I've noticed a tendency among Leftists to equate doing nothing about an issue to being against that particular issue. I had a friend from Latin America who hated George W. Bush. Incredulously, I asked why he would hate George W. Bush since he barely did anything to Latin America. His response, "Exactly."
The Left wants government to do stuff for them. If Republicans don't believe the government should provide money to certain things, then they take that as Republicans being against them. Look at the contraception debate. I, and fellow Libertarians I know, believe the government should not have a regulation mandating free contraceptives for women. It's not because we're against their use, we just don't believe that's in the government's purview.
The Left distorts that opinion and says we're against contraceptives and against women's rights and we hate women.
The newest piece of evidence is Eduardo Porter's piece. In it he says, "But there is an odd inconsistency in conservatives’ stance on procreation: many also support some of the harshest cuts in memory to government benefit programs for families and children." Just because we don't want the government to bestow extra privileges on certain people for certain activities doesn't mean we're anti-children. There's no inconsistency in reality, only in the small minds of Leftists who think everything is black and white--you're either with us, or your against us.
I remember when they claimed they were the party of nuance.
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