‘Who They Love’
September 6 | Posted by mrossol | Abortion, American Thought, Party Politics, The Left“What they don’t verbalize…”
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First, the Democrats are eager to wage cultural war. They love abortion and same-sex marriage, although there was a telling rhetorical difference in the way they handled those two subjects. They are embarrassed by, maybe even ashamed of, their enthusiasm for abortion. The word itself was almost never mentioned. We recall it escaping the lips only of Nancy Keenan, head of NARAL Pro-Choice America, a pro-abortion group that dropped “Abortion” from its own name some years back.
The euphemisms for abortion are multiplying even if Democrats aren’t. They now include not just “choice” but “bodies” and “health care.” Mrs. Obama managed to get all three into one sentence: “[The president] believes that women are more than capable of making our own choices about our bodies and our health care.”
There’s also a euphemism for same-sex marriage (as well as gays in the military): “who they love.” Mrs. Obama again: “If proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love, then surely, surely, we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American dream.” Castro was more proper in his grammar: “When it comes to letting people marry whomever they love, Mitt Romney says, ‘No.’ ”
Neither the word “gay” nor the phrase “same-sex marriage” appeared in either Castro’s or Mrs. Obama’s speech, which means no one watching the convention on the broadcast networks heard an explicit mention of homosexuality. We must assume the omission was deliberate. But if “who they love” is a dog whistle, …”
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