There are two points I want to address, and I advise Arkady Rossovich to read this closely:
That's the Republicans for not wanting abortion legalized. It's their personal views ahead of what is right.
You know what? Republicans don't only oppose abortion. There are pro-life Democrats. Bob Casey, Jr. is a Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania, and he is staunchly pro-life. Three of my friends are devout Catholics. They're Democrats, and they are pro-life. In fact, I would say there are thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of Democrats who are pro-life. And you know what? I respect their opinions. I understand what they and the Republicans think about this issue, and I know where they are coming from.
Abortion is a very tricky issue. I don't promote the idea that women should get abortions. In fact, I don't think anyone thinks women should pursue abortion as a first resort when confronted with an unwanted pregnancy. But the reason why I think women should be able to get an abortion is very simple: It's
their choice to make. It isn't mine. It isn't the father of the child. It's a choice a woman and only a woman can make. Most women make a rational choice about this, too. It's usually an emotional struggle, and a very difficult decision to make. If a woman decides an abortion is her best option, then I don't think anyone should stand in her way. And if someone is opposed to abortion-- Republican, Democrat, independent or politically apathetic-- then more power to them for sticking to their morals.
Abortion isn't a blue or red issue confined to one party, and to say that Republicans are evil because they don't support abortions is an ignorant statement-- especially from someone who knows so very little about the US political system.
I am not ignorant,if my title really was trolling..it would have been taken away. But it's there because people understand what i mean.
Republicans are not evil. The philosophy of the Republican Party is not evil. Are there misguided tensions within the party? Sure. I'd say the same thing about a few issues the Democrats support, too. But to say that the Republican Party is Satan, and that the Democrats are Jesus, is like comparing the Sun with the Moon.
The core differences between Democrats and Republicans lie within their ideologies, not the people of the party. I have friends who are hardcore conservatives. Friends who I wouldn't vote for if they ran for office, and friends who wouldn't vote for me if I did the same. But we get along, go to parties together, watch movies, talk politics... our lives go on. We coexist. To dip into the analogy reservoir once again, it's a lot like what goes on in this forum. You have DC fans and Marvel fans, and both fans support their hero of choice adamantly. But most of us can get along just fine, whether we like Batman or Spider-Man. It's the extremists, the ones who post in Heath Ledger's memorial thread saying "He should have died because teh Joker is teh suck" or the ones who post in the Spider-Man thread who say "Spider-Man is teh gay" who ruin everything. And that's what people like you do. You confine people to their political party and generate an opinion about them because of their party affiliation. You don't judge them as a person, and that really, really sucks.
If you want an excellent example of how people aren't driven solely on partisanship in our government... look at Barack Obama. He is the most liberal member of the Senate. Do you know who one of his best friends is? It's Tom Coburn from Oklahoma, arguably one of the most conservative members in the Senate. They became friends after Mrs. Coburn and Mrs. Obama had dinner together, and decided to invite their husbands along for their next get together. Since then, they've been incredibly close. They differ on policy issues, but they respect and admire each other as people. Just as I would expect SupermanBeyond or Malice to respect some of the more liberal posters here. While debate on certain issues may be heated sometimes, at the end of the day, we all get along, and none of us attack each other because of their party affiliation or ideological principles-- though we may debate it thoroughly and caustically.
