Posted on 12/16/2014 8:52:36 AM PST by Morgana
he scariest words uttered during Jonathan Gruber’s recent appearance before the House Oversight Committee were “positive selection.” They were read aloud by Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, from a 1997 paper the professor co-authored concerning abortion. The opus in question made the Congressman uneasy because of the following passage: “By 1993 all cohorts under the age 19 were born under legalized abortion and we estimate steady state savings of $1.6 billion per year from positive selection.” Rep. Massie asked the professor what was meant by “positive selection.” This question was evidently not anticipated in Gruber’s pre-testimony coaching, so he became evasive.
Considering what it means, this is no surprise. “Positive selection” is no ordinary example of academic jargon. The term is frequently used by evolutionary biologists, who tell us it is responsible for the development of “traits that define our species—notably the enormous brain, advanced cognitive abilities, complex vocal organs, bipedalism and opposable thumbs.” And Gruber refers to mass abortions of unborn babies, whom he describes as “marginal children,” as an example of positive selection that includes the added benefit of saving the government money. Should we be worried that an architect of Obamacare seems to be an advocate of what sounds an awful lot like eugenics?
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A little research into the proponents of eugenics would be very eye opening to a lot of people.
Eugenics I don’t buy.
However, should Obama consider seppuku, I’ll gladly watch, cheer, and throw a party afterwards.
Perfectly aligned with PP Founder Margaret Sanger’s original intent. “On-Message”, as they say.
positive selection is what we did Back In November!
sadly we cant vote the eugenics “movement” out so sharing its existance...and plans is ever more vital!
- Professor Jonathan Gruber, 1997 co-authored paper concerning abortion.
You can buy the idea of Eugenics or not, but the 90% of Down’s Syndrome babies murdered in utero might disagree. Of course they are dead so they have no voice. Not even a government that says they where of any worth.
Get ready for the return of paganism.
Just more proof for them that white privilege is out to get them.
How can any Christian vote for a party hell-bent on destroying life.
Another example of how hypocritical liberal academics can be. Notice how they don't include advanced human emotions? Thought that "feelings" were the end all for academics. Guess that's why you rarely see them condemn the atrocities of muslims since they have NO empathy or sympathy for their innocent targets.
In 2010, I went to a graduation for a huge high school. The seats for the graduates were filled, but that a good third of the seats empty.
I got nosing around and found out that one enterprising parent got permission to add the seats for the students who had been killed by abortion and of course were not able to graduate with the other students.
Indeed it would.
In my undergrad days I took a course in American social and cultural history that was taught by a leftist professor but he was unusual in that he was fair-minded.
He got into the whole eugenics thing and showed how racist the whole business really was; he had some rather harsh things to say about population control and how that had its origins in racism.
He was a very good teacher and some of the things he said made me wonder if he was that rarest of creatures: a prolife leftist.
Wow. It’s a real burden on this country.
The oldest of all those millions of babies killed would be in their peak earning years now ... jobs, homes, children of their own ... what inventions were never made, homes never built, songs never sung ... sad.
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