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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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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As opposed to today's widely held GOP value of 14 words.
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Yep. My grandparents were rock-ribbed WASP Republicans and my grandmother worked for Planned Parenthood as a matter of principle, 60's/70's.
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These are very well understood in the pro-life movement which spent decades battling exactly these forces in the GOP!
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It was indeed an elite compromise, and the Rockefeller-Republican part of that compromise was the GOP at its Malthusian, eugenic, fear-the-surplus-population worst.
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This casts new light on their accusations of genocidal intent.
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