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kleinbl00  ·  1393 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: If your parents or grandparents still plan on voting for trump...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/03/donald-trumps-ever-shifting-positions-on-abortion/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-evolving-stance-abortion/story?id=38057176

https://qz.com/1623437/trump-shifted-from-pro-choice-to-pro-life-as-he-planned-a-presidential-run/

https://time.com/5783257/donald-trump-pro-life-evangelical-voters/

We'll pretend for this morning that you're asking an honest question, instead of snarking about how much religion sucks as per usual. We'll pretend that this is an answer you're curious about, rather than being reminded that you haven't groused about religion in three days. In the spirit of that open discussion:

it wouldn't kill you to make the point that Trump's demonstrated opportunism around the abortion debate, combined with his diffident response to the value of life in general, make him a poor standard-bearer for the pro life movement. You could also argue that he has already placed two staunchly pro-life justices on the Supreme Court so his practical purpose to the movement has been served. Finally, you could point out that Trump's clumsy and opportunistic claims at being a supporter of the pro-life movement are actively driving fence-sitters away from pro-life positions and putting a generation of religious-but-not-conservative voters forever beyond the reach of the pro-life movement.

Or you could sit there and snark about how hopeless it all is, how stupid they all are and how put upon you are to be related to them. Choice is yours, champ.