The Speaker v. the Pro-Life Kakistocracy

This post is about a criticism of NETWORK  singing the praises of Speaker Pelosi. The movement's problem with Pelosi and the Nuns likely has to do with their gender.

We all know from her public statements that the Speaker misunderstands Aristotle on protecting life, which requires protection if there is doubt. She would give that benefit to the woman, which is incorrect. This at least shows that she went to class but misunderstood that point regarding responsibility.

The corollary is also true. If you believe in a dualistic soul that controls development or the third law of thermodynamics (that systems tend toward entropy without energy) then it follows that gastrulation, where intentional energy first occurs, is the start of individual life.

Pelosi likely does understand, however,  why repealing Roe would bring back Plessy, that Pius XI taught that higher incomes from the poor are the best way to fight abortion, that regulating first trimester abortion requires really intensive policing.

The unborn have a right to life against execution unless the mother is in danger. Imposing the continuation of pregnancy on them by state legislative action violates their right to due process.

The trade-off between their right to not be pregnant vs. the right of the unborn to force them to is a matter for Congress, and only Congress, but the settling of the question cannot violate the due process rights of providers. This means no enforcement by simply rounding up abortion providers.

I also have no doubt about gastrulation being the start of life or the inability of American law to criminalize first trimester abortion or that Catholics need not work for that goal. I agree that life is sacred however imposing criminal penalties after bringing back the state's rights reasoning of Plessy or a pregnancy police state are authoritarian.

Dignitatis Humanae teaches that we need not impose Catholic teaching on the nation unless the nation agrees, even if the USCCB has sold its soul to the GOP. Favoring an authoritarian idiot in order to accomplish these ends is cooperation with evil as is resisting taxation to provide a living wage to large families when the employer cannot.

At this point, many reactionaries accuse me of brilliantly twisting the truth. I counter that when Jesus was talking about the foolishness of the wise, he meant the impatient zeal of a child. This does not imply that a MAGA kakistocracy (rule by idiots) is the ideal government. Faith does not trump reality.

This works both ways. All those earnest folks arguing for immediate resignation of every one in Virginia who got stupid in college is the triumph of belief over brains and is cutting off our nose to spite our face. Me too also comes close to that self-righteous anger that is poisoning the well. This always happens when we put loyalty to the tribe over the truth.

Self righteous desires to make women behave and the self reliant view that higher taxes to support families with children is wrong. Law and justice trump the assumed moral authority of the plurality of the USCCB. It does not justify their whoring for the GOP, most especially to an authoritarian fool like Donald J Trump. He has ruined the GOP for everyone but religious and racist reactionaries. The moderate and Wall Street GOP have left the building.

In two weeks all will be revealed as the redactions are removed from the Mueller probe filings and he is arrested. If Pence shares his cell then Pelosi becomes 46.

The "Catholic moment" in the US was roughly 1945-1959. Lenny Bruce was often arrested when he made jokes about the Church. See the book 1959. Before in 1945 the culture was Masonic. After 1959 it became socially libertarian. It may recurr through Catholic leftism, but not as it was before.

I agree that the Democrats are wrong because they do not go far enough. Within the next 5 year's there will be 2 Democratic parties: moderate and social. The Clintonians and MAGA will split the non-radical vote. Maybe then we can pass the required family income provisions into law and actually do something for the unborn, even more than the Speaker would agree to.