conception and after brain damage ONLY. You said such concept made perfect, rational sense. I showed you otherwise, and it seems like now you agree. If you do, then I commend you for it.
If you want to discuss abortion in a vacuum, then I can engage you on that another day (you already see my last post was long enough). However, I will only say at this point, that such a discussion as that should not occur isolated from every other factor (including the mother's health and well-being, etc).
Furthermore, I don't think right wingers actually care about the issue that much anyway. As I pointed out with my last post, they bow to the god of capitalism and free markets MUCH MUCH MORE than they do to the altar of "life". For examples: see Death Penalty of innocent criminals, see sending young men to die in the middle east for oil profits, see lack of concern for poor people, see no concern about large businesses polluting environment which DIRECTLY leads to deaths, see lack of concern about gun control or highway deaths ["there should be NO speed limit or seat belt laws!" they say], etc, etc. And since (at least) just as many religious people and conservatives get divorced, beat their kids, molest children, etc, etc, as do liberal atheists, but while claiming to be following "God's word" and "cherishing marriage" blah, blah, blah, why should I not think that these same people that call women who get an abortion "CHILD MURDERERS!" are not just as hypocritical on this issue as they are on all other issues?! I shouldn't doubt it for a second.
Most people like you (not saying you personally, I don't know for sure) who scream MURDER! at abortion doctors and women who make this painful choice are doing so just to spew anger and hatred at someone they don't like (i.e. liberals), and score political points. It seems like a great way to slam someone you hate. What better thing than to call them a baby murderer? But do they REALLY care about the black fetus born to the crack addicted mom?? Do they REALLY desperately want that kid born, despite knowing that as soon as he is born, they will then fight tooth and nail to deny that kid free health care, and there may be a very big chance he ends up institutionalized or in prison? No, they don't really care about him. Not one iota. They just want to spew hatred and vitriol at people they already don't like.
Pro-life my ass.