Cyberhawk, there's neither a man nor woman on this board who would disagree with your stance on abortion. We all find it abhorrent.
But there are times to take a stand and there are other times where playing the long game, the incrementalism game, the SMART game is the way to go.
President Trump taking a stand now might make you happy, but it will result in:
-Single issue voters on the fence moving to Biden. -Single issue voters who are disgusted with Biden but were going to stay on the couch this November now leaping off their couch to go vote AGAINST DJT. -This makes the vote close enough for them to steal it again. -Perhaps even worse, Republicans everywhere are dragged down by that Stand nationally and at the state level.
And most importantly, the result would be even more open access to abortion during all three terms. Absolute barbarism is the result of that Stand.
Nobody ever won a war (and that's exactly what this is) by being "right" or "just". It always helps but wars are won by being smart, tactical and winning a lot of battles. We won a big battle when Roe V Wade was thrown out.
So now we all have an opportunity to win a small battle every day by using PERSUATION and working with our local reps instead of unaccountable federal reps. We make incremental progress until we reach a day where the culture has changed, where women don't get abortions and "unwanted" babies are born and go to loving homes instead.
But we only get there by being smart.
Cyberhawk, there's neither a man nor woman on this board who would disagree with your stance on abortion. We all find it abhorrent.
But there are times to take a stand and there are other times where playing the long game, the incrementalism game, the SMART game is the way to go.
President Trump taking a stand now might make you happy, but it will result in:
-Single issue voters on the fence moving to Biden. -Single issue voters who are disgusted with Biden but were going to stay on the couch this November now leaping off their couch to go vote AGAINST DJT. -This makes the vote close enough for them to steal it again. -Perhaps even worse, Republicans everywhere are dragged down by that Stand nationally and at the state level.
And most importantly, the result would be even more open access to abortion during all three terms. Absolute barbarism is the result of that Stand.
Nobody ever won a war (and that's exactly what this is) by being "right" or "just". It always helps but wars are won by being smart, tactical and winning a lot of battles. We won a big battle when Roe V Wade was thrown out.
We all have an opportunity to win a small battle every day by using PERSUATION. We make incremental progress until we reach a day where the culture has changed, where women don't get abortions and "unwanted" babies are born and go to loving homes instead.
But we only get there by being smart.