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In reply to the discussion: Being pro-life doesn’t make me any less of a lefty [View all]Th1onein
(8,514 posts)And, they are all Democrats, as well. We all work VERY hard at educating and converting any Republican family or friends that we have (or anyone that we meet, in fact) into Democrats. The fact that we ARE pro-life often convinces them that they don't have to have to accept the Democratic party platform in it's entirety; that there are differences; ones that we can work through, but the main goal of our party is to work for a decent life for all Americans, and for all people of all nations.
As for Limbaugh and Sandra Fluke, I have personally written to Limbaugh's advertisers and boycotted their products because of what he said about Fluke. Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock are idiots, in my opinion. As pro-lifers they do nothing but hurt the cause of pro-life, because of the asshole way that they act. They are extremists and misogynists.
I really don't think that we are going to resolve this issue unless and until we do find a common ground. Until that time, those who would make us all slaves, the corporatists, will use abortion as a wedge issue to divide us. I really wish that here, on DU, we could talk about this issue without barraging each other with insults. I have been a Democrat all of my life, and will always be a Democrat, no matter what the party's stand on abortion is, as long as it is a party that cares about the 99%. But I will always be anti-abortion, too, and anti-capital punishment, and anti-war.