03-02-2018, 07:13 PM
(03-02-2018, 06:56 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I don't disagree. This is where my focus on primarily Virginia politics comes into play. Our state Democratic party would turn this state redder than a cardinal if they whiffed the idea of confiscation or something like the Australia solution. I haven't really seen this trend on a national level, but regardless of all of this there is no way confiscation should be considered.
Agreed, and here is where the disconnect in the discussion on this board occurs. Saying someone wants something to happen is not tantamount to saying they'll get it. But claiming they want it is no less true for that. I've made the comparison before, anti-abortion and gun control advocates use the exact same chip away/stepping stone strategy. What reasonable person would be against a "common sense" law to ban abortions in the third trimester, except when the mother's life is in danger? Then it progresses to, what reasonable person would object to any third trimester abortion. The next step would be second trimester abortions, after all, who can't make up their mind to have an abortion within three months of becoming pregnant? It's just "common sense".
I know you know this, but I feel it needs to be stated, these are not my positions. However, one would have to be stupid not to see the end game (there's that word again!) for the anti-abortion activist. IMO this is equally true of anti-gun types and it's equally obvious. BTW, I'm going to start using "redder than a cardinal" from now on.
