\u201cWe must treat truth, like an unborn child, as an innocent under threat. If we persist in the metaphor of \u201cculture war\u201d to describe the fights over abortion and related issues, then we must wage it as a just culture war, in which virtue is as indispensable as valor, and compassion for our opponents more important than rallying our allies with rhetorical overkill.<\/p>\n
I am not talking only about avoiding flagrant fibs. Our responsibility to truth includes a responsibility to use statistics in a conscientious way, without being glib or misleading. Like any savvy debater using data, we should double-check statistics that seem too convenient for our cause, and triple-check any from a partisan source friendly to us.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Alexi Sargeant (Leah Libresco-Sargeant\u2019s husband) writes a great piece on the need for the pro-life to remember how the stakes of the abortion fight create a *greater* obligation to be truthful and honorable (and avoid citing false facts). \u201cWe must treat truth, like an unborn child, as an innocent under threat. If we persist in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[224],"class_list":["post-99389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-create-the-culture-of-life"],"yoast_head":"\n
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