John Kennedy is one of the current frontrunners for the Republican party in the race for senate in Louisiana. The Republican lawyer is a graduate of the University of Virginia and is currently the state treasurer. Mr. Kennedy has been endorsed by many conservative state officials and, judging by his website, he is quite proud of that.
Mr. Kennedy strongly believes that Islamic terrorism will be the death of our country. I disagree simply because Islamic terrorism isn’t the only kind of terrorism or extremism, for example, the shooting at Planned Parenthood in 2015 was never labeled as a terrorist attack but it actually was a perfect example of it. Terrorism is violent intimidation in the pursuit of one’s opinion which could also mean that the four police officer shootings in Baton Rouge were acts of …show more content…
Mr. Kennedy wants to “protect life” but not all life, the lives of people in other countries don’t matter to him. I understand that he wants to end terrorism but, considering his small and vague blurb on terrorism on his website, he sounds like he is biased against Islam because he doesn’t write about other extremist groups. If Mr. Kennedy really wants to protect life he should be working against war and violence rather than abortions because of the circumstances that one could have when getting one. A woman getting an abortion could be a rape victim, in that case, why should a woman who was a victim of sexual harassment be burdened with a child whose biological father is a felon, it just wouldn’t be fair to the woman or the child. Also, a child could be born into unfortunate circumstances. Many people get pregnant and do not have the means to raise a child. Giving a child up for adoption is an option but that child may not go to a forever home and they may end up in foster care until they are 18 which, once again, isn't fair to the
Mr. Kennedy strongly believes that Islamic terrorism will be the death of our country. I disagree simply because Islamic terrorism isn’t the only kind of terrorism or extremism, for example, the shooting at Planned Parenthood in 2015 was never labeled as a terrorist attack but it actually was a perfect example of it. Terrorism is violent intimidation in the pursuit of one’s opinion which could also mean that the four police officer shootings in Baton Rouge were acts of …show more content…
Mr. Kennedy wants to “protect life” but not all life, the lives of people in other countries don’t matter to him. I understand that he wants to end terrorism but, considering his small and vague blurb on terrorism on his website, he sounds like he is biased against Islam because he doesn’t write about other extremist groups. If Mr. Kennedy really wants to protect life he should be working against war and violence rather than abortions because of the circumstances that one could have when getting one. A woman getting an abortion could be a rape victim, in that case, why should a woman who was a victim of sexual harassment be burdened with a child whose biological father is a felon, it just wouldn’t be fair to the woman or the child. Also, a child could be born into unfortunate circumstances. Many people get pregnant and do not have the means to raise a child. Giving a child up for adoption is an option but that child may not go to a forever home and they may end up in foster care until they are 18 which, once again, isn't fair to the