[Fwd: Re: militias]

[Katha Pollitt]

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> 
>
> Surely. And we also need to talk to those who say that they are against or
> 'ambivalent' about abortion even though they actually need it. They're
> deeply alienated and confused, and there are plenty of real demagogues
> happy to take advantage of this. Some men on lbo-talk, however, seem to
> want them to stay alienated and confused, instead of talking to them and
> leading them to realize the gap between their 'opinions' and real needs,
> while on the other hand the need to talk to militia guys seems to be
> accepted by almost all here, including me. This gap tells me something
> about gender politics.
> 
> Yoshie

Oh Yoshie, that is so exactly right! I'd only add that often when people
are talking about the ambivalence of others toward abortion, and the
need to cater to it to achieve some other political goal, they
themselves are ambivalent about abortion. I don't want to put words into
anyone's mouth, or extrapolate too far on the basis of half-sentences,
but  Max, didn't you  suggest you felt ambivalent about abortion
yourself -- not abortion the political issue but abortion the medical
procedure-- when you said you feared that "easier" abortion might have
meant no daughter for you?
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