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The relevant quote on the subject, from David Barnhart ( https://www.facebook.com/dave.barnhart/posts/pfbid0qt4dXV6kKCpJj9NGisVAhwnBqxsttdvtJcZdWozPSpFvnhQgWuQi
by zorpner 4y ago
The relevant quote on the subject, from David Barnhart ( https://www.facebook.com/dave.barnhart/posts/pfbid0qt4dXV6kKCpJj9NGisVAhwnBqxsttdvtJcZdWozPSpFvnhQgWuQiFxpS7XTVE2pZl https://www.facebook.com/dave.barnhart/posts/pfbid0qt4dXV6kK... ):
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"The unborn" are a convenient group of people to advocate for. They never make demands of you; they are morally uncomplicated, unlike the incarcerated, addicted, or the chronically poor; they don't resent your condescension or complain that you are not politically correct; unlike widows, they don't ask you to question patriarchy; unlike orphans, they don't need money, education, or childcare; unlike aliens, they don't bring all that racial, cultural, and religious baggage that you dislike; they allow you to feel good about yourself without any work at creating or maintaining relationships; and when they are born, you can forget about them, because they cease to be unborn. It's almost as if, by being born, they have died to you. You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone. They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus but actually dislike people who breathe.
Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible? They all get thrown under the bus for the unborn.
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- orthecreedence 4y agoThanks, I like this. I also find it insanely hypocritical that "these people" want children born no matter the cost, but once they are born they are left to fend for themselves. The same people advocating for illegal abortion are often advocating for stripping services that would help single mothers. Most are not actually interested in the welfare of children, but in moral grandstanding and exercising control over the bodies of "sluts."
- achenet 4y agoI wrote this a while back - you might enjoy it: It has come to my attention recently that the abortion of unwanted fetuses is likely to become illegal in large parts of the United States. Fortunately, there is another alternative, which I am sure members of the Republican Party will hearty approve of. Have the unwanted baby. Shortly after birth, drive to the middle of nowhere. Place the baby on the ground, naked, look at it sternly, and say "Listen here, you whining little brat! You think I'm just going to support you for 18 years because I'm some sort of bleeding heart liberal? You got another thing coming you stupid welfare queen! This ain't socialist Europe! There ain't no leftist safety net here! You're just going to have to pull yourself up by your bootstraps!" Then just leave it there, crying itself to death.:)
- klipt 4y agoPretty much every state already has Safe Haven laws that allow women to legally abandon their babies at hospitals, fire stations etc. Where they will be looked after and likely adopted out.
- gwd 4y agoAnd believe it or not, there are Christians -- and not a small number -- who want to advocate for prisoners, immigrants, the sick, the poor, widows, orphans, and the unborn. I've long felt that if progressives and Christians concerned for social justice could call a truce on the handful of issues that they disagree on, we could actually get a lot done.