I’m not basing my statement about American sentiment on what I see on the internet though! The pools and votes seem to support abortion access.
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ForgetReddit@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The anti-choice crowd isn’t the type you’re seeing on the internet. At most they have Facebook, but really a lot of them are piping Fox News into their eyeballs 11 hours a day.
mookulator@lemmy.world 10 months ago
anolemmi@lemmi.social 10 months ago
You’re right that even among the republican base, abortion rights area slightly majority accepted, except in the case of the far right and religious extremists. I don’t really think the republicans in office care about religion at all, I think they care about money.
The only thing then that makes any sense to me is that declining population growth is seen by some as an existential threat to capitalism and their way of life. Removing abortion rights means more population. They don’t care if that population is going to struggle with a difficult life, they only need them to work in the factories and serve them hamburgers anyway.
It’s a bit conspiracy-like, but I struggle to come up with other explanations for this. I don’t accept that they’re doing it because of their strong religious values 🙄
Clent@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They are definitely on Facebook.
I seek them out in their political groups. They are as batshit crazy as you might imagine.
Their echo chambers are full of double think.
Their lack of logical reasoning is unquestioned.
These people stick their noses up at foxnews.
Those are the surface level crazies. It goes so much deeper.
solstice@lemmy.world 10 months ago
My extended family watches Fox News so much the logo is literally burned into the TV even when it is turned off. It’s deeply disturbing.