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There are always facets even of the most anti-liberal and reactionary stance that are useful and important.

<racks brain>

such as, bitte?

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue Feb 4th, 2014 at 11:50:34 AM EST
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Take abortion, for example. Nobody is for abortion, so there is no real conflict. Reactionaries tend to be against freedom of choice though. They are (in most countries) in a minority position with that, so that's no way for them to reduce the number of abortions. They can--if they want to be taken seriously--join us in making sure that abortions don't happen for material reasons or reasons of discrimination. So, create a society that cares for children, all of them. With financial support and with a culture of warm welcome for every child, including the most despised ones, the mentally disabled. Shouldn't our activist against abortion join us in embracing all humanity? I have met very conservative persons who are prepared to go this way. Organisations advocating rights of the disabled are full of them. The others have at least egg in their faces. One cannot really lose that way.
by Katrin on Tue Feb 4th, 2014 at 02:07:14 PM EST
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thanks, good points.

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue Feb 4th, 2014 at 02:55:45 PM EST
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