Originally posted by whodey
I view the political stance on social issues such as abortion, gay rights, etc, as being nothing more that ways to distinguish the two parties. In reality, both care little about such issues, rather, they only pander to them to help create differences between them. If they did not do so, the public might then realize that both parties are really one and the ...[text shortened]... ch as abortion/gay rights, what emotion is left to get people energized to support either party?
BS big time, dear whodey🙂
Either you stand for the right of the abortion or you stand against it. The reasons behind the opinion of the individual can be rational or irrational, motivated (or not motivated) by principles like his religion, his social and political views, his personal political awareness and the strategy of his political party -and anyway they have to do with the understandment of issues which they are not critical for the Americans and the Europeans but they are still a matter of life or death for the Africans. As always, when the necessity for a decision arises, the emotion is a strong factor but not the sole one.
The exact procedure adopted by the Republicans does not derive solely fom the "emotion" but is perfectly calculated, and it has to do with the indifference of that party and its members to the future of the Africans. One has to know how crucial is the meaning of such a decision for the Africans, and he has to react accordingly. This awareness separates the decent citizen from the insufferable dolt. The rest are mere excuses.
So the opinion of the individual is crucial. The citizen has to decide if he will stand for real issues such as abortion/ gay rights etc, or not. And he must not allow to be driven by his emotions solely.