The fam and I recently watched Amazing Grace. I was struck by a scene in which William Wilberforce ambushes a group of British MPs (Members of Parliament) on board a pleasure cruise of the harbor. Wilberforce is standing on the deck of a slave ship and assails his unsuspecting audience with a graphic verbal description of the horrific conditions experienced by those Africans kidnapped by British slavers.
I couldn’t help but compare this stunt with the use of imagery by Pro-Life/Anti-Abortion advocates. I thought it revealing that Wilberforce’s trap is shown to be a bold and heroic move. What is the difference between Wilberforce’s recitation of the evils of slavery and a Pro-Lifer’s use of abortion imagery? None, I think.
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