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June 2, 2009

The Double-Standard Gauntlet Is Thrown

Hatched by Dafydd

From yesterday's New York Times unsigned (thus from the editorial board) editorial:

The murder of Dr. George Tiller, who was shot to death as he stood in the foyer of his church in Wichita, Kan., on Sunday morning, was a reprehensible act of domestic terrorism directed toward the dwindling cadre of physicians who risk their safety to perform legal medical procedures....

Responding to Dr. Tiller’s slaying, President Obama expressed shock and outrage and said that profound differences over issues like abortion “cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence.” Mr. Obama recently called for Americans to find common ground on reducing the need for abortions. In that spirit, abortion opponents should refrain from the “baby killer” rhetoric that inflames an already heated debate....

There must be a sustained focus by federal and state officials to prevent further acts of violence and intimidation. If it turns out that additional laws are needed, Congress should take action.

So far as I've heard, every single pro-life organization and a great many pro-life individuals denounced and condemned this murder as despicable, cowardly, and a violation of the entire thrust of the pro-life community. And they did so the very day it happened, Sunday, May 31st, 2009.

But I have yet to hear or read a single radical leftist anti-war organization, politician, or blogger condemning the assassination of Private William Long, United States Army, and the attempted assassination of Private Quinton Ezeagwula, United States Army. As of the timestamp of this post, not a word on the website of International ANSWER; nary a peep from the chicks at Code Pink.

Dennis Kucinich (D-OH, 95%), "America's most courageous congressman," hasn't the courage to speak out against killing American soldiers in America's heartland -- not even on his Twitter feed. Perhaps if it turns out that additional laws are needed, Congress should take action; Rep. Kucinich could introduce a bill.

Andrew Sullivan -- I've heard he has a blog or something; I think it's called the Daily Dirt; or something -- found occasion to publish 58 blogposts yesterday, including many about the assassination of Dr. Tiller. But Sullivan found no occasion even to mention the assassination of Long and the attempted assassination of Ezeagwula.

But it's early yet. Maybe mañana.

Tick tick tick tick...

Hatched by Dafydd on this day, June 2, 2009, at the time of 2:07 AM

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Comments

The following hissed in response by: Neo

Tiller is just one more abortion related death.
Considering that we have thousands of abortion related deaths a year, just what is the big deal ?

The above hissed in response by: Neo at June 2, 2009 9:03 AM

The following hissed in response by: Geoman

"Profound differences over issues like abortion cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence.”

They also cannot be resolved by imperious decrees from courts. In fact such decrees create exactly the conditions that lead people to try and resolve issues with heinous acts of violence.

Debate, consensus, laws. That is how these issues should be settled.

The above hissed in response by: Geoman at June 2, 2009 11:10 AM

The following hissed in response by: Chris G.

"...the dwindling cadre of physicians who risk their safety to perform legal medical procedures..."

In ther words, terrorism works.

The above hissed in response by: Chris G. at June 4, 2009 3:00 PM

The following hissed in response by: Bart Johnson

The problem with "Rep. Kucinich could introduce a bill" is that we always have to pay for it.

The above hissed in response by: Bart Johnson at June 8, 2009 11:48 PM