I'm Banned in 50 States!

I have been banned by the Democratic Underground! Wee Haaa!

Here is my sin.

There was a long post there with many comments castigating Supreme Court Justice Alito for his opinion in a case called Casey. In reponse to wild-eyed moonbat posts stating that Alito wanted to create a law allowing wife-beating Neanderthals to prevent their wives from getting an abortion, and the like, I wrote (basically, I can't copy and paste it because they deleted the post):

Alito did not write the law involved in the case. A sovereign state legislature wrote the law. All he did was review whether or not that law complied with the US Constitution. The test he used was this: If a law posits an "undue burden" on a woman's right to have an abortion, then that law is subject to strict scrutiny, and the state must prove that the law directly supports an important State interest to pass constitutional muster. Alito AGREED that if the law at issue was judged under strict scrutiny, it was unconstitutional. But if there was no undue burden, the State only had to show that the law was reasonably related to a legitimate State interest. Not that it was the best law ever made, not that it wasn't a stupid law, but only that the State had a legitimate interest to protect, and that the law wasn't wholly unrelated to that purpose. The constitution ALLOWS legislatures to pass stupid laws. Ipso fatso, anything approved under Governor Blagoyooiasdoiau of Illlinois, who is an idiot.

Think about that position. He is not at all saying there is no constitutional right to abortion.

Okay, now lets move on to the facts.

Oh yeah, those.

The law at issue said that a woman had to get her husband's consent to an abortion, UNLESS she signed a statement saying that getting consent would endanger her, or that the child was not her husband's, and two other exceptions I don't recall.

Alito said this was not an undue restriction on the right to abortion. The exceptions in the law obviated any concerns. Plus, he said, a husband certainly has some rights regarding the child, and those rights are a legitimate concern of the State. This law had plenty of exceptions, and was related to a legitimate State interest: the husband's interest in the child.

I submit, whether you agree with him or not, that Alito's position is immensely defensible, reasonable, and well-meaning. There is not a whiff in there - and I read it, so trust me, you don't have to -- of any "anti-abortion" tilt.

And then I suggested that the DU posters did not know what they were talking about. Perhaps that was my sin -- but I don't think so.

In any event, for this I was banned. I have since read their entire website to find out why. The closest thing I can find is this:

"Democratic Underground may not be used for political, partisan, or advocacy activity by supporters of any political party or candidate other than the Democratic party or Democratic candidates. Supporters of certain other political parties may use Democratic Underground for limited partisan activities in political races where there is no Democratic party candidate."

I have no idea how my post violated that, but I can say that you can't imagine the joy I experience in being "banned" by these fuckwads.