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Re: Fem. Studies Prof Accused of Assaulting Teen Prolife Demonstrator[W:12]
I did not say that my view that there is only one side on the abortion issue has any particular relationship to the behavior of the people in this campus event. However, if you honestly believe that the opposing side of this issue has any relationship to truth except that of opposing it, you believe that the side you support is partial and, to the extent that you believe that, you're willing to back down.
I don't believe that the anti-choice side of the abortion issue has any relationship to truth except that of opposing it. Hence, I don't believe that the side I support is partial, and I'm not willing to back down. There are millions of pro-choice people like me. We aren't willing to negotiate or compromise beyond the Supreme Court decisions of Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood v Casey, etc. Of course we automatically cut off the other side - that's what it means to oppose the other side. When the Allies opposed the German Nazis and Italian fascists and Japanese ultramilitarists, they cut off that side and were not willing to negotiate. That is how one wins a war against bullies.
But that said, I do think the behavior of the professor was wrong, bad, and counterproductive. I do not have any sympathy for her for behaving this way because it was a mistake on her part. However, I do not have any sympathy for the anti-choice people involved because they were promulgating untruth as if it were truth and because their behavior belied their professed concern for the well-being of actual fetuses. I'm not apologizing for that. The anti-choice side of the abortion issue is itself a threatening bully, notwithstanding that in this particular encounter, the behavior of the pro-choice person was wrong.
If the Professor is so ****ing immature that she loses her cool after seeing a sign that she didn't like in a free speech zone where people frequently go to express their views on issues then the problem is with her. She's a grow woman. If she cannot control herself then she has issues which she should get help for because under no circumstance is it okay for her to go up to another person take something that belongs to that person, destroy that item all while injuring her in the process. You keep excusing this woman for her poor and completely immature behavior and what's even worse is you are making up excuses, so what if she was pregnant? You don't automatically get a pass on being violent or breaking laws if you are pregnant. The protester should have informed the campus of the content of the sign, the professor actually broke laws and injured someone in result of her behavior. It's a no brainer over which behavior was more deplorable and it wasn't the kid in the free speech zone who was simply holding up a sign. I mean it's a place of higher learning and if you are too immature to be around other ideas besides your own then you do not belong there.
It's not wrong to say that all you have are assumptions when you yourself already admitted that you believe there is only one side here. You automatically cut off the other side by not even acknowledging them so yes all you have are your own assumptions when it comes to them and their viewpoints.
I did not say that my view that there is only one side on the abortion issue has any particular relationship to the behavior of the people in this campus event. However, if you honestly believe that the opposing side of this issue has any relationship to truth except that of opposing it, you believe that the side you support is partial and, to the extent that you believe that, you're willing to back down.
I don't believe that the anti-choice side of the abortion issue has any relationship to truth except that of opposing it. Hence, I don't believe that the side I support is partial, and I'm not willing to back down. There are millions of pro-choice people like me. We aren't willing to negotiate or compromise beyond the Supreme Court decisions of Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood v Casey, etc. Of course we automatically cut off the other side - that's what it means to oppose the other side. When the Allies opposed the German Nazis and Italian fascists and Japanese ultramilitarists, they cut off that side and were not willing to negotiate. That is how one wins a war against bullies.
But that said, I do think the behavior of the professor was wrong, bad, and counterproductive. I do not have any sympathy for her for behaving this way because it was a mistake on her part. However, I do not have any sympathy for the anti-choice people involved because they were promulgating untruth as if it were truth and because their behavior belied their professed concern for the well-being of actual fetuses. I'm not apologizing for that. The anti-choice side of the abortion issue is itself a threatening bully, notwithstanding that in this particular encounter, the behavior of the pro-choice person was wrong.
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