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If you hear something about me today that doesn’t seem quite right (that I support infanticide, that I want to kill babies with disabilities), let me assure you, it’s not true. My thread about avoiding bad faith arguments re: abortion resulted in, well, some bad faith arguments.
I’d love to say it doesn’t bother me, but it does. It’s frustrating to try and enter a complicated & heartbreaking ethical conversation with nuance, honesty, & compassion only to be painted as a monster for not possessing the certitude others think you should have.
Of course my frustration is nothing compared to the women who bring to these conversations memories of some of the most traumatic moments of their lives and whose grief is met not with compassion but with hateful judgment and lies.
But I’m not backing down. Nuance may seem like an odd thing to “fight” for - uncompromising convicting is far more glamorous & desirable - but most of us, like Jesus, know that human flourishing is not served by laws that turn into yokes or principles that become burdens.
That said, you can only spend so much time defending yourself against accusations that would be laughable in their untruth if they weren’t so horrific. So I’m signing off for a while. ❤️
