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Re: Enough with the "courageous decision not to abort" bulls
by pawntucket
"eah, the lefties are a crackup.... on one hand they're calling us commies and hitler-like,"

Wrong. I never descended into such tactics. But to suggest that "lefties" are somehow exclusive in their use of exaggeration and name-calling towards their ideological rivals is to admit total blindness to your own party's equally frequent descents into infantilism...

"and on the other hand, they suggest that Palin should have used a little progressive eugenics with a metal rod and a suction device -- in the name of love and tolerance of course."

Never my suggestion. Not my suggestion. Are you suggesting no Democrats have children with Down's syndrome? Are you suggesting no Republicans have abortions? What a load of hogwash. My suggestion, if I had one, is to disengage from the illogical claim that the decision NOT to murder one's fetus (for those that take this view) is somehow courageous.

"Then they parrot Michael Moore -- the Goebbles of our era."

Wow! Way to make my point for me! Lefties call Righties Nazis. And NOW (thank you for the gimme, Suzy), we see that Righties call Lefties Nazis. A perfect illustration of your (and everyone else who polarizes this claim) hypocrisy.

"If they stopped looking at themselves in the mirror, and really LOOKED at their views in the mirror,"

Enter joke about Palin being a beauty queen here...

..."they're feel shame, mature, and become more moderate/conservative. For some this happens in our teenage years... for others, it comes much later, or never."

Why "moderate/conservative" and not moderate/conservative or moderate/liberal? I agree that everyone needs to take a look in the mirror--and then immediately say "why the fuck am I thinking about myself again?" and set about the task of thinking of others. Clinging to terms like "pro-life," "pro-choice," "conservative," and "liberal" tell me absolutely nothing about the quality of one's character or decision-making ability. Get your head out of the old molds, Suzy, and if you can't, well then get your ass out there and adopt a Down's syndrome baby.
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