An unpleasant duty

[fpb]

A person who was on my friends list made me the offensive "gift" of an "I stand with Planned Parenthood" tag. The only occasion I would stand with Planned Parenthood would be if I were a cop and I had the pleasure to take the members of that murderous organization to jail. I defriended the person concerned.

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[fpb.livejournal.com]

It's not that I don't want to have anything to do with supporters of abortion. A couple of people on my f-list (stand up and take a bow, sabethea) have defended their views, unsuccessfully in my view, but with decency and an underlying courage which I respect; and at the very least, it is always wholesome to hear things you disagree with, if only to become conscious of what you disagree with. What annoyed me was the implicit assumption of superiority. I make you understand that I disagree with you - you send me an insulting "gift", instead of either starting a proper argument or else accepting that there is someone out there who disagrees with you. And the person in question went on to prove that my instinctive reaction was wholly right, by calling me a troll, a sexist pig, etc etc. The assumption being that nobody has a right to disagree on this matter and that anyone who does is a diseased villain.

[arhyalon.livejournal.com]

Picture me blinking in puzzlement.

If you are a troll and a sexist pig for not supporting abortion...what does that make me? ;-)

[fpb.livejournal.com]

The problem is that where abortion is concerned, Britain (this person is British) has long been a one-party state. The average Briton hears nothing but horror stories about the supposed American fanatics panting to go out and murder abortionists, and is so ignorant that as often as not is surprised to hear that the Catholic Church condemns it. I blame Margaret Thatcher, who was as much of an abortion fanatic as Obama and who corrupted her own party on the issue. With no home among so-called conservatives, the resolute opponents of abortion have become marginalized.