Every relative I know believes that abortion should remain legal, oppose almost every anti-abortion legislation that comes up, and will never, ever, under any circumstances vote for a candidate who is not pro-life.
They have this idea in their head that the "other" side in this debate is trying to convince people to get abortions. Pro-lifers routinely call pro-choicers hypocrites when pro-choicers have children. And we always have the same reaction : WTF?!? This is one of those issues where the two sides don't even seem to speak the same language.
Years ago the President of the Indiana Right to Life stated that Liberals believe people are generally good and the gov't should be there to help them when necessary while Conservatives know that people are inherently evil and need gov't to enforce God's law.
You and I read that statement and think it paints Conservatives as hateful pieces of shit. Yet, he wrote that as a Conservative. Apparently, when he reads that statement he sees it as claiming that Liberals are naive.
Joke told in a Conservative crowd:
"A man who speaks two languages is bilingual. A man who speaks more than two is multi-lingual. So what do you call a man who speaks only one language? ... American."
{laughter ... then he and I speaking at the same time}
Me: "Not often you hear a good American joke."
He: "And can you believe it was a Mexican who told me that joke."
Me: "Huh?"
He: "Huh?"
He and the other Conservatives in that crowd believe that joke makes fun of Mexicans. You and I see that joke as making fun of Americans. We really have a hard time understanding each other.
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