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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 6

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Andrew Sullivan

      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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      Andrew Sullivan @sullydish
      What Roe did was kickstart the extreme cultural polarization that has log defined and blighted American politics. Maybe the end of Roe can mark the beginning of a return to living together, and negotiating a way to make that bearable. https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/how-dare-they-043?s=w …
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 6

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Andrew Sullivan

      Yeah, everything was peaceful and civil before Roe (1973). I mean other than the protests, riots, bombing, the assassinations of JFK, Malcolm X, MLK, RFK, the attempted assassination of George Wallace. A real picnic before Roe.https://twitter.com/sullydish/status/1522638122667888645 …

      Jeet Heer added,

      Andrew Sullivan @sullydish
      What Roe did was kickstart the extreme cultural polarization that has log defined and blighted American politics. Maybe the end of Roe can mark the beginning of a return to living together, and negotiating a way to make that bearable. https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/how-dare-they-043?s=w …
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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 6

      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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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 6

      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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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 6

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Ross Douthat

      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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      Ross DouthatVerified account @DouthatNYT
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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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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 6

      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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        1. Mitchell Stein‏ @mhstein May 6
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          I think it's time to just ignore Sullivan...

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        1. Magma Creations‏ @magma_creations May 6
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          How about the dems suggest a compromise? Let's ban abortion for republican women, ban same sex marriage, contraception etc. for republican families. Why insist on one law for all? Going by state does not work because there are both republican and democratic voters in all states.

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        1. Ari Armstrong‏ @ariarmstrong May 6
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          I’m a pro-choice Republican. And it wasn’t so many years ago that I saw former Sen. Hank Brown (CO) at a “Republicans for Choice” event. But that sort of thing is even less common now.

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        1. Dave Kearn‏ @dave_kearn May 6
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Yes! Many pro life Dems” back then. But the thing was Irish Catholics didn’t talk about abortion as a political issue! There were real problems to address - like living wages, collective bargaining, and a social safety net! It was a private matter. It should still be!

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        1. Eric Napoli‏ @ericnapoli May 7
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          So much of politics is branding and if people more often identify with the party brand first, then fall in line with the policies. Parties don’t want compromise because it becomes harder for consumers to distinguish the brands.

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        1. Busillis‏ @nonsense_hurrah May 7
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Back in 1972 the pro-life position was almost exclusively Catholic as well, with the evangelical protestant position being decidedly pro-choice. It wasn't until after Green v Connally that that started to shift.

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