Comments for A Typical American http://atypicalamerican.wordpress.com Left-Leaning Moderate Commentary and Other Fun and Exciting Adventures Wed, 20 May 2009 04:30:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Abortion At Notre Dame (And It’s Not Even Football Season Yet) by Tim Weaver http://atypicalamerican.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/abortion-at-notre-dame-and-its-not-even-football-season-yet/#comment-14 Tim Weaver Wed, 20 May 2009 04:30:08 +0000 http://atypicalamerican.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-14 The hypercharged response that pro life advocates have had to the President coming to Notre Dame is indicative of a much larger trend in politics. I thought that his speech was a very thoughtful plea for a change in this arena. The tendency to take every political issue personally in this country is doing incredible damage. You can be opposed to abortion without being insulting to people who believe otherwise. It's all or nothing, black and white as far as abortion and gay marriage and the death penalty are concerned. We're far too stupid and selfish to see that these issues require some subtlety, god forbid some complexity in our thought process. The hypercharged response that pro life advocates have had to the President coming to Notre Dame is indicative of a much larger trend in politics. I thought that his speech was a very thoughtful plea for a change in this arena. The tendency to take every political issue personally in this country is doing incredible damage. You can be opposed to abortion without being insulting to people who believe otherwise.

It’s all or nothing, black and white as far as abortion and gay marriage and the death penalty are concerned. We’re far too stupid and selfish to see that these issues require some subtlety, god forbid some complexity in our thought process.

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