Few people who espouse outright sexist beliefs are ever candidates, unless it's for the school board in a small town deep in the heart of Kansas.

I didn't say "espouse outright sexist beliefs" - that doesn't mean that there are a lot of candidates who DO espouse beliefs, and vote for legislation, intended to deprive gays and women of their human rights.

I could care less about their motives.

Daily Mendacity

The reply to your post was totally respectful and well-intentioned, as far as I can tell. You should keep yours in kind.

You've just nailed why I don't consider Janice Rogers Brown among the worst 5% of the Bush judges. Her record on criminal justice issues, especially as regards racial bias therein, as well as search and siezure, is better than the average Democratic Judge.

I'm running for the US Senate again, Wisconsin 2012.

No - whether they are misogynist or not is rellivant - from the point of view ot the woman someone is attempting to oppress her and violate her rights.

Therefore she is likely to take as a personal affront people telling her to stop being an extremist single issue voter.

Which is my point.

Daily Mendacity

They are not saying that abortion rights = civil rights = saving the spotted owl.  They are saying that these are each single issues that someone may believe is worthy of being THE issue that persuades them on who they will vote for.  They even state their opinion that not all issues are equal.  Analogous does not mean equal it simply means they are similar in one sense, which in this example is that they are both SINGLE ISSUES that some people could use as a litmus test for their vote.

Civil rights (or voting for someone who thinks you are less than they are based on your racial identity) is a SINGLE issue.  It is a good idea to look at this VERY important single issue as an extreme example before passing a wholesale decision on the worth of EVERY single issue or the worth of single issues in general.  In the same way that it's a good idea to look at a single issue that may be judged not important by most people when looking at single issue voting.

He has not made a judgment or comparison of the values of these issues only trying to get people to see one clear example in order to discuss other less clear examples.

The thought process they may be trying to achieve is something like:

Thought:  All single issues are not as important as the overall goal and should be sacrificed for the greater good.

Counter Thought:  What about asking an African-American to vote for a racist for the greater good.

Revised Thought:  All single issues are important and should be our only focus.

Etc, etc etc where more thoughts or examples are added and the thoughts continue to revise and grow or become more cemented.

(quick disclaimer that I'm not saying those thoughts are correct or even rational just an example)

You have to fully examine an issue from both sides and the extreme examples of it in order to fully decide your opinion.  Ok you don't HAVE to, but it's often a good idea.


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