RW Talking point on Tiller murder (Clinic violece vs. violence against Recruiters)

[TheMightyFavog]

Our local RW asshat columnist had herself a little rant about Dr. Tiller's Murder and the media coverage surrounding it.

http://www.peshtigotimes.net/?id=11762

A background investigation for an Associated Press news story on the shooting that ran on Monday, June 1 in “USA Today” concludes with a list of 10 incidents in the last 16 years in which bombs or guns were used against abortionists or their clinics. That’s hardly a trend, and hardly sufficient basis for a conclusion that the pro-life movement - the people who respect the lives of unborn children, as well as those of everyone else - are as a group now advocating violence.

(snip)

The group “Move America Forward” lists more than 60 anti-military offenses committed by groups in the U.S. since 2003, including the latest, on Monday, June 1, in which a Muslim extremist fired on a recruiting station in Little Rock, Ark., killing one soldier and wounding another.

Wright raises some good questions. Why are these facilities not protected? In fact, since they are Federal facilities, there is even more reason for the Federal government to protect them. Why is there no full scale investigation into groups with which the Muslim extremist may have been affiliated?

Oh, yes. Forgot. It’s politically incorrect to “profile” Muslims. But apparently it’s okay to profile those who hold to traditional American values such as sanctity of life and Christian charity and the Ten Commandments. The evil right wing proponents of those values were in fact on at least one occasion identified as possible enemies and dangers to society by our new national head of Homeland Security. Or didn’t you know that?

I've seen the anit-choicers rant about this before, bitrching and moaning about the inequity of airplay surrounding Dr. Tiller's murder and that recruiter who got shot outside his office.

The minute I read "Move America Forward", my bullshit detector redlined. I'd like to see exactly how MAF describes "anti-military offenses." I'm willing to believe that if you dig down, you'll find out that the vast majority of thise incidents turn out to be peaceful nonviolent pickets by antiwar demonstrators with the occasional incident of nonviolent civil disobediance.

[zbdent]

1. "60 anti-military offenses committed by groups in the U.S. since 2003"

59 of them probably involved leaving a leaflet on the door, or a peace sign spray painted on a wall ... in fact, the worst one I remember was that a peaceful protester poured fake blood on the desk of the recruiter ... RWers were screaming about how he now had to be tested for AIDS/HIV ... aside from the fact that he didn't get a drop on him ...

Funny ... maybe the "recruitment facilities" were not guarded BECAUSE THE MILITARY RECRUITING CENTERS WOULD LIKELY HAVE WEAPONS THERE???