Nothing says Pro life like threatening the death penalty to women who seek abortions..
https://hillreporter.com/a-pro-life...-in-ohio-could-criminalize-miscarriages-14823
Okay, so here we go with another misdirect of the kind that I wrote about last week (re: some of Tranny's posts).
The idea here is to contrast first, "life" & "death" and second, "death penalty" & "women." The "life & death" pair is used to reinforce the persuasion that any one who supports this bill is an utter hypocrite. The "women & death penalty" pair is used to reinforce "The Handmaid's Tale" meme. Both very effective (but, of course, more so with the Left's base).
As we've learned about the Left's messaging, it's generally "good" in the sense that it comes in the form of memorable soundbites. The Left reduces complex issues down to a nugget that is easily absorbed, remembered, and on the surface, seemingly common-sensical.
But public policy is generally not so simple and the Right's messaging generally reflects that. So the Right's messaging gets lost in the complexity of it all. That means the Right often loses because we naturally gravitate to the message that makes us feel better; even if the only reason we feel better is because the message doesn't cause our brains to hurt trying to process it. It's why advertisers spend so much time. effort, & money trying to come up with the catchy jingle, slogan, meme, etc.
But let's get back to the issue. To my mind, the Right's better messaging would focus on drive-by shootings. If an innocent victim is gunned down in a drive-by do we blame that victim? Or do we point our finger at the perp? Pro-Life folks need to attack the idea of abortion advocates getting a monopoly on the word "choice." Just as the drive-by victim had no choice in the matter, neither does the baby/fetus. But the drive-by perp does, just like the person seeking the abortion.
The Right's position is that adults should act with responsibility toward the less empowered and show that it's the Left who are the hypocrites. After all, isn't that what's at the heart of the Social Justice movement? Further, wouldn't limiting/abolishing abortion be consistent with the logic the Left uses for gun control?
(And, oh, btw, even though the death penalty angle being "Chicken Littled" here is hyperbole let's do a quick review why many of those who are Pro-Life are/can be also Pro-Capital Punishment: Personal Agency. Sapi, Tranny..., thoughts?)
Very importantly, no way do we let Sapidus (or the writer of the article) get away with terming the bill anti-miscarriage. This is pure double-speak that seeks to misuse of a medical sense with the public discourse sense. "Miscarriage" here is a cynical euphemism for abortion. But "miscarriage" is used because it evokes sympathy (especially these days when women seem to find it necessary to announce their miscarriages all over social media; no attempt here to suggest why). It's also another appeal to the "Handmaid's Tale" angle. This association is quite powerful and as such it resonates, remains in your head, and generates sympathy. Exactly what Sapi wants. Note that we are manipulated away from the issue (abortion) toward sympathy for oppressed women. Powerful appeal to the emotions. Logical fallacy, but a powerfully effective debating technique.
So very effective messaging. Don't fall for it (regardless of whether you are pro-abortion or pro-life: you fall for it and you make yourself easier prey down the road for these cheap persuasion tricks).
--- End of line (MCP)