The panel about "religious freedom" was EXPLICITLY ONLY about birth control. They did not address any other issues on that panel. They were SOLELY voicing opposition to coverage for contraception. And they only included representatives of one religion. There was no message alteration on the part of the Left; only response to the message put forth by the Right. Now, if what the people responsible for that panel were TRYING to do was chip away at insurance mandates in general, fine; I don't know their thought processes. But they can't complain that they got flack about women's issues when they chose to MAKE it a women's issue by focusing solely on birth control.
That would be like someone saying an argument could be made for some heinous viewpoint and then getting upset and calling people liars when they asked what the specifics of that argument would be... oh wait.
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Date: 2012-03-06 06:23 pm (UTC)That would be like someone saying an argument could be made for some heinous viewpoint and then getting upset and calling people liars when they asked what the specifics of that argument would be... oh wait.