upside down: abortion continued

Kony wants to know if i’m hating on feminists and environmentalists by my scare quotes in the last post:

on a related note: have you ever noticed that people that support a “woman’s right to choose” also tend to support things like animal rights and “save the earth” propaganda? we call that ironic.

short answer: i’m certainly not hating on them.

i think i use the "scare quotes" because the phrases people use to describe their positions are often more about politics and PR than actual substance. for instance, if a person is "pro-life", they probably care very little for the lives of, say, the near-extinct. in the same way, say a person supports a "woman’s right to choose", then they probably care very little for the choices of the female fetus.

the glossiness of such terms sickens me a little.

i would also argue that being a feminist does not necessitate support for a woman’s right to choose. i’d consider myself a feminist in every other regard (not counting the fact that i’m not a female).it’s a minor point, and a semantic one at that, but i thought it worth mentioning.