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[earthbelow]

To all the "oh, don't panic about abortion rights just because Alito got nominated" type folks out there,

It's time to panic.

I love being right, but I wish it wasn't about this.

Let's see. We've already got a late-trimester case before the court which does NOT include an exemption for the mother's health and now this.

When exactly *would* you like me to panic?

When the president turns major American ports over to a United Arab Emirates-run company which isn't require to keep it's documents on American soil?.

Oh, wait. He's already in the process of doing that.

Gee, guess it's time panic.

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[exiledtimelord.livejournal.com]

So if I'm alarmed by the Conservative Upswing, it's because I know I'm going to feel the impact of it not as a person who somewhat identifies liberal, but as a *citizen*. If I'm alarmed at a group in power trying to pass laws to inhibit my rights because they're afraid of losing power, I don't see that being an overreaction.

Alarm is an overreaction when there is no real Conservative Upswing, and when the key word in all this is "trying." A lot of common people will get hurt if such laws are passed, yes... but they have to be passed first, and by and large they're not--for the reasons already given (the culture has moderated, and the extreme forces don't have the same strength they once had).

Take the attempt to pass a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage a couple of years back, when the GOP couldn't even manage a simple majority. 15-20 years ago, they'd have gotten that majority easily--though I expect they still would have had trouble getting the necessary two-thirds for an amendment to pass. What you're portraying as a Conservative Upswing is in actuality a last gasp, by a desperate faction increasingly losing the influence to achieve the very aims you so (rightly) fear.

And I'll match you geek for geek: I truly wish I had a TARDIS, to show you what life in a predominantly, oppressively Conservative culture was really like. This ain't it. Not even close.