The problem that led us to this moment is not ignorance; the problem is that the vast majority of the people who don’t share the extremists’ view did not take them seriously, and did not view this assault on reproductive rights—including contraception—as a logical outgrowth of an extreme anti-choice and anti-feminist position, but instead dismissed it out of hand with smug ableism: They’re crazy. They’re wackos. They’re nutbags. They’re batshit nuts. They’re the lunatic fringe.
Nope. They’re very rational, patient, determined, and methodical actors, who have been quietly waging war on reproductive rights in state legislatures for decades.
They’re not insane. They’re cruel and they’re wrong.
They’re also very well-funded, and happy to be ignored, dismissed as maniacs, so they can toil away in the blessed darkness of inattention.
They’re also, by the way, extremely appreciative that feminist critics sounding the alarm have been similarly dismissed as paranoid hysterics, as well.
What is being exposed is not their attitude. What is being exposed is their influence—and the regrettable ways in which progressives have actually abetted it.
Whoops.
” Melissa McEwan · Not Crazy — #737
