Cognitive Dissonance

1. We *must* vote for Donald Trump because, even though he is a racist misogynist swine who mocks the disabled, takes vengeance on infant nephews with cerebral palsy, spits in the faces of POWs while bragging about his draft-dodging years of fornication as his “personal Vietnam”, speaks of nuclear war as political viagra, wants to burn the first amendment, calls for war crimes and torture and murder, and is the most dangerous dunce ever placed within reach of the White House, there is just a whisker’s chance that he might do something about abortion. Yes, this man who is on record as saying the “laws are set” and should not be changed *might*, conceivably, accidently nominate a prolife SCOTUS judge as he searchs for a toady who will not get in the way of his tyrannical exercise of power. And that microscopic chance of a change in the law is sufficient reason to support this extinction level event for President. Changing the law is *everything*! If it can save just one life to outlaw abortion, it is worth it!

2. Changing our gun laws is worthless. Criminals don’t obey laws. They will just find some way to do it. If you can’t save every life from gun violence why even bother trying. You can’t outlaw murder. When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns. Law is futile.

See if you can spot the logical disconnect here and how right wing culture of death priorities keep achieving “heads I win, tails you lose” victories.

Compare and contrast all of the above with a Catholic Whole Life/Consistent Ethic of Life approach that says “Protect all life from conception to natural death.” Which one actually protects human life? Which one cynically uses the unborn as human shields for prioritizing culture of death fetishes popular with conservatives while delivering nothing in terms of stopping abortion? Which one seeks to save lives from gun violence? Which one seeks to line the pockets of what Pope Francis calls a “brazen” gun industry while smothering any attempt at so much as studying the problem?