Overturning Roe v Wade is a point of no return. We will never be a nation with honor integrity and justice again.
That requires an explanation.
Having fought in two wars on two continents, defending the constitution. I think I know a little about honor, integrity, and justice.
A blanket statement like the one quoted above is not valid without validating the points with logic and facts. Not to put too fine a point on it, but is this the proper forum to start playing politics?
It has nothing to do with that and you know it. the SC decision is about whether it’s constitutional, not good or moral. Further, by my count there are only a whole 4 states where the leadership wants to ban abortion, and that is probably due to change as it’s a majority non-partisan opinion that abortion should be legal, so you’re going to see some changes in who gets votes on the state level based on who runs with an abortion platform.
You don’t have to like the decision, but it was still a correct decision. The Democrats have had ample opportunity to bring it into law and completely ignored it. Also, abortions are not solely “medical care” and making a sweeping statement like that does you no favors.
I have a specific view on abortion myself that I think most people could agree on outside from the most extreme of views, but it seems like politicians tend to have an unconstructive all-or-nothing approach that does nothing but make everybody hysterical instead.
Also, discrimination is prejudicial treatment. The abortion issue does not become prejudicial just because it only affects women. (Something that I think you will find is not ok to say on the progressive side of the aisle recently.) Regardless, some men are pro-abortion. Some men are anti-abortion. Some women are anti-abortion. Some women are pro-abortion. The reasons are varied, as is their level of support. It’s certainly not just religious versus non-religious. Even in those categories it’s a split between the two sides of the issue.
If you think stripping away the national guarantee of protection to make individual medical choices isn’t active discrimination, I don’t know what to tell you.
Tell me how a county with blatant, systemic discrimination and hate against women, LGBTQ+, and PoC can claim to have any honor, integrity, and justice.
You talk about logic and facts, but you’ve provided no logical evidence to support your purported knowledge of “honor, integrity, and justice” other than “I’ve fought in two wars”. Sounds as if you live less by facts and logic and more by pride and emotion to me, which isn’t inherently wrong and is relatively normal, but makes me wonder what leg you believe you’re standing on here.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but sit this one out and just read the comic. No one is sweating “politics” and soapboxing about logic here but you.
This comic has a strong tradition of the “bad guys” turning out to be rather less than the total evil one might initially assume. (Homework exercise: list a bunch of examples so far.)
Most of the bad guys who’ve gotten this treatment are the kids, aren’t they? Which… kids. Kids can be just *terrible* as kids. Given some work, they can turn around.
My favorite thing about Selkie is that despite how rough she has had it, and despite her grand supervillain stylings, she reacts with empathy even when she has been wronged by a person, when she sees them in distress. It’s hard to be bullied. It’s even harder to keep from letting bullying destroy your own moral compass.
I don’t think bullying ever made me feel less empathy. But it may have made ignoring that empathy easier.
Disregard of feelings – both own and others’ – becomes somawhat natural when the major part of them is hurt. 🙁
Oh no it’s the Hedgehog’s Dilemma
Ahhh…. A lesson this comic has given in spades. Bullies tend to be broken people that deserve empathy and pity.
Overturning Roe v Wade is a point of no return. We will never be a nation with honor integrity and justice again.
That requires an explanation.
Having fought in two wars on two continents, defending the constitution. I think I know a little about honor, integrity, and justice.
A blanket statement like the one quoted above is not valid without validating the points with logic and facts. Not to put too fine a point on it, but is this the proper forum to start playing politics?
Oh nooooo, I expressed an opinion about my country openly discriminating against an entire gender. How thoughtless of me.
Right? Not to mention that was on your Twitter feed, like talking about politics on Twitter isn’t the “proper forum” now?
Frankly, the logic in Hillman’s comment is absurd.
you don’t know what discrimination is. Don’t put that word in your mouth for no reason.
Does denying an entire gender the freedom to make independent decisions about their medical care not count as discrimination for some reason?
It has nothing to do with that and you know it. the SC decision is about whether it’s constitutional, not good or moral. Further, by my count there are only a whole 4 states where the leadership wants to ban abortion, and that is probably due to change as it’s a majority non-partisan opinion that abortion should be legal, so you’re going to see some changes in who gets votes on the state level based on who runs with an abortion platform.
You don’t have to like the decision, but it was still a correct decision. The Democrats have had ample opportunity to bring it into law and completely ignored it. Also, abortions are not solely “medical care” and making a sweeping statement like that does you no favors.
I have a specific view on abortion myself that I think most people could agree on outside from the most extreme of views, but it seems like politicians tend to have an unconstructive all-or-nothing approach that does nothing but make everybody hysterical instead.
Also, discrimination is prejudicial treatment. The abortion issue does not become prejudicial just because it only affects women. (Something that I think you will find is not ok to say on the progressive side of the aisle recently.) Regardless, some men are pro-abortion. Some men are anti-abortion. Some women are anti-abortion. Some women are pro-abortion. The reasons are varied, as is their level of support. It’s certainly not just religious versus non-religious. Even in those categories it’s a split between the two sides of the issue.
If you think stripping away the national guarantee of protection to make individual medical choices isn’t active discrimination, I don’t know what to tell you.
Why do I bother responding when you don’t read.
I’m not seeing the comment where you did that. Did it get removed?
No, it was a twitter post, visible on the sidebar
Tell me how a county with blatant, systemic discrimination and hate against women, LGBTQ+, and PoC can claim to have any honor, integrity, and justice.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but is the comment section of a web-comic the proper forum to start playing politics?
Did you use the name Hillman because you pick the weirdest ones to die on, my dude
You talk about logic and facts, but you’ve provided no logical evidence to support your purported knowledge of “honor, integrity, and justice” other than “I’ve fought in two wars”. Sounds as if you live less by facts and logic and more by pride and emotion to me, which isn’t inherently wrong and is relatively normal, but makes me wonder what leg you believe you’re standing on here.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but sit this one out and just read the comic. No one is sweating “politics” and soapboxing about logic here but you.
This comic has a strong tradition of the “bad guys” turning out to be rather less than the total evil one might initially assume. (Homework exercise: list a bunch of examples so far.)
In this story arc, selkie is definitely the bad guy though
Most of the bad guys who’ve gotten this treatment are the kids, aren’t they? Which… kids. Kids can be just *terrible* as kids. Given some work, they can turn around.
One of the things I love most about this comic is its core theme of empathy <3
As German strategist Helmuth von Moltke so aptly put it – “No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy.”
My favorite thing about Selkie is that despite how rough she has had it, and despite her grand supervillain stylings, she reacts with empathy even when she has been wronged by a person, when she sees them in distress. It’s hard to be bullied. It’s even harder to keep from letting bullying destroy your own moral compass.
I don’t think bullying ever made me feel less empathy. But it may have made ignoring that empathy easier.
Disregard of feelings – both own and others’ – becomes somawhat natural when the major part of them is hurt. 🙁
Ohhhhh leave him be, Selkie. He wants privacy, not pity.
She already got him a few good ones right in the feels; there’s need now for a bit of forebearance.