Friday, September 11, 2009

And It Gets Worse

Anti-abortion Protester Shot and Killed:

An anti-abortion activist has been shot and killed in Michigan. It seems to be linked to another homicide in the area, so this seems more like a lone lunatic than a political killing, at least for the nonce. I certainly hope so. The abortion wars are quite damaging enough without further escalating the reprehensible violence.
"nonce". Megan, have you ever even been to fucking Britain?
I also hope that if it does turn out to be someone with a political agenda, the right can manage to refrain from claiming that this is really a symptom of some dark rot at the center of liberalism. You hate it when liberals give into the temptation of this sort of bigoted partisan nonsense, and if you really want to piss them off, set an example they'll be forced to live up to.
So, there's no reason, at this moment, to think this man was killed for being anti-abortion, and actual reason to think this was personal and/or a spree killing. But concern troll totally doesn't want the right to get all freaky on the left and make this just like when that guy Tiller was murdered as an act of protest. What was it she said, then? Oh, right;
My argument is that abortion, like slavery, is becoming in this country an issue upon which people have no reasonable political recourse. I'll go further, and say that the process by which 7 judges enforced their consciences on the American public was itself borderline illegitimate; it was first, not in their proper job description, and second, a bad way to run a government.
Yes, in theory pro-lifers could pass an amendment. And in theory, the Palestinians have access to the political process too...
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Questions of fundamental human rights that have been closed off from the normal political process are very likely to produce violence. I can simultaneously, as I do, want Tiller's murderer given a long jail substance [sic], and worry that we've left his fellow lone gunmen no other outlets for their legitimate moral beliefs.
Yeah, set that kind of example, anti-abortion folk.
And is "fellow lone gunmen" a [sic], or just unintentional honesty about the non-lone nature of these men?

5 comments:

FGFM said...

after 9/11, all my friends companies got bomb and anthrax threats

This seems unlikely, but perhaps she doesn't have that many friends.

arguingwithsignposts said...

Did you see this? Kinsley hired as digital editor for atlantic. Maybe some facts will be checked.

Andrew W said...

and worry that we've left his fellow lone gunmen no other outlets for their legitimate moral beliefs.

Other than to not get abortions.

Tommykey said...

I can simultaneously, as I do, want Tiller's murderer given a long jail substance [sic], and worry that we've left his fellow lone gunmen no other outlets for their legitimate moral beliefs.

Outlets for their "legitimate" moral beliefs? We're talking about women exercising their right to bodily autonomy, and a constitutional right to an abortion means that we're supposed to feel bad for radical anti-choice males who feel they have no outlet for their opposition other than to shoot abortion providers?

Anonymous said...

I guess you have to ignore the fact that access to abortions is supported by a majority of Americans for anything she spews to make any sense.