Are Democrats REALLY Pro-Choice?

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Thursday August 28, 2014 · 11:42 PM PDT

2014/08/28 · 23:42

A really frightening comparison of political approaches to freedom of choice for our own bodies.

We're only trying to regulate abortion.	We're only trying to regulate vaping.
I was a virgin when I got married!	I quit smoking cold turkey!
I don't support vaping, I support FREEDOM.	I don't support abortion, I support CHOICE.
Poor people might be committing voter fraud!	Youth experimenting with e-cigs might be moving to smoking!
It's worth keeping millions of citizens from casting their votes if it keeps ONE person from casting a fraudulent ballot!	It's worth keeping millions of adults smoking instead of vaping flavors if it keeps ONE kid from starting ecigs then smoking!
Kids might think sex is OK.	Kids might think something that looks like smoking is OK.
Abortion encourages behavior that is sinful.	Vaping encourages behavior we don't like to see.
You're still an immoral s___.	You're still an addict.
It undermines Christian morality.	It undermines everything we've worked for.
I don't want my own tax money to pay for someone else's birth control or abortions.	I don't want my own taxes to go up, we need to keep the cigarette tax money coming in.
Those Evil Marxists are the ones behind condoms and sex education.	Those Evil Tobacco Companies are the ones behind vaping.
380,000 smokers die each year from combustible cigarettes.	5,000 women used to die each year from back-alley abortions.
Pulmonary freedom is a health issue.	Reproductive freedom is a health issue.
They can do what they want in private, but I don't want to see gays showing affection in public.	They can vape at home, but I don't want to see something that looks like smoking in public.
They're trying to undermine our way of life.	They're trying to get around the smoking restrictions.
Gay affection is icky.	Vaping is icky.

Berylanna

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Tuesday July 22, 2014 · 11:45 AM PDT

2014/07/22 · 11:45

I remember a sermon by my favorite priest where he said that mundane truth is critical to civic and spiritual health because truth is Truth.

President Obama has pledged to hold science over ideology in all of the Inaugural and State of the Union speeches I've heard him make.

This value must apply across the board, it is not just applicable to other parties.

Watching this value being ignored on the matter of e-cigs is breaking my heart, and providing ammunition to opponents. I just saw a story on here (don't know how to get back to it) about how the Koch Brothers are scheming to give the Senate to Republicans in 2014. This year can be a squeaky-close vote and we need every vote we can get. But at the same time, I'm being told, CREDIBLY, that if the Republicans do NOT take over the Senate in 2014, my own party will hand me back to Big Tobacco via the FDA, giving me a 50/50 chance of dying much younger than I should.

Against all science. Against all compassion. Against all common sense. Because it feels good.

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