It’s amazing what the far-right is saying about Dr. George Tiller, who was murdered for performing legal and medically necessary abortions to save women’s lives. Here’s Rachel Maddow on George Tiller’s death, and the long chain of right-wing terrorism perpetrated in the name of anti-abortion. I honestly can’t add anything to this, and I’m so thankful that Rachel has the courage to call this what it is — terrorism.
(To clarify the subject, I’m talking about one of the money quotes suggesting Scott Roeder’s a hero for killing Tiller.)
Scott Roeder (if indeed he is the murderer – I’ve seen no reason to doubt that he is, but innocent until proven guilty still has the upper hand) is the scum of the earth. He is a psychopath who believes that the voice in his head telling him to kill people is the voice of his god. The fervent anti-abortion movement and its adherents are his enablers and bear at least a portion of the responsibility for Dr. Tiller’s murder.
(Oops, didn’t mean to be anonymous. -Dan J)
Courage? One just needs to be honest to call that terrorism. So many damned things to blog about – I have been needing to post about terrorism for a while now…