We need more argument, not less. People should have the courage, the skills, and the opportunity to air their beliefs. That's how society makes progress. The more bullies and screamers are allowed to corrupt the truth, to frame the issues, the more ordinary Americans feel excluded from the debate or choose to exclude themselves. And truth is relegated to the cutting room floor.
People strongly support sex education in schools.
Two out of three believe abortion should remain accessible to women. Public health experts agree that family planning is one of history's greatest boons to the health of women and children and to a sustainable world. Yet listen to the talk shows. Read the newspapers. Equate contraception with abortion and maybe the public won't notice that you oppose all contraceptives, and want to end family planning programs and restrict access to reproductive health care.