Comments on: Sarah Palin and Other Conservatives Condemn Right Wing Terrorist Act

By: Now Terrorism Against Topless Coffee Shop - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:22:19 +0000

[...] a sad week. We’ve seen right wing terrorism with the murder of an abortion doctor. We’ve had a case of Islamic terrorism with the murder [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:38:22 +0000

I mentioned a tactic a while back that I think might be worth bring up again. (Although the context of which I brought it up in, I’d rather forget.) That is the hunger strike. If one feels so passionate about something that one feels it is worth taking of life. Let that person put their life on the line, perhaps even sacrifice it with a self-imposed hunger strike. Would that not gain as much, if not more attention for one’s cause and create far more political pressure than an act of violence?

By: Ron Chusid

Ron Chusid — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:37:04 +0000

I’ve had some people try to post comments here defending the killer. I’ve had more problem with conservative nuts who object to any discussion of right wing terrorism, or who twist what I am saying about this and then attack based upon their distortions–something I’m not going to waste a moment of my time or bandwidth on.

By: cany

cany — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:56:15 +0000

After two repeat visits from a defender of the killer who even took to task his shocked and grieving Lutheran Church, I banned the IP and put comment mods on my blog to stop further postings.

I have visited a LOT of sites discussing this issue, and it is my take that there are far more right wingers defending and/or celebrating this horrible terrorist assassination than not.

Terribly sad.

As for Operation Rescue, it is clear that the founder, Terry Randall is a sad excuse for a human being and that one of their leaders was previously incarcerated as intending to bomb. Nice.

God’s Army, on the other hand (and it seems many affilliate with more than one group) appears to be a nest of violence and their commnents on the killings were vicious.

It leads me to the conclusion that thiere is a lot more hang wringing with a wink*wink attached than not coming from the pro-fetus bunch.

By: Ron Chusid

Ron Chusid — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:33:43 +0000

I think that most liberals differentiate between right wing extremists who use violence and the vast majority of conservatives who do not engage in such action.

It didn’t help the right to see some conservative blogs get flooded with comments in support of such violence, but as I noted in the post blog comments can easily amplify the views of a small minority. I also note that some of the conservative bloggers are quite frustrated with receiving comments in support of violence.

By: Chance

Chance — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:20:49 +0000

Its good to see a liberal blog acknowledging that a large portion of the right has condemned this act. You can’t be pro life and pro murder.