The idea that Roe (1973) kickstarted "extreme cultural polarization" implies that the 1960s was a period of cultural tranquility and comity. That's a view of history that is, depending on how charitable you are, either idiosyncratic or idiotic.https://twitter.com/sullydish/status/1522638122667888645 …
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Another problem with Sullivan's view is that Roe was in fact an elite compromise of the type a conservative like Sullivan should appreciate: an attempt to co-opt liberal wing of feminism from more radical critique of patriarchy & based on appeals to individualism (privacy)
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The conservative dimensions of Roe are little understood but it came at a time when many elite conservatives (the Bushes, the Goldwaters, the Rockefellers) were in Planned Parenthood & worried about population explosion. That's why Roe was 7-2: expressed widely held elite values
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Ross has a good point here but I think the whole arc illustrates the folly of thinking getting rid of Roe will restore some lost unity. The parties have already sorted on abortion so are very different than in 1972https://twitter.com/DouthatNYT/status/1522729082357784576 …
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If USA were back in 1972, when there were many pro-life Democrats and many pro-choice Republicans, then leaving issue to politics might result in some complex compromise. But that world no longer exists. Parties have sorted on that issue, so its polarization is inevitable.
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The political right *chose* to make Roe the issue that would divide America.
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American politics became divided after the decline of cricket
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Fred Hampton
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Did he not even watch The Wonder Years as a child?
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The 50s were fairly wacky, what with McCarthyism etc. I think America has always been a pretty polarised place?
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And 10,00,000 more problems rising from the Vietnam War
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