A few calmer heads on the DU are trying to stop the madness, and they themselves are being attacked by their own. Check out this post.
327. message from a swing voter
Hi everyone, this is my first time posting here. My purpose is not to be a troll, rather give you a respectful, genuine idea of what a swing voter thinks of this issue. I’ve voted Democrat since I can remember but it is silliness like this that makes me question whether I want to be affiliated anymore with the Democratic party. I understand that there is a place for everyone’s opinion, and everyone has a right to express it , but when the discussion becomes radicalized, or mean-spirited as it is in this case, it pushes people to the other side and hurts the Democratic cause. I know many of you don’t want to hear this, but it’s a fact. This is why the race isn’t more lopsided at this point. There are a lot of swing voters like myself who are looking for some common sense and decency. Not silly, salacious rumors and gossip about who is the mother of a Down’s Syndrome child. One more thing. I am pro-choice but this language you use about it being “your” body, is a red herring. It’s NOT your body that the pro-lifers are talking about, it’s the baby’s body INSIDE of your body. It has a different blood type and different DNA and it’s own finger and toes. As I understand it, the pro-lifers say you can do anything you want with your OWN body, but they object to you destroying the body of your unborn child. I personally believe that a fetus is not yet conscious, nor a human being yet. so that’s why I’m pro-choice. Thanks for reading and pardon what I am sure are many spelling mistakes.
this heartless lunacy describes approx. half of the people in america and it does two things. it breaks God's heart and it kindles His wrath.
“it’s the baby’s body INSIDE of your body. It has a different blood type and different DNA and it’s own finger and toes. As I understand it, the pro-lifers say you can do anything you want with your OWN body, but they object to you destroying the body of your unborn child. I personally believe that a fetus”...
Baby’s body - blood type/DNA - fingers and toes - unborn child -
this sounds like a human being, a person, doesn’t it? your words, not mine - and yet, you end by calling him/her a “fetus” (good clinical term, right?)