Why does hypocrisy look like it's spelled wrong? Odd... alskdjf--okay just making sure the red dots still show up when I misspell something... MOVING RIGHT ALONG
First of all- we live in a beautiful world. I feel like we all forget that from time to time because of how much we seem to mess it up or bring it down with negativity.
But now... drum roll please... the topic of this blog post:
The Hypocrisy in the War on Women's Healthy.
So today I see, on reddit, that conservatives are trying to attack birth control by using the linguistic strategy of adequation (or the construction of socially recognized likeness [Bucholtz and Hall 2004]). This is done through the linkage of the term "abortion" to ALL birth controls, though birth controls are, generally, not considered abortions. Specifically, they (CPAC members) suggest calling the Obama administrations birth-control-coverage mandate an "abortion mandate."
Now, conservatives have a long history of using this type of political adequation successfully to their advantage. We've seen the construction of sameness across the "terrorism" scope, as the perpetrators of 9/11 were linked with Saddam Hussein of Iraq to successfully undergo a (n unnecessary?) war. We've seen intelligence demoralized as elitism or "wishy-washyness." Point is, although I do think these methods are f#$%ed up, I understand some people truly believe they're making the world a better place. I mean... manipulation is wrong, but whatever. That's politics. Living in such a large country, I don't think anyone could get anything done without tools of persuasion.
Now--the hypocrisy. Back to the issue at hand: birth control as abortion. Although I am a pretty diehard agnostic (I believe I even go as far as extremist har har) and I believe a person's body is their own to do with as they wish, I also understand that some people truly believe birth control and abortion is horribly wrong for whatever reasons. Yes, though I am pro-choice, pro-lifers make sense to me. At least the ones who get really sad about a little baby not being given the chance to make it in this crazy mixed up world. And--full disclosure--I've never actually been put in the position to have to make a personal decision on that. But, I also think that's the beauty of being prochoice; the acknowledgement that it is a woman's body (still) and her own decision on what to do with herself.
Those individuals who do not want any birth control pills to be legal are basically saying any one having sex should have babies. Now, I think a lot of us can agree that some conservatives (and liberals, I'm sure) are living in La-La Land, hope that one day all those individuals engaging in sexual intercourse will be good little heterosexual couples in a happily married relationship. Yeah. That definitely seems likely...
Now, those of you who do not believe in birth control, are you going to keep fighting for those children's rights once they are existing in our own reality? Are you going to willingly contribute the (most likely) NECESSARY mandated social programs, such as education, healthcare etc... that these children will need? I'm guessing, based on the whiney b*tching and complaining we hear from the right about "entitlement programs" and "paying for some fat kids healthcare," you will not take responsibility for the situation that your very conservative policies created... Think about it! If you have a right to determine what happens to a woman's body, or, more broadly, what happens in the American citizen's bedroom, taking away their own personal freedoms and individual rights, then you are claiming a sort of collective existence. That same stance should translate to a "we've all in this together!" attitude when those same children need support that their mother may not be able to provide. If we all have the group responsibility to dictate what happens in all the bedrooms or dark alleys of all the sexual situations, then we also have a group responsibility to accomodate the repercussions of these situations.
Adequation my friends... real-life adequation.
The article on the "abortion mandate": http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/10/1063663/-Conservatives-suggest-defeating-birth-control-by-calling-it-abortion-No-nbsp-really-
A cool clip on the hypocrisy of adequation AND distinction: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-11-2011/lactate-intolerance
First of all- we live in a beautiful world. I feel like we all forget that from time to time because of how much we seem to mess it up or bring it down with negativity.
But now... drum roll please... the topic of this blog post:
The Hypocrisy in the War on Women's Healthy.
So today I see, on reddit, that conservatives are trying to attack birth control by using the linguistic strategy of adequation (or the construction of socially recognized likeness [Bucholtz and Hall 2004]). This is done through the linkage of the term "abortion" to ALL birth controls, though birth controls are, generally, not considered abortions. Specifically, they (CPAC members) suggest calling the Obama administrations birth-control-coverage mandate an "abortion mandate."
Now, conservatives have a long history of using this type of political adequation successfully to their advantage. We've seen the construction of sameness across the "terrorism" scope, as the perpetrators of 9/11 were linked with Saddam Hussein of Iraq to successfully undergo a (n unnecessary?) war. We've seen intelligence demoralized as elitism or "wishy-washyness." Point is, although I do think these methods are f#$%ed up, I understand some people truly believe they're making the world a better place. I mean... manipulation is wrong, but whatever. That's politics. Living in such a large country, I don't think anyone could get anything done without tools of persuasion.
Now--the hypocrisy. Back to the issue at hand: birth control as abortion. Although I am a pretty diehard agnostic (I believe I even go as far as extremist har har) and I believe a person's body is their own to do with as they wish, I also understand that some people truly believe birth control and abortion is horribly wrong for whatever reasons. Yes, though I am pro-choice, pro-lifers make sense to me. At least the ones who get really sad about a little baby not being given the chance to make it in this crazy mixed up world. And--full disclosure--I've never actually been put in the position to have to make a personal decision on that. But, I also think that's the beauty of being prochoice; the acknowledgement that it is a woman's body (still) and her own decision on what to do with herself.
Those individuals who do not want any birth control pills to be legal are basically saying any one having sex should have babies. Now, I think a lot of us can agree that some conservatives (and liberals, I'm sure) are living in La-La Land, hope that one day all those individuals engaging in sexual intercourse will be good little heterosexual couples in a happily married relationship. Yeah. That definitely seems likely...
Now, those of you who do not believe in birth control, are you going to keep fighting for those children's rights once they are existing in our own reality? Are you going to willingly contribute the (most likely) NECESSARY mandated social programs, such as education, healthcare etc... that these children will need? I'm guessing, based on the whiney b*tching and complaining we hear from the right about "entitlement programs" and "paying for some fat kids healthcare," you will not take responsibility for the situation that your very conservative policies created... Think about it! If you have a right to determine what happens to a woman's body, or, more broadly, what happens in the American citizen's bedroom, taking away their own personal freedoms and individual rights, then you are claiming a sort of collective existence. That same stance should translate to a "we've all in this together!" attitude when those same children need support that their mother may not be able to provide. If we all have the group responsibility to dictate what happens in all the bedrooms or dark alleys of all the sexual situations, then we also have a group responsibility to accomodate the repercussions of these situations.
Adequation my friends... real-life adequation.
The article on the "abortion mandate": http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/10/1063663/-Conservatives-suggest-defeating-birth-control-by-calling-it-abortion-No-nbsp-really-
A cool clip on the hypocrisy of adequation AND distinction: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-11-2011/lactate-intolerance
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