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Right Out of Left Field

March 29th, 2005 by Jerry

Some folks have wondered what the Terri Schiavo case will mean for the conservative cause, including Ales Rarus regular, DLW (see March 28, 2005); perhaps we should pay a little more attention to leftists like the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Nat Hentoff before labeling Terri's cause a right-wing one. Or even those disability activists that get mentioned from time to time, but have largely been ignored in media coverage. (Maybe they don't fit in with this left-versus-right template that the media chose?)

Jerry

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Tags: ethics, euthanasia, medicine, politics, pro-life

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Comments 3

Steve N wrote:

Yeah,

Saw this editorial today over at
Harvard's Conservative Rag: The Crimson
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 at 5:49 am ¶
Steve N wrote:

Some more "conservative" folks (thanks Japery) chiming in on Terry's case:

Ralph Nader at The Free Republic
The Village Voice

indicating, yet again, that life (protection & care) never has been, and is certainly not now, a "conservative" issue. The most conservative thing of all is, of course, to let the weak, retarded, and defenseless die… especially as we drive our SUVs to our McMansions out in the nice white burbs… and then bitch about Federal intervention in "private" "family" matters. Couldn't we at least trump up the humanity required to give her a lethal injection?

My God, America, you suck!
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 at 4:55 pm ¶
EmilyE wrote:

Also, Feminists for Life was pretty vocal about the whole matter… But again, they were largely ignored so the media could paint the picture that this was only a liberal/conservative issue.
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Posted 07 Apr 2005 at 3:15 pm ¶

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