Yes, I say blame conservatives, for harboring terrorists. I think it’s time to use their own rhetoric against them. If you’re not opposed to the political message that terrorists communicate, than you’re for them. Conservatives are becoming guilty of terrorism.
It’s time to stop pulling punches. It’s time to call them out for what they are: hate mongers. Already I’ve seen one conservative say that this will result in a liberal-media going out of control with spin, and that it will result in a law arresting anyone who speaks out against abortion. Of course he was being a bit hyperbolic, but, dude, seriously? Your take from this murder is that the liberal media will use it to their advantage?
No. There is only one way that Limbaugh, Hannity,. O’Reilly, and Coulter can talk about this without looking like terrorists: to condemn the act utterly and leave it at that. Don’t rehash abortion arguments. Don’t use this as a platform to talk about rights and God and babies. Call Tiller’s murderer a murderer and say nothing else, or be painted as a terrorist.
Yes, I know, they have a right to speak that way. And I believe they should have this right. But I don’t think this right justifies what they say. It does not make what they say morally correct. If that were true, then they’d have to admit that Larry Flynt’s publication of pornography is also morally correct, since he has the legal right to do so. No, what they say is legal, but it is also wrong.
How about that? A liberal saying we don’t need laws, i.e. government telling is right from wrong.
June 3rd, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Great post. You are absofuckinlutely correct.