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

[hope-persists.livejournal.com]

oh totally (on your anon comment). it is totall accurate. most of my problem is with our side using it to discredit the right wing. if it's something that we take and embrace and love to use to describe ourselves, than i don't like that we see that the same brand of fire is seen as so negative on the other side.

[fancymcsnazsnaz.livejournal.com]

I tend to just use "rabid" to describe the other side. ;)