Everyone who tells me that I can't be pro-life without hating women can go to hell. Everyone who flames me or tries to tell me what a horrible hipocrit I am can go to hell. Everyone who tells me to shut the fuck up and get out their face because I hold a different viewpoint can go to hell riding a thorny broomstick.
Yesterday, in a diary about women's issues, I made a post regarding how other women's issues are being eclipsed by abortion, which has somehow become the end all be all of women's issues. In this post, I menationed that I am pro-life. I think it's wrong. But that's me. I never said that the dem party should compromise on the issue, or even that the laws should be changed in any way. I'm pro-life. And what do I get for having a different viewpoint? All kinds of angry people telling me how much I hate women.
This is the kind of shit that drives most people away from progressive politics. We only have two sets of ideology to pick from, dem or repub, and if you don't fit into the mold perfectly, the "hoilier than thou" will hound you until you start thinking the other side isn't so bad.
If you can point out anywhere on this blog that I've supported changing the laws, let me know. If I said that the democratic party should compromise on the issue, point it out to me. If you can give me real reasons why I can't support women's rights and be pro-life ant the same time, I'll gladly listen to them, but if all you can do is repeat over and over again at various volumes that I can't be pro-life and pro-women at the same time, then go to hell. Just becuase it's a core part of your belief system, doesn't mean it's axiomatic to everyone else.
I happen to be pro-life. I happen to think that abortion is wrong and irresponsible. But that's my own persoanl choice. It comes from my own personal experiences. Everone I know who's had an abortion, or whose girlfriend has had an abortion, has regretted it later. They've all realized to late what they had done. That's why. BUt I've never advocating changing the laws, or that abortion should be illegal.
Here's a small sampling of what happens when you have a difference of opinion on dKos:
It was your hypocritical assertion that you can be pro-life AND support women's rights and issues at the same time that pissed me off. -eugene
Shut the fuck up and get out of my face. -firedoglake
Please go join the Republicans; they need to replenish their liberal wing. -wytcld
drop the "pro-life" label. It is PROFOUNDLY insulting to your brother and sisters on the left who support abortion rights -tmo (my brothers and sisters on the left have al but banned me from the site because of this one position on this one issue)
But for the life of me cannot understand why, as a pro-life person, do you feel the need to impose your personal morality on everyone else? -scott (For the record, I never said anything close to that.)
Abortion to the right means no BIRTH CONTROL at all... The right for Married couples to birth control. Get a friggin' clue pal... you are being played-Felicia
Thanks for putting words in my mouth and claiing other people's beliefs as my own. I was wondering exactly where I stood on abortion, and apperantly I'm anti birth-control too.
You are wrong when you say you and be pro-life and pro-women's rights. You have to pick one or the other.-eugene
I have to say, for a bunch of supposed liberals, their is an incredible amount of intolerance on this ebsite for people who don't fit into the mold. I'm the first to admit that I would fail many litmus tests o this blog, but that'll happen when you're locked into an either/or way of thinking. We're all victims of our stupid two-party system.