RIP/RBG
So, I don’t know a lot about the late Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but while I was still quite conservative, I heard of her ironic friendship with fellow, but conservative Justice, the late Antonin Scalia. Perhaps they were my bridge to a more centrist view that I consider to be more balanced than either my past liberal or conservative leanings.
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At some point, I came to believe that we as Americans might want to eschew either relying solely on the right or the left wing, but rather to be holistic and comprehensive in our approach to life.
[image error]What I call, “The Whole Bird” (no hand gesture implicit)
As I noted in a recent post, if a conservative references the Bible in saying the environment will be okay with the New Earth, as I used to do, a liberal could quote Genesis, indicating our mandate to watch over the Earth.
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The operative word is, “Dominion”, or rule, but this was before the fall, so I’m going to argue that taking charge of animals and such was not an oppressive enterprise in any way. While it is important to have hope and patience as we await the New Earth, we must attend to what lies before us in our immediate environment.
I’m guessing RBG was a proponent of abortion, or, a woman’s right to choose, and while I’m against the taking of life, especially in this context, it is hard for me personally, to choose what someone else should do, particularly if they are raped or molested.
I hope that people are cogniznant of life existing in the womb, and abhor the idea of a helpless preborn child being harmed. I’m not sure how to communicate that, however, least of all by argument or legislation. Those choices seem least productive as methods of conveyance. Anytime I argue by force, I create a worse situation.
I’m glad Ruth Bader Ginsberg was able to empower many who were marginalized by race, sex and other inequities, and hope that the best aspects of her struggles and causes live on through others, and that the conservative side opens up their perspectives also. She was a powerhouse on the bench, but had a winning smile too.
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