(01-20-2020, 03:05 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(01-20-2020, 01:46 PM)mikesez Wrote: I oppose abortion. I don't think women have a right to kill a baby just because the baby happens to be in her body at the time.  Many disagree, but clearly, you and I agree about this.  
But I also don't think that the government deciding that women do have a right to kill their fetuses at any time for any reason is analogous to the brownshirts marching through neighborhoods and picking fights on election day to prevent the other parties from turning out.

But it's all a form of dehumanization, of making some less than others.

And enshrining that difference in law/state policy.  

Going back to the concept of a political spectrum, to the right u have groups that feel the purpose of the state is to protect the rights of individuals.  

To the left you have people who want to use the state to specifically target, marginalize, and strip the rights from groups they dont like or are inconvenient.  

German national socialism targeted jews.  American socialists target unborn children and to a lesser degree white males.  

The great seductive power of the state is that once you have 50 plus 1 % you can then lend legitimacy to your anti-social, base, or even psychotic desires.  After all, its democratic.  But the concept of inalienable rights and limited government recognizes that just because a majority takes an evil position it doesnt make it any less evil.

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