Since the U.S. Supreme Court made a historic ruling overturning the ruling on the constitutional right to abortion enjoyed by women within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, there have been fierce disputes in American society, and supporters and opponents of the right to abortion have launched fierce debates on the Internet. > > Details: the "withdrawal" of women's right to abortion triggered a huge controversy, and the US Supreme Court reversed its course to tear the United States
On the second day of the debate, netizens who supported abortion rights quickly mastered a "unique skill".
Supporters of abortion rights protested outside the Federal Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Figure source: Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Jie photographed abortion rights supporters protesting outside the Federal Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
On June 25, the famous American actor johnforjesan tweeted on his personal social media account: "only in the United States can people support the death penalty, war, missiles, nuclear weapons, AR-15 rifles, torture... While electing a president who allows the spread of the epidemic, they also say that they 'respect life'".
From the perspective of "debate", fujisan's words are very sharp. At present, many conservative people in the United States oppose the right to abortion. Although many of them oppose the right to abortion for religious or conservative reasons, they have always been under the banner of "respecting life".
However, liberal people who support the right to abortion find that among other policies supported by conservatives, they advocate retaining the death penalty, waging war against foreign countries, and supporting guns, which are very out of tune with "respect for life". More importantly, after the outbreak of the U.S. epidemic, these people also used "protecting the economy" to "wash the land" for the spread of the U.S. epidemic, and poor prevention and control led to the death of a large number of people after infection. This is undoubtedly the most direct irony of "respecting life".
Therefore, when faujasan caught the Conservatives' self contradiction, many liberal netizens followed suit, laughing at the Conservatives' self slapping in the face.
Among the conservatives who "beat the face" with the poor prevention and control of the epidemic, the most powerful one is this female netizen. According to the description, she was pregnant with a child during the epidemic. She criticized: "those Republican supporters who talked about protecting their lives, where were you when I was worried that I and my unborn child were infected with the new crown? Why did you blame me when I was protecting my child's life?"
The other two similar rebuttals are from the four aspects of shooting, epidemic, racial discrimination and welfare: "these people who say they 'respect life' will oppose gun control while watching the campus shooting, refuse to wear masks in the epidemic, make excuses for the unarmed black people who kill killers, and also oppose the establishment of a broader welfare system. These people are clearly using their actions to disrespect life every day!"
Such posts are as numerous as they are in the public opinion field in the United States. Many of them have indeed profoundly pointed out many problems existing in American society. They have won a lot of forwarding with their amazing creativity.
However, these American liberals who have prevailed in the debate still have to face up to these problems: the bills that can be passed in the United States have broad public support, but many conservatives who oppose the right to abortion are not so eloquent and appear relatively silent.
Secondly, the eloquence of the above words all depends on the preset position of the anti abortion group. In fact, many American voters who oppose holding guns and support good epidemic prevention are opposed to the right to abortion. For such people who are logically self consistent in "respect for life", the above general comments not only appear arrogant and rash, but also cause their disgust.
Most importantly, whether liberals like it or not, every conservative voter they hate has the same vote as them. This large group of people can ignore the sharp words of liberals and promote the policies they want with actions.
In other words, the victory in the online debate field can not solve the problem of the fragmentation of American society at all.
On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the "Roe v. Wade case", which triggered a political storm in the country. The debate on the right to abortion swept the United States. The New York Times also believed that the fight over the right to abortion would be pushed to the center of this year's mid-term elections.
At this time, some people noticed that a proposal put forward two years ago, which is one of the few proposals that can gain the consensus of the two parties in the United States - antagonizing China, has not made progress so far. On June 26, David Ignatius, the deputy editor of the Washington Post and American novelist, published a column criticizing the endless delay and political struggle that have thrown the process of the bill into chaos, saying that "our broken political system makes it almost impossible for the United States to compete".
He frankly said that it seems strange to focus on semiconductors when the United States is mired in multiple political chaos caused by gun control, abortion rights and the investigation of the Capitol Hill incident, but the above-mentioned major events cannot be solved by the nonpartisan cooperation of Congress, and the technical challenge of semiconductors can.
He called on Biden and Congress to pass relevant bills as soon as possible, and described it as "Biden's last chance to show that he can make Congress work".
Ignatius recalled that when senators from both parties first mentioned the semiconductor legislation two years ago, they described it as a "good way to save the world" -- the United States' advantage over China in designing and manufacturing advanced computer chips is weakening. In order to compete with China in this key technology, federal R & D funds must be invested.
As one of the few issues on which the two parties can reach agreement, it seemed unstoppable at first - the Senate passed the innovation competition act by a high vote of 68 to 32 last June, and soon the Senate passed the bill on infrastructure. At that moment, Biden seemed to have succeeded in making the American political system work again.
But something strange happened. The house of Representatives hesitated to pass the bill for eight months, just as it did on the infrastructure plan. In February this year, the house of Representatives finally passed its own version, but it is very different from the Senate bill. In April this year, a large 107 member committee was used to coordinate the bills of the two chambers, and then it did not meet until May.
The US competition act of 2022 introduced by the house of Representatives
Democrats are not unaware of the "urgency" of the bill. Maria Cantwell, the chairman of the Senate panel and the Democratic senator of Washington state, said at the meeting: "I think this is a 'Sputnik moment' (the Soviet Union launched the first man-made satellite of mankind). The Americans are very clear that we are behind in innovation, and we cannot risk further backwardness." US President Biden, who was born in the Democratic Party, also said in May this year: "pass this damn bill and send it to me.".
However, Biden failed to mobilize the Democratic Party group that dominated the house of Representatives, and failed to turn his slogan of action into reality.
Ignatius believed that the reason why the bill was so "difficult to produce" was that both parties knew that it was very popular and had a high possibility of passing it, so they would want to attach some of their own agendas. Biden and Pelosi, speaker of the house of Representatives, should have blocked this agenda, but they did not.
The leadership of the house of Representatives initially said that it would complete the legislation before May. Now, the deadline has been postponed to the end of June, but it is obviously impossible to achieve it. Last week, Pelosi and Chuck Schumer said in a joint statement that "there is no reason why Congress should not pass this bill in July". Considering that the US Congress will be adjourned in August, the time left for the Democratic Party is running out. The author frankly says that there is no other reason for the delay of the bill except inertia, incompetence and infighting.
One of the original drafters of the bill, Democratic Senator mark R. warner of Virginia, told Ignatius Stein: "we need more sense of urgency. If we don't act quickly, the Republicans will put it off until next year." Several chief executives of technology companies also told the author that they don't want to delay any longer, but can the Democratic Party do it?
What makes the author even more uneasy is that when the US Congress hesitates, other countries are competing to invest in chips through their own industrial policies. India told a chip manufacturer that if the $10billion incentive measures were not enough, he should directly say the amount. The EU also began to develop its own semiconductor program last year. An industry executive told him that the EU was ready.
Ignatius lamented that the EU should have been a bureaucratic quagmire. It started building this important road to the future a year later than the United States. Now it is far ahead.
Facing this reality, he could only continue to place his hopes on Biden, saying that "in our chaotic country, you can not solve all the problems, but you can fulfill your commitments, create good high-tech jobs in the semiconductor industry, and compete with China for the strategic commanding heights."