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> Many modern political issues do not have a middle ground - take abortion, you are either for choice, or you believe it is infanticide. Hogwash. First, there
by artimaeis 10y ago
> Many modern political issues do not have a middle ground - take abortion, you are either for choice, or you believe it is infanticide.
Hogwash.
First, there's the spectrum of finding where human life begins. There's many stances here from at the point of conception to post-birth, and everywhere between.
Then there's the factor of a woman's right to her body and life. Given the first factor - we have a whole new complex spectrum here where we weigh in the life of the infant vs the life of the mother.
To further complicate this, there's the woman's right to privacy. This was the basis by which Roe v Wade was decided in the first place.
So there's at least 3 spectrum on which any citizen can find themselves in the middle of in that issue.
I agree that humans probably don't have the ability to be politically unbiased. I'm just not sure that bias matters that much. But to pretend that there are issues without middle ground is to fall into the trap that so many groups face these days - that divisive and non-empathetic stance will tear at us and divide us further. There's simply no place for it.