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Shocked Pro-choicer Discovers Falsity of Media's Stereotypes of Pro-lifers
NewsBusters ^ | Matthew Sheffield

Posted on 10/03/2007 8:18:26 AM PDT by RatherBiased.com

In the information age, misinformation is too often traded as a counterfeit currency in our marketplace of ideas.

The recent Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh non-scandelettes have proven this in spades. But disingenuous attacks on individual public figures are hardly the only kind of falsehood you'll find in the partisan press. Today's merchants of disinformation also trade frequently in false stereotypes of large groups of Americans, especially those who even slightly oppose abortion.

Those of you who are pro-life may not know this but despite whatever you may think, all of you are actually overweight, hyper-religious, uneducated, spouse-beating, rural, white males. Or at least that's what you are in the minds of the fanatically pro-choice left.

That false stereotype died a terrible death in at least one person's mind recently when pro-choice activist Eleanor Bader "infiltrated" the National Right to Life Committee's annual convention. Much to her surprise, the media's reportage on the pro-life movement was simply incorrect. Luckily for the public discourse, pro-life writer Samantha Singson managed to attend and report Bader's shocked findings

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; disinformation; moralabsolutes; prolifenrlc; propaganda; stalinisttactics; thebiglie

1 posted on 10/03/2007 8:18:28 AM PDT by RatherBiased.com
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To: RatherBiased.com
“This just isn’t what you always heard the ‘anti-choicers’ were like.”

Did Bader ever learn that pro-lifers are motivated by love of the unborn — or does she still cling to the media stereotype that they hate women?

2 posted on 10/03/2007 8:22:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

That’s a great point.


3 posted on 10/03/2007 8:25:27 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
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To: RatherBiased.com
Completely beside the point ....

Mr. Scheffield ... you really need to lose the "mustache."

4 posted on 10/03/2007 8:27:32 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: BenLurkin

And once again, truth sets someone free from the bondage woven of lies.


5 posted on 10/03/2007 8:27:53 AM PDT by papagall (Atta boys are great to collect, but one dagnabit wipes out dozens of them.)
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To: BenLurkin
they hate women

And fear strong women.

6 posted on 10/03/2007 8:29:06 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler ("A person's a person no matter how small." -Dr. Seuss)
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To: Coleus; firebrand

ping


7 posted on 10/03/2007 8:35:07 AM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: papagall
And once again, truth sets someone free from the bondage woven of lies.

Wrong. She's still at it. At the end of the article she says, "It's abortion and it's good."

Truth slapped her in the face and she still denies it.

8 posted on 10/03/2007 8:42:05 AM PDT by al_c
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To: al_c

Her eternity will be most unpleasant for rejecting the truth.


9 posted on 10/03/2007 8:44:39 AM PDT by papagall (Atta boys are great to collect, but one dagnabit wipes out dozens of them.)
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To: RatherBiased.com
Abortion is a moral good and a social good."

I think I may vomit.
10 posted on 10/03/2007 8:46:30 AM PDT by elizabetty (VOTE- FOR -SNOOPY............HE is the ONLY candidate who can beat Hillary.)
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To: al_c

She’s a child who never grew up.


11 posted on 10/03/2007 8:50:07 AM PDT by Clock King (Bring the noise!)
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To: Jeff Chandler

>> And fear strong women.

A common refrain from obnoxious women that can’t land a date.

My wife is strong. But, she’s also humble enough that she wouldn’t call herself strong. Perhaps men aren’t afraid of “strong women” ... perhaps we just don’t care for obnoxious women who continually talk about how “strong” they are.

I’m convinced that this “men are scared of strong/ successful women” nonsense is simply a fallback position for irritating feminists who refuse to admit they can’t get dates because people simply don’t like them (i.e. they don’t like me, therefore they must fear greatness).

H


12 posted on 10/03/2007 9:04:46 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor (How 'Bout Them Cowboys!!!)
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To: Hemorrhage

Liberal women:

Strong, or bossy?

Strong, or b1tchy?

Strong, or in your face?

Strong, or NO friggin’ sense of humor AT ALL?

Strong, or continually PMS-ing?

There IS a difference and it’s real.


13 posted on 10/03/2007 9:37:27 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man
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To: Secret Agent Man

Strong and with an attitude? Strong and with an education? Strong and will take you on in court? Strong and think your ideas are subject to testing? Strong and don’t like being talked over? Strong and with a sense of humor you seem to have lost? Strong and use words carefully? Need I continue?


14 posted on 10/03/2007 10:08:01 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: Hemorrhage
A common refrain from obnoxious women that can’t land a date.

I think it was R. Emmett Tyrell who wrote "Women who are feminists don't know how to be feminine".

15 posted on 10/03/2007 10:33:18 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time, for it is an evil time." - Amos 5:13)
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To: Alex Murphy

And Rush Limbaugh wrote ...

Undeniable Truth of Life #24:
“Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society.”

H


16 posted on 10/03/2007 10:47:23 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor (How 'Bout Them Cowboys!!!)
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To: yldstrk

NO, please see post 15.


17 posted on 10/03/2007 11:29:21 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man
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To: RatherBiased.com
Believing in the stereotype of a movement dominated by old white men and subscribed to by marginalized, zealous, religiously motivated, uneducated "church ladies," Bader couldn't quite keep the surprise out of her voice when she reported that those at the NRLC Convention were "smart, educated, beautiful and articulate." In Bader's own words, "This just isn't what you always heard the 'anti-choicers' were like."

Substitute "pro-lifers" with "African-Americans," and "NRLC Convention" with "Sylvia's in Harlem," and you essentially have the Bill O'Reilly discussion with Juan Williams.

-PJ

18 posted on 10/03/2007 11:36:41 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Repeal the 17th amendment -- it's the "Fairness Doctrine" for Congress!)
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To: al_c
Truth slapped her in the face and she still denies it.

She's been warned. That is all we can do.

When I say to a wicked man, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. --Ezekiel 3:18 (NIV)

19 posted on 10/03/2007 3:13:12 PM PDT by pray4liberty (Watch and pray.)
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To: papagall
And once again, truth sets someone free from the bondage woven of lies

"Liberalism" is founded on lies, as MoveOn and MediaMatters display so effectively. So it is crucial that conservatives take care to always be as truthful as possible. When a disillusioned or curious liberal allows some doubt to creep in, he has to know where to turn.

We carry the twin torches of liberty and learning through the darkness of the age. It behooves us solemnly to guard them well.

20 posted on 10/03/2007 3:38:38 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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