re: So was Roe V Wade what really prevented a Red Wave

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I just don't understand how you can witness all that has been going on in the country the past two years and say, "I don't care about any of that, the most important thing to me is to kill unborn babies."

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it is somewhat difficult to understand another person’s position on any issue, when you insist on framing the issue from your perspective rather than looking at it from the perspective of the other person.

I fully understand that you do not believe abortion to have been a constitutionally-protected right. I happen to agree with you, but that agreement is irrelevant.

Humans are not rational animals, and perception is as important as reality in trying to understand their behaviors and motivations. The PERCEPTION of a very large percentage of the population is that abortion WAS a protected right and that Dobbs took away their rights to self determination and personal autonomy.

So, let’s look at this by analogy to a constitutional right that you DO recognize/acknowledge. Let’s use the Second Amendment.

Let’s pretend that the opposing party wants to completely repeal the Second Amendment. Not just interpret it more narrowly than you do, but repeal it in it’s entirety. The matter would be “returned to the states,” and any given state could enact as broad a ban as that state might choose.

Would you be willing to accept high inflation in order to protect the Second Amendment?

You will never understand these voters until you are willing to set aside your own prejudices and try to understand the question from their perspective. Not agree with it. Just try to understand it.