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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] I honestly wish the democrats would stop talking about abortion. Anyone who is open to understanding how disastrous the GOP is for women’s rights, health, and safety has already turned. [/quote] It would be difficult for you to be more wrong about this. The Democrats didn’t talk about abortion enough in the previous decades and that’s what led us to where we are now. And public opinion has been turning and continues to turn against the right wing’s total bans, which produce terrible health outcomes for women with problematic pregnancies and is already resulting in a shortage of doctors of all specialties in those states. Also, anyone who thinks they have a hot take on abortion here, have you read the Roe v Wade overturned thread? Because I guarantee your great wisdom has been discussed there.[/quote] +1 OP blaming the Democrats for the lies of the Republicans is big “what was she wearing” energy. [/quote] Op here. I am not blaming the democrats. This post was actually prompted by another post asking what democrats should do differently in their campaign. This is just what I wish they would do to improve messaging - speak to those of us who don’t see abortion as a black and white issue - like I said, untapped demographic. [/quote] No, you’re not an “untapped demographic.” Do you trust women? Do you think they deserve the basic human right of bodily autonomy? Then you should [i]vote[/i] pro choice and [i]do with your own body[/i] as your conscience dictates. That’s your answer. You took a thousand words to scold the Democrats for your inability to feel okay with letting women run their own lives. [/quote] This is the fundamental disconnect you will never understand because you don't make an effort to. Prolife people have the sincerely held belief that abortion is about TWO people, not just the woman involved. You can say that this is just the patriarch wanting to keep women pregnant in the kitchen, but all that tells me is that you don't know any prolife people and have never engaged with them, because that's not how they think. [/quote] Thank you! This is what I was trying to say. There is a segment of Christian voters who are, and always will be, single-issue voters. No democrat will ever get their vote, so why even try? But there are a lot of Christians who are more moderate on the issue and could be swayed. I agree that my fellow democrats could do better at trying to understand their viewpoint. While I am not staunchly anti-abortion, I did grow up in the Bible Belt. My church was relatively liberal, but I often attended other churches with friends or for events. Most of my extended family are conservative Christians. I heard a lot of religious conversations. Because of this, I understand how this becomes so deeply engrained in so many people. Even if I don’t agree with them, I understand how they arrived at their viewpoint and why it is more important than anything else to them. [/quote]
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