Guns and Abortion

First post and I'm jumping right in. No holding back. This is Reepicheep Rants and I'm ranting, yo. I'm probably going to lose readers I didn't even have.
To start with, I am 100% pro life. And by that I mean no abortions, no euthanasia, no unjust wars (so like most of them), healthcare for everyone, get rid of the death penalty, immigrants welcome, food and education for everyone. And all of this from conception to natural death. So I find the number of babies aborted daily to be absolutely horrifying. I also find school shootings to be horrifying. To my thought, it seems like killing children is a bad idea all around. Pro life champions should be fighting for all lives. For some reason I'm seeing an us v. them thing popping up on Facebook. Conservatives are shouting about how many more babies are murdered from abortion than guns. And true, the numbers are dramatically different, I will grant you that. But this isn't a contest. When something bad happens, you don't get to say, but my special pet project has it worse. Let people grieve. Let people deal with their tragedy. Bringing up abortion to grieving and enraged people isn't going to help anyone. It's not going to help them process what's happening in their lives. It's not going help shape a brighter future. It's not going to get your point across. And it's not going to help babies. It just makes you look like Kanye West rudely interrupting and trying to step in where you don't belong. It's intensive to say the very least. But honestly I think a better word for it is disgusting. Now is not the time. If you are using a fatal tragedy to push the agenda of your special SJW cause then you are the one who is capitalizing on tragedy. You are the one manipulating a horrible situation to your own ends. And "but think of the babies" is not an excuse to trample on the lives of those who just went through something unspeakable. The ends do not justify the means. If you want to save the babies, go find an overwhelmed mom and help her. Support your local crisis pregnancy center. Support healthcare for women and children. Foster or adopt. Talk to women who are considering abortion. Really talk to them as people. Ask them how you can help. But don't make Facebook posts saying, "I'll care about school shootings when you care about abortion." That helps no one.

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