"Occasionally, in my more paranoid moments, I've thought that the next step after outlawing abortion would be criminal investigation of miscarriages.
"Until now, the rational part of my brain always considered that a slippery slope type of argument, and mocked my paranoia.
It was a dangerous possibility in the 60's (see Delaney's autobiographical The Motion of Light in Water, e.g.); not at all surprising that it's resurfacing now.
But I empathize with the anguish of "that was supposed to be the PARANOID view, not the realistic one!"
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"Until now, the rational part of my brain always considered that a slippery slope type of argument, and mocked my paranoia.
It was a dangerous possibility in the 60's (see Delaney's autobiographical The Motion of Light in Water, e.g.); not at all surprising that it's resurfacing now.
But I empathize with the anguish of "that was supposed to be the PARANOID view, not the realistic one!"