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APPENDIX A. TALK.ABORTION: AUGUST 9, 1994 146<br />
honest.<br />
: : : : Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, I refuse to defend myself or any o<strong>the</strong>r pro-lifer I know<br />
: : : : against charges of sexism.<br />
: :<br />
: : : that makes sense. it wouldn’t work anyway.<br />
: :<br />
: : Once again, you conveniently deleted what came next. For those who did<br />
: : not read my previous article, I went on to say that any woman I know (even<br />
: : those who are pro-choice) know that I am not a sexist. Fortunately,<br />
: : my friends are open-minded. Mr. Keegan obviously is not. He seems to<br />
: : have a litmus test to determine a person’s level of mysogyny.<br />
: what level of misogyny do you assign someone who wishes<br />
: to control women?<br />
Throughout this thread, I have never claimed that Mr. Keegan wants to kill<br />
babies. I have tried to remain civil and stick to <strong>the</strong> facts. Mr. Keegan,<br />
on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r hand, simply resorts to name-calling. I *truly* do not believe<br />
that Mr. Keegan wants to kill babies. I would never stoop that low. Some<br />
o<strong>the</strong>rs, like Randall Terry, make <strong>the</strong>se charges. RT makes me ill. He<br />
is <strong>the</strong> worst possible thing that could happen to <strong>the</strong> pro-life movement.<br />
What I don’t understand is why Mr. Keegan insists on using one issue to<br />
determine if a person is sexist. There are many women whose lives are<br />
in no way affected by <strong>the</strong>ir right to an abortion. What about <strong>the</strong>m? Am<br />
I a sexist if I defend <strong>the</strong>ir rights in <strong>the</strong> workplace? Am I a sexist<br />
if I supported <strong>the</strong> Equal Rights Amendment? Am I a sexist if I support<br />
family leave and increased access to child care? Am I a sexist if I<br />
help a friend who is in a battered women’s shelter? Does all of this<br />
indicate wanting to control women? Why do you insist on making everything<br />
black and white. Life is never that simple.<br />
: : Sexism is never that simple.<br />
: i imagine you’ve developed some good excuses for yours.<br />
See above paragraph. I will no longer defend myself against <strong>the</strong>se<br />
ludicrous charges made by people who would ra<strong>the</strong>r demonize <strong>the</strong> opposition<br />
than admit that those who disagree may have good reasons for <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
beliefs.<br />
: --<br />
: "A woman’s rights to her body should stop where<br />
: <strong>the</strong> fetus’s body begins."<br />
: Ray Fischer <br />
--<br />
=============================================================================<br />
Robert Huck<br />
rohuck@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu<br />
"That’s 6-4-3 if you’re scoring at home and even if you’re by yourself."<br />
Keith Olbermann<br />
Article 29<br />
Reference 161478<br />
From BGibbins@harris.com<br />
Date Tue, Aug 2, 1994 7:02 PM