They can't call abortion murder & then plead innocence when unstable followers hunt down providers

[kpete]

If religious conservatives actually believe they are morally right to proceed with sensational rhetoric, they should at least take responsibility for the fallout. They cannot call abortion murder and then plead innocence when their unstable followers hunt down the providers. If there were rational discussion of abortion, without enflamed emotion, demonization and drama, such violence would not be occurring. Instead, however, the Christian right has chosen the rhetoric of righteousness, condemning opponents and encouraging followers to treat the issue as one of life or death. As such, when death occurs, religious conservatives own it.

http://www.salon.com/2015/12/01/the_religious_right_is_neither_the_real_history_of_how_decades_of_radical_violent_rhetoric_led_to_the_planned_parenthood_shooting/

[PatrickforO]

1. The author is quite right.

And if we're going to be honest, these religious conservatives are today's Pharisees. They spend plenty of time spouting about how they are holier than everyone else, and then lapse into horrible hypocrisy. Perhaps, like the moneylenders, they should be cleared from the temple.

[n2doc]

2. Yep