Sunday, August 9, 2015

Semantics, reason and emotionalism in politics: Baby Parts v Fetal Tissue

This is a call for RATIONAL, ANALYTICAL FACT BASED OPINIONS over emotionally charged alarmist tirades.  Leadership needs to be delivered with reason holding sway over emotional  persuasions.

Recently the internet has seen several viral videos of actors interviewing doctors and/or officers from Planned Parenthood.

There have since been many quick reactions in the blogosphere and congress to attempts to take some kind of action against planned parenthood for the accusations made in these, some say "questionable" videos.

These videos are highly evocative, bringing out the passions of many people expressing outrage against the harvesting and sale of baby parts like "parts of a Buick" as one republican candidate stated in the debate on August 6th, 2015.

Senator Elizabeth Warren voiced a very rational and fact-checked dissertation in her response to the calls for cutting Federal funding for Planned Parenthood, drawing additional divisive criticism.  I think the divisive criticism is what troubles me most - that emotional extremist alarmism is how so many of our citizens respond to perspectives challenging their values.

I admire Senator Warren for her well considered and evenly presented opinions on several subjects, most especially these "hot topics" that deserve analytical depth more than quick, emotionally charged rhetoric.