People Who Oppose Abortion Are Officially More Important Than You

[MrsSmith]

Shallah Kali  (1000+ posts)       Mon Nov-09-09 08:22 PM
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People Who Oppose Abortion Are Officially More Important Than You
 
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A long, long time ago, I was working for a fundraising firm. One of our biggest clients was NARAL -- then the National Abortion Rights Action League, now NARAL Pro-Choice America. One of my jobs was to identify and counter common objections to fundraising appeals and someone came to me with one that I thought was pretty much a gimme. People were objecting that, while they were supportive of a woman's right to choose, they were also sympathetic to complaints by anti-abortion types that they shouldn't have to their tax dollars paying for abortion. This just wouldn't be fair.

The first words out of my mouth were, "What makes them so special?" After all, the number of Americans who can't point to some use of taxpayer money that they're against is probably so tiny as to be almost non-existent. By this argument, should Quakers be forced to pay for the military, should environmentalists be forced to subsidize roadbuilding in wilderness areas, should privacy advocates have to fund the NSA and human right supporters have to foot the bill for Gitmo? From the death penalty to war to torture to domestic surveillance, people are forced to pay for things they passionately oppose. Setting abortion aside, as if it were somehow a special circumstance for "pro-life" taxpayers, would be absurd -- akin to letting animal rights activists skip on paying for the meat portion of meals served to military personnel.
 

There you go, folks.  Murdering an unwanted child is exactly the same as protecting your country, building a road, housing terrorists and feeding our soldiers.  And this is called "thought" by our left.    

[NHSparky]

And while this may seem a bit heartless, I'm tempted the next time I'm debating abortion with a pro-murder type, the conversation will likely go something like this:

Pro-Choicer: "So you WANT to go back to the days of back-alley abortions and women putting themselves at risk?"

Me: "If a person has so little concern for the most helpless among us, maybe we ARE better off without them in the gene pool."

At that point just the sound of their mouths flopping open and closed like a carp out of water will be satisfaction enough.

[mamacags]

People Who Oppose Abortion Are Officially More Important Than You

Duh.

[AllosaursRus]

And while this may seem a bit heartless, I'm tempted the next time I'm debating abortion with a pro-murder type, the conversation will likely go something like this:

Pro-Choicer: "So you WANT to go back to the days of back-alley abortions and women putting themselves at risk?"

Me: "If a person has so little concern for the most helpless among us, maybe we ARE better off without them in the gene pool."

At that point just the sound of their mouths flopping open and closed like a carp out of water will be satisfaction enough.

I've already beat you to it! Indeed their mouths flop open and they have no response. Pretty much they just walk away mumbling to themselves. Pretty hard to make a comeback to that logic.

[Celtic Rose]

And while this may seem a bit heartless, I'm tempted the next time I'm debating abortion with a pro-murder type, the conversation will likely go something like this:

Pro-Choicer: "So you WANT to go back to the days of back-alley abortions and women putting themselves at risk?"

Me: "If a person has so little concern for the most helpless among us, maybe we ARE better off without them in the gene pool."

At that point just the sound of their mouths flopping open and closed like a carp out of water will be satisfaction enough.

I would pay to watch that discussion.