extremists

[keryx]

Planned Parenthood sent me an email today about Harriet Miers' 'extremist views' being exposed, and it made me giggle, in a gallowsy way.

Was anyone really suprised [sure we're not happy about it, but were you really shocked?] to find out she's adamantly anti-abortion? I mean, hello - evangelical Christian! I'm sure there are evangelicals who are pro-choice, but it's not exactly the norm.

I'm a bit bothered by the disrespect that movements exhibit towards each other. Being strongly anti-abortion isn't any more extremist than my staunch pro-abortion position. Calling someone "extremist" is just a means of discrediting them, and it shouldn't be. Extremists make change happen; they're visionaries and activists if you agree with them, after all.

Comments

[mellowtomysoul.livejournal.com]

i agree that extremist's may be the wrong word. terrorists and murderers is much more appropriate. and honestly, i feel like anything that can discredit them is only a positive thing.

but then again, i get to see the faces of guilt and shame that these people put in my clients faces and i know what it's like to have to turn patients away because of the fucked up restrictions these "extremists" have made law.

and i personally think she sucks cause she's trying to take away my job! ;)