Cable-on-demand vs. Abortion-on-demand
You are counter-culture. You believe in questioning authority, seeking the truth behind the issue, and social justice. You are distrustful of organized religion, establishment society, the military-industrial complex, and politicians of most stripes.You further believe that John Kerry was the right man to vote for in the election, because Bush lied to get us into a shameful war, and besides, he's a puppet of the oil industry.
In short, you are a lackey. Despite your best efforts not to be manipulated by "the system", or "the media", and despite your deep commitment to open-mindedness and alternative, you are a patsy, and you have been played for a fool.
You have been spoon-fed a diet of manipulation - all the while being told that the very poison you drank was coming from the enemy - and it will take some time and antidote for you to recuperate.
Take the biggest issue of them all, abortion - despite your carefully-nourished concern for Minority Rights, Civil Liberties, and The Little Guy, you have agreed to deny rights to the unborn. More prominent than this is your disavowal of the issue as something worth actually debating and discussing, as you've been trained to feel that the issue has already been decided, for now and ever after, in favor of what is euphemistically referred to as "A woman's right to choose".
Is it at all possible that the issue is far more complicated and debate-worthy than you realized? Yes, but it will take you a while to internalize this. There are extremely powerful arguments on the side of those you've dismissed as "The Christian Right", and your refusal to even acknowledge their concerns demonstrates your utter lack of an open mind.
That's a big spoonful of unpleasant medicine to swallow, so you'd better let that one digest a while.
posted by ET @ 11:05 AM
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