THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE? Sara Butler notes some of the more, um, colorful signage at Sunday's abortion march:
"They, for example, used placards to convey the lament that Barbara Bush hadn't killed her son in the womb. "If Only Barbara Bush Had Choice," read one sign. "Barbara Chose Poorly," read another. Marchers were also disappointed that the Pope's mother hadn't killed him in the womb. "The Pope's Mother Had No Choice," said a sign."
It's good to know that deep, meaningful politics are still alive and well in this country, and knee-jerk slogan-happy politics are so far outside the political mainstream. My own views on the abortion question aside, the idea that people find this to be an acceptable way to advocate their politics suggests to me that there's something deeply off.
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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