> "women should divorce conservative men or at least deny them sex and children"
Um, are you trying to take away their agency? You forget that many conservative women are actively or passively anti-abortion. They would be more likely to divorce liberal men who have the attitudes you do.
Understand, I am pro-abortion. But I'm not under a…
> "women should divorce conservative men or at least deny them sex and children"
Um, are you trying to take away their agency? You forget that many conservative women are actively or passively anti-abortion. They would be more likely to divorce liberal men who have the attitudes you do.
Understand, I am pro-abortion. But I'm not under any delusion that all conservative women agree with me on that and are willing to break up their marriages if I want them to because of my beliefs, not their own. They are often as much or more interested in having kids than their partners, so "denying" their spouses a family would be perceived as cutting off their noses to spite their faces - when they don't even want to spite their faces!
Guess what? Conservatives have more marriages and more children than liberals do. Your prescription is p*ssing into the wind, alas.
We will see how far the Supreme Court goes. I do dread the future, in part because of the potential nightmare scenario you lay out (yes, I agree that would be terrible), but also part of my dread is that the extremes on both sides will egg each other on, both sure that 100% of the blame for the radicalization is on the other side. There is so much smug certainty, so little awareness or reflection. On both ends of the spectrum.
Thanks. I do not have my own substack, but I do read a number of authors here, and sometimes comment. I probably comment more on Steve's substack than any others; there are some very good and civil commenters I enjoy as well as Steve himself. (I also comment at times on medium and quora)
I'm not sure if one can "follow" somebody's comments here. Perhaps someday I should create a more coherent expression of the ideas I find worthwhile, rather than scatter them around so much.
Edit: I just created a substack (so the above is somewhat untrue) but have not yet submitted any posts. I may add some recommended substack authors.
> "women should divorce conservative men or at least deny them sex and children"
Um, are you trying to take away their agency? You forget that many conservative women are actively or passively anti-abortion. They would be more likely to divorce liberal men who have the attitudes you do.
Understand, I am pro-abortion. But I'm not under any delusion that all conservative women agree with me on that and are willing to break up their marriages if I want them to because of my beliefs, not their own. They are often as much or more interested in having kids than their partners, so "denying" their spouses a family would be perceived as cutting off their noses to spite their faces - when they don't even want to spite their faces!
Guess what? Conservatives have more marriages and more children than liberals do. Your prescription is p*ssing into the wind, alas.
We will see how far the Supreme Court goes. I do dread the future, in part because of the potential nightmare scenario you lay out (yes, I agree that would be terrible), but also part of my dread is that the extremes on both sides will egg each other on, both sure that 100% of the blame for the radicalization is on the other side. There is so much smug certainty, so little awareness or reflection. On both ends of the spectrum.
How can I follow or otherwise subscribe to you? I'm already following Steve. To use an old line, do you come here often?
Thanks. I do not have my own substack, but I do read a number of authors here, and sometimes comment. I probably comment more on Steve's substack than any others; there are some very good and civil commenters I enjoy as well as Steve himself. (I also comment at times on medium and quora)
I'm not sure if one can "follow" somebody's comments here. Perhaps someday I should create a more coherent expression of the ideas I find worthwhile, rather than scatter them around so much.
Edit: I just created a substack (so the above is somewhat untrue) but have not yet submitted any posts. I may add some recommended substack authors.
That's great news! Add me to your subscribers as soon as you can !:0)