As the Democratic primary heats up and we get closer to the 2020 election, you’re going to hear a lot of bombastic rhetoric. Let’s cut through the noise and discuss it like adults. Be sure to leave your thoughts and opinions in the comments below.
To the 20% on the batshit left and the 20% on the batshit right, SHUT UP AND LISTEN, but don’t speak.
To the 60% in the “middle”, the #SilentMajority, yours is the voice that is needed. Yours is the voice that isn’t interested in “winning” or “owning” or dragging the Overton Window one direction or another.
Here is what most of the #SilentMajority believes:
#Abortion is a necessary and terrible choice.
No one wants to force a woman to carry a child conceived by rape, incest, or anything like that…..those women who choose to do so are the most gracious and amazing among us. Those who choose not to are understandably human, and don’t rejoice in their choice. They deserve our grace.
No one wants to force a woman to carry a child to term if it might jeopardize their life….those women who delay/cease cancer treatments in order to give the baby a fighting chance are also heroes. Those who choose to end a pregnancy to receive the life saving treatment do so at great cost to their emotional health and should be granted the grace they need in the aftermath of such a difficult choice.
Here is the bullshit that the #SilentMajority doesn’t want to hear from either “side”:
1. There is never a reason for abortion.
2. An abortion can and should be able to happen at any time…up to moments before birth.
3. We don’t want to hear opinions, or even worse, policies that are solely designed and predicated upon establishing “woke”, “virtuousness”, “biblical conservatism” bona fides.
4. We know when the right says doctors are allowing mothers to abort lives after birth it’s bullshit they don’t even believe that is only designed to throw red meat to and gin up their base.
5. We also know it’s bullshit when the left paints every attempt to put reasonable controls on abortion as an attempt to control women’s bodies, or it’s just the patriarchy strengthening its hold on society. If it’s designed to solely throw red tofu to their base, we see it as such.
6. We also know that the heart wrenching, worst case abortion scenarios you hold up as examples are in fact true and necessary, but, they are not representative of the average abortion.
It is time for the middle to stand up and take charge of the children masquerading as “leaders”. It is time to be what we are….the adults in the room. If your state legislature is like NY or others on the far left…rein them in and hold them accountable…that is your job. If your state legislature is like AL or others on the far right…rein them in and hold them accountable, as is your job.
If you allow this to continue and do nothing, YOU are responsible for what your representatives do in your name.
