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...People think they can make an argument, regardless of its philosophical implications, and not own up to those implications,” says Will Saletan, chief political correspondent for Slate magazine and author of a recent book on abortion politics, Bearing Right. “They think that arguments are like kites: they can float them up in the wind and pull them back when they want to. But what happens is the wind breaks your string and takes your kite away. The wind here is choice. When [pro-lifers] concede that abortion needs to be reduced through each woman?...
...When somebody concedes something to you, you have to ask yourself, do you want the win or do you want the fight?” says Saletan. “A lot of people would rather have the fight—anything that pro-lifers support can’t be enough. But I think it’s a trap for zealots who are so determined to argue with the other side that they don’t notice when the other side has conceded the most important thing...It’s always been a slander against...
According to Saletan, the slogan’s co-opted notion of choice is undermined by the word “never.” “Pro-choice activists are within their rights to argue with these posters, but they need to focus their argument on the word ‘never,’ not on the word ‘choice,’” he says. “[SFC should] say congratulations to our former opponents for seeing the light and recognizing that the choice of whether to have an abortion...
...fact that Dean has been using the same anecdote all year seemed to escape most media commentary—though, should it be of any interest to anyone, Dean, as much as it pains his opponents to admit, does not condone Confederate flags. As William Saletan of Slate.com pointed out, just as Dean has made symbolic references to the flag in numerous public statements, he “was saying that his party shouldn’t write off people who share its economic philosophy just because they don’t yet share its understanding of civil rights...
Lorraine Lee and Irene Saletan--Lowell House...