tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post2079847287818526726..comments2023-12-25T01:24:48.957-05:00Comments on Republic of Gilead: Quotes from the Presidential Pro-Life TeletownhallAhabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-36549677166939465982012-01-01T20:22:31.542-05:002012-01-01T20:22:31.542-05:00Cognitive Dissenter -- We need to turn that anger ...Cognitive Dissenter -- We need to turn that anger into resistance. The right-wing onslaught against reproductive rights is unrelenting.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-39054494077917563952012-01-01T14:53:33.349-05:002012-01-01T14:53:33.349-05:00My disgust for their willful ignorance is a given....My disgust for their willful ignorance is a given. But it's really difficult for me to NOT hate these people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-55469014589535462662011-12-30T01:02:40.896-05:002011-12-30T01:02:40.896-05:00Buffy -- Spot-on. I wish they understood that.
Lo...Buffy -- Spot-on. I wish they understood that.<br /><br />Lorena -- The Founding Fathers really do have legendary status in American culture. It's one thing to admire their achievements and ideas, but quite another to make idols of them as some do.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-25057772510194913752011-12-30T00:15:19.797-05:002011-12-30T00:15:19.797-05:00I will never understand why in the United States t...I will never understand why in the United States the Founding Fathers are so important. Who cares what they thought? They didn't have the problems of today and could never have foreseen the current issues. Politicians use them the way they use the Bible: to hide behind and to interpret at pleasure for self-service.Lorenahttp://exfundy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-29193917388162531492011-12-29T21:03:12.166-05:002011-12-29T21:03:12.166-05:00They're so adamant about protecting "life...They're so adamant about protecting "life" from the moment of conception, yet they couldn't care less about it once it's born. Such is the hypocrisy of the "pro-life" faction.Buffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328034026300036704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-512573002387190292011-12-29T12:53:28.013-05:002011-12-29T12:53:28.013-05:00Paul -- Good observations. Yes, Santorum is confla...Paul -- Good observations. Yes, Santorum is conflating life with personhood here, ignoring the debate about when an organism gains full human status. Also, a personhood amendment would indeed have devastating consequences for women's health and reproductive autonomy.<br /><br />Doug -- The irony is stunning. I would take their alleged commitment to life more seriously if they opposed war and poverty as loudly as the did abortion. Still, I wouldn't dismiss this as mere pandering -- I'm going to take them at their word and assume that they would take such extreme measures in the White House.<br /><br />Knatolee -- Ugh. The American anti-abortion movement throws around "holocaust" and Nazi references all the time. It's exceedingly disrespectful to the victims of the ACTUAL Holocaust.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-79186833524010201832011-12-29T10:59:45.181-05:002011-12-29T10:59:45.181-05:00I really, really hate it when people use the word ...I really, really hate it when people use the word "holocaust" carelessly. Bachmann (and the rest!) is an idiot.Knatoleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03809822081515082096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-38164023291813021102011-12-29T09:19:56.520-05:002011-12-29T09:19:56.520-05:00Of course. Those same folks who warn us about how ...Of course. Those same folks who warn us about how intrusive government has become. This is just more disgusting vote pandering. They show their true lack of commitment to human life with their stances on the death penalty and the nation's social safety net.Doug Bhttp://gropingtheelephant.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-16815985344726822022011-12-29T03:58:57.734-05:002011-12-29T03:58:57.734-05:00Ahab, if Rickie Santorum wants to play biologist a...Ahab, if Rickie Santorum wants to play biologist and insist it is a scientific fact life begins at conception, he needs to get his scientific facts straight: Both the sperm and the egg are alive. If either were dead, conception could not take place. Life started hundreds of millions of years ago -- not with conception. Far from being a biologist, Santorum is not even an informed layperson.<br /><br />Glenn Greenwald, writing in the Guardian, pointed out recently that the Republican candidates are being forced to the extreme Right because Obama has seized the position -- not of a Democrat -- but of a moderate to conservative Republican. Yet, the further Right they go, the more ridiculous they become. <br /><br />This rush to endorse the ridiculous personhood amendment is in my opinion a prime example of what Greenwald is talking about. The amendment is monstrous! For instance: If personhood begins at conception, are we going to charge a woman who miscarries with a crime? What if she miscarries after walking up a flight of stairs against her doctor's advice? Or after going for a jog? Or in any other number of circumstances? And are we going to subject women who miscarry to intrusive medical exams in order to be certain they did nothing to artificially induce their miscarriages? The problems with that personhood amendment <i>begin</i> in hell and get hotter from there on!Paul Sunstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462598852553696040noreply@blogger.com