Hi, lj. As you work your way through the thread, be sure to note the poster who considers it “rude” to be asked if he is pro-life.
Rude.
It is even ruder, it appears, to ask if he favors RU486.
I can only speak for myself, but I can’t imagine a conservative taking offense at those questions.
Would a liberal consider them rude?
You betcha.
Not sure if I’ll have the time to read the whole thread - but I’ll make an effort tomorrow if I can’t today. (Two batches of jam today plus this and that, not a lot of energy right now!).
Generally speaking, anyone who thinks it rude if people ask if he is pro-life is really on the wrong forum!
I did find ‘em, right nearby.
No conservative would find it rude to be asked if they are pro-life, and a real conservative can only have one answer.
Would a liberal consider them rude?
You betcha.
One of my purposes in tying the two issues together is to "light up" the targets. For many people abortion is a litmus test of ideology. I suspect that many liberals will simply burst a blood vessel before they can bring themselves to admit that an unborn child is a living human being with a natural right to life.
1. If the "anti-birthers" are actual liberals, they won't answer the question, or will do so with evasion and qualification. Therefore the "target" gets "lit up."
2. Actual pro-lifers will realize that they are advocating the same argument abortion supporters use to claim the child isn't alive. If a child is a "person" at conception, then being a "citizen" at conception is consistent with this concept. Pro-lifers will recognize this as true once it is pointed out to them.
Win win.