My grandmother was not an easy woman to watch decline. She had been sharp her whole life. Quick with a Scripture, quicker with an opinion, and completely uninterested in being handled carefully just because she was old. She lived alone longer than anyone thought she should and she did it on purpose. Independence was not...
You can negotiate with the left on almost anything. Tax rates. Climate policy. Immigration numbers. Healthcare premiums. There is always a version of the conversation that sounds like compromise is possible. That sounds like reasonable people can find middle ground. Then you touch abortion and the room changes entirely. Suddenly there is no middle ground....