(05-19-2022, 05:15 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Lol. Constitutional carry. What's the key word there, Mikey? Then you jump to conjecture, but I was completely open to the idea that his policy is driven by his donors, but whatever. You missed your chance there because you have to argue EVERYTHING.

Abortion at 15 weeks? How many weeks was it in 1973? Republicans are, by and large, restricting abortion to the heartbeat, which is a LONG way from where we started this discussion. That you would site that as an example it as an example of the Overton window should prove that your getting your "facts" from far left sources. You need to start using your brain.

Love the strawman, btw. If you actually listened to those politicians and juxtaposed it against their net worth and actual policy, you'd know how naive it is to reference them in the first place.

I don't know if your disconnect is with knowledge of history, or with math, or reading comprehension.

In 1972 abortion was legalized in FL. Prior to the Roe decision.  Then in 1973 of course you have the federal Role v Wade decision.  Then in 1980 a privacy provision was added to the Florida constitution.  The Overton Window in Florida was moving left on the issue throughout this time. 
In 2021, the Florida Legislature considered a bill reducing the gestational age limit of abortion from 24 weeks to 20.  It did not pass.  But in 2022, the Florida Legislature passed a 15 week ban.  The Overton Window in Florida clearly moved right in just a year.  

In 1987, Florida passed concealed carry.  Prior to this, a person had to apply for a license to carry a gun outside the home, and it was up to the discretion of some bureaucrat to decide if you had "good character" and a good enough reason to carry a weapon in public, concealed or not.  Such laws were older than most of the people who wanted to carry weapons at the time.  But in 1987 the Overton Window shifted right and Florida said anyone could do concealed carry as long as they took a class, no subjective judgements of good character.  Open carry was also considered, along with permitless carry, but these were both well beyond the Overton Window at the time.  But today, the Overton Window has shifted further right and it's likely that permitless concealed carry will be the law throughout Florida, perhaps with some counties being able to opt out.  Perhaps open carry will be on the table as well, but, regardless, it's undeniable that the Overton Window shifted right.  

So yes, the Overton Window absolutely moves both ways.  And that's OK.  But when you say it's only "moving the window" when the right does it, because that's "restoring" or "preserving" something, that is special pleading. One of the most egregious logical fallacies.  And you should be smarter than that.

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