Fetus Fetishists
A bit of an uproar in some of the blogs I read about a supposed pro-choice blogger decrying the use of the above term to attack those who claim to be "pro-life". Dave, Cathie, and Matt all do a fine job of responding to this call for civility for the pro-choice crowd, and I simply recommend reading them rather than trying to come up with some lesser rant of my own.
Frankly, the first time I saw the term, I thought it was rather descriptive of the folks who shove pictures of aborted fetus' at you and plant them on billboards and placards in front of abortion clinics. Besides, I don't base any of my positions on the tactics used by the most extreme elements of their proponents, but on the logic of the position itself.
I simply don't get someone thinking that the people who use the term are in any way in the same league as people who scream "murderer" at women and doctors who have had or who performed abortions; harassment, vandalism, assualts, and in extreme cases, bombing abortion clinics and assassinating medical personal.
I just don't see any equivalency there. Be civil with those who actually are; uncivil with those who won't be. Real fighting is ugly, get used to it.
