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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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 …
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Andrew Sullivan @sullydishWhat 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 …13 replies 133 retweets 742 likesShow this thread -
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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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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Replying to @warren__terra @HeerJeet
And frankly shame on you for applauding his vile insinuation that defense of abortion rights is motivated by a eugenic desire to kill the despised underclass or minorities.
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I think that was the case with the people he named. I mean the eugenist agenda of Rockefeller is part of the history.
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