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by cr__ 1509 days ago
> Right-wingers worry about people who'd be alive 6-9 months from now and thus want to stop abortions.

No, they want to constrain medical decisions to reduce what they see as unacceptable promiscuity. They will generally confirm this to you if you ask them to.

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Maybe, but I think they'd concede abortion if left-wingers concede climate paranoia. Somebody should organize peace talks.
This is a better point than comes across on the first read. What's behind alarmism is often just really a desire to control other people, and the government should be severely limited in the kinds of controls it can apply, regardless of the "cause". Somehow I doubt both sides will come together and embrace libertarianism however. I think it's more likely that politicians of all stripes come together in favor of more government power, which is where all mainstream parties are heading now.