tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166122521688274516.post6453633770303594282..comments2023-04-05T05:45:55.945-05:00Comments on The Square Peg: Score One for the Silent MajorityLa Piazza Ganciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541428960602820693noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166122521688274516.post-8332600590106586892012-02-20T10:25:45.070-06:002012-02-20T10:25:45.070-06:00Yes, I do believe it. If I didn't, I wouldn...Yes, I do believe it. If I didn't, I wouldn't have written it.<br /><br />Furthermore, I didn't say that is what motivates pro-lifers. I said that is what motivates radical, right-wing conservatives.<br /><br />Why do I believe that? Because I hear them speak. I see the legislation they attempt to pass. Its intent couldn't be more clear. <br /><br />Have you forgotten the sight of John Boehner standing before Congress (and the nation) in January of 2011 and saying that NOTHING was going to happen in that legislative body until multi-national corporate behemoths and billionaires received still-more tax breaks?<br /><br />I haven't. <br /><br />I don't know what that says to you, but it tells me in clear and unmistakeable language just what conservatives think of anyone who isn't a billionaire or a corporation. It pretty much says "Fuck you" to the rest of us. <br /><br />Assuming, of course, that you're listening.La Piazza Ganciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09541428960602820693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166122521688274516.post-54591618136663622222012-02-19T21:02:40.174-06:002012-02-19T21:02:40.174-06:00"At the core of conservative dislike for repr..."At the core of conservative dislike for reproductive rights (a.k.a. abortion) is that it removes from their control the lives they would otherwise destroy via poverty, unemployment, denial of health care and long-term marginalization."<br /><br />You do not believe this claim, do you? You do not actually believe that that is what motivates pro-life (aka anti-abortion 'rights') people, right? If so, why? Did somebody you know, or heard about, or saw on TV, say that that was their motivation? If not, what, specifically, would make you believe that they do what they do solely out of malice, and a desire to dehumanize and oppress the poor? <br /><br />If you do in fact believe this, you are simply wrong.britenesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17770817629152972705noreply@blogger.com