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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)I'm just now seeing your post, or I would have answered it sooner. As you can see, I've been barraged with posts regarding this issue.
I and another couple of people on DU had a big flame war on this issue; I don't remember how long ago it was, but it was on the old DU. At that time, Skinner made all parties involved put each other on ignore. He also expressed his discomfort with my calling abortion murder. I think he explained it (or someone did; I don't remember) that murder is a legal term, and as long as abortion is not against the law, or the legislature has not labeled it as murder, it's not murder; it's homicide.
That's the correct term for it. But, he said another thing, which I have since thought about. He (or someone else; I don't recall this long after) said something to the effect of the term "murder" bothering people. Think about that--suppose a woman had had an abortion and someone came along, like I did, and started calling what they had done murder. How would that make them feel? Do I want to be responsible for making someone feel like that, when absolutely NOTHING good could come of it? The child is already dead; gone. The only thing that remains is the person who had the abortion.
I have no desire to make people feel bad. None, whatsoever. Because, when you do that, you alienate those people. And, when you alienate those people, they don't hear what you have to say.
There is nothing to hide here, riderinthestorm. Same old Th1onein; same views. And, there is no new "tact," riderinthestorm.
Let me ask you something: Is there really a reason to accuse me of that sort of dishonesty? I have never been anything but straightforward about my views on this issue. Must I be vilified and condemned as no better than Paul Ryan, Todd Akin, etc.? Is that necessary to your argument?