By: David Conde
I had the occasion to read a column by an evangelical Christian pastor that supports the reversal of Roe v. Wade, but also supports the welcoming of immigrants. He cites biblical scripture to support his premise.
On the surface, the abortion and immigrant issues do not appear to be related, and yet, there is something about them that brings them together. Both possess implications that affect population and demographics that is causing division in America.
Could it be that in the twisted minds of some, the total elimination of abortion will lead to more babies and therefore a better chance to maintain a White majority? I know that this reasoning seems warped because there will be a number of women of color also required to have their babies.
Yet, in a divided political environment with many in fear of losing political control, people can resort to desperate strategies that they want to fit into a worldview that may include a theory around the danger of White population replacement that has become prevalent in ultra-right-wing circles in the United States. This concept of “genocide by substitution” is the product of Renaud Camus, a French writer that published these ideas in his 2011 book Grande Replacement.
His thinking revolves around the notion that Muslim immigration to France and Europe will cause White Europeans to become a minority. This idea has resonated in the America and is resulting in a major backlash against Latino immigration and immigrant population in this country
Although concepts like this have been in circulation around the world during the 20th and 21st Centuries and employed by the German NAZI regime for their genocide, they are now being used as written premises for violence and death at places like the 2018 Tree of Life Synagogue attack on Jews, the 2019 massacre at the Linwood Islamic Center in Christchurch, New Zealand, the 2019 mass shooting of Latinos in El Paso, Texas and just a few days ago, the killing of mostly Black grocery shoppers in Buffalo, New York. The written Manifestos by shooters such as Brenton Harrison Tarrant in New Zealand, Patrick Crusius in El Paso and the suspect in Buffalo, New York have expressed precepts associated with replacement theories.
The looming reversal of Roe v. Wade offers for some another opportunity to invest in a neoNazi notion of “growing your own.” That is that it promotes the NAZI World War II era practice of women having babies for the furtherance of the Reich.
Many states already have laws in the books that will be triggered by a Supreme Court reversal of Roe v. Wade. The conventional answer for doing this is that the unborn are also God’s children and must be protected.
Ironically, this same protection does not extend to all these same babies after they are born. At worst, they will be the unwanted product of a tragedy and at best, the silver lining designed to help the drive to maintain political power.
America’s principle contribution to the world is its successful democratic experiment. Its greatness and leadership in virtually every important aspect of life has come from its fountain of democracy.
What happens if that shining symbol of freedom that the world admires comes to an end because the voice of its people is systematically corrupted to include only the majority of one group? That is the question we should all ask ourselves.
Tyranny has many faces. The reversal of Roe v. Wade and murders to advance White supremacy are some.
