For the life of me I can't seem to figure out how is it that these so called "politicians" don't know how freedom works. I mean, every now and then I think they know, but when it comes down to it, when it matters, they always end up screwing things up.
Ending Abortions?
Before I try to tackle the controversial topic, which is sure to offend one or more people, I would love to get some context as to the title of this sudden post.
I can't possibly know how to win elections, how to even win political arguments if I'm to be honest. But, I do know one thing. Every single time someone argues for restriction of freedoms, that person is wrong. Regardless of how much I think someone's choice is the wrong one, it's really none of my business.
To me, this whole idea of ending abortions that the right wing pushes for, is nothing more than big government with another mask. It's nothing more than populist rhetoric, fabricated moral outrage to provoke masses on both sides of the isle.
It's fake, it's hypocrisy at it's finest and easy to demonstrate it to be. But leaving the stupidity of the idea behind, I would like to talk about the real issue here.
Will it work?
The short answer is no. It never has, it never will. You see, it's hard for some people to make this distinction but it's not that complicated.
People conflate having the government paying for abortions, which is undesirable, with the freedom of people to chose to have children or not. Granted, it the line is not easy to draw on the sand, but it's not hard to see that it needs to be there.
If...
If it happens, if all of the sudden it becomes illegal, we don't have to guess what will happen, because we can see it all over the world. When a government bans access to abortion people don't just stop.
In south america, where I'm living currently it's illegal, and guess what happens? There are clandestine clinics for people to still get the procedures, and it's not that uncommon for women to die in them.
Granted I'm not applauding having an abortion, I don't think it's something to be taken lightly, but that is my personal morals, and it has little to do with reality.
If it's still unclear for you, let me give you some easier examples. I don't think people should use heavy drugs like meth or cocaine, but I can't stop you from doing so, nor should I have the power to. Has the drug on wars stopped anything?
Point is
I really thought the Dems had little to no chance of retaining power this year, I really did. It felt inevitable since their handling of everything has been absolutely terrible. But now... now it seems like the opposition, the party who is still trying to shake of Trump's grip on it is about to hand over the victory, thus making sure the ruling class learns nothing.
As always, just a stupid circus.
Yep, I've always said it was easy for the Republicans to oppose abortion while it was an empty principle. Now they'll have to send women and doctors to jail, and witness the results of illegal abortions.
On the other hand, I'm not happy that it's now the Democrats' turn to campaign for cultural issues while ignoring the economy.
could not agree more
That brings to mind a highly quoted excerpt from Alito's draft (page 32) that reads:
He's so close in identifying this whole group of behaviors as fundamental rights that shouldn't be under the control of Congress or the Executive. And yet he lands 180-degrees opposite as he tries to make the case against the right to an abortion.
And then he has the gall, blinded by his own ideology probably, but still the gall to (naively?) lie about drug use and prostitution not having a claim to being deeply rooted in history. It's called the world's oldest profession for fuck's sake! And it's not disputed that people have been altering their minds with plants and fungi since before recorded history.
It was an assumed natural right until despotic governments came around to tell people they were forbidden to consume certain arbitrary substances while some other arbitrary substances were still ok to consume. And people used plants for abortions too... well before codified law.
Alito, instead of wearing the blindfold of justice, clearly wears an ideological blindfold and it's gotten him completely turned around. That's not a catastrophe, there are nine Supreme Court Justices for a reason, but it may be that four more of them agree with this stance.
I don't see how this is not a step backwards. But the truth is that most people who say that they believe in freedom are just not comfortable accepting others freedom.
Imo this wont end well..