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Monday, June 01, 2009

Monday Big Blue Smurf Blogging: What They Said
Posted by Jill | 7:32 PM
Today's honoree: Melissa, who writes a letter to President Obama.

Money quote:
This was a terrorist act, one in an ongoing campaign against Dr. Tiller, who was one target among many in a bigger campaign against women and the people who provide abortion services and safe havens for them—but no one in our government will call it terrorism. There are, in fact, a lot of things that don't get called terrorism in this country, but few of them approach the breadth of the long-term, flagrant campaign of intimidation, harassment, exhorted violence, attempted violence, actual violence, and murder of abortion providers and abortion-seeking women.

Still, our government is unwilling to call this orchestrated, overt, unapologetic campaign against women and their healthcare providers terrorism, even as increasing numbers of doctors say offering the legal service to their patients is not worth the risk—the very definition of effective terrorism. Even as physician champions of women's right to choose are murdered in cold blood. Even as "pro-life" groups openly celebrate his death and take the position that he deserved it.

[snip]

Your statement, upon hearing of Dr. Tiller's death, was that you are "shocked" and "outraged," that you believe: "However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence." Mr. President, if you had been paying the slightest bit of attention to the realities of the front line of the fight to protect women's bodily autonomy, you would not be shocked. This wasn't even the first attempt on Dr. Tiller's life; it was the merely the first successful one.

I'm angry because you have been admonishing pro-choice advocates to respect the views of anti-choice activists, despite the fact there is very good reason not to afford a modicum of respect for a viewpoint that would force women to relinquish control over their own bodies to the state. I'm angry because you don't seem to get that both sides of this "debate" aren't equal, and it's not just because one side contains mainstream organizations who tacitly encourage the murder of doctors.

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Blogger Unknown said...
D'you mean to say that Liss is now a "Big Blue Smurf"?!
6/1/09, 9:22 PM  
Blogger Jill said...
If you actually read this blog, instead of popping in to write snarky comments that make you look like an idiot, you'd know to whom "Big Blue Smurf" is a reference. And it isn't Liss.

Don't you have a wingnut blog to write, Barry? Don't you have your lovely Republicans to defend?
6/2/09, 5:07 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...
Sheesh, with your beloved Democrats in charge at all levels, you'd think you wouldn't be so touchy.
6/2/09, 6:58 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Barry, why don't you take a long walk off a short pier
6/2/09, 9:06 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...
My computer guy is sick. Hope it isn't dangerous. After he gets well I'm starting three campaigns.

1. The middle campaign to give voice to the people who are Americans for democracy and not just cheering for the home team.

2. The campaign for universal medical care. No compromise.

3. The campaign to break up any organization that has been referred to in any magazine, print, book or internet as "too big to fail." Also, the right to revoke the charter and all rights and privileges of any corporation that violates the law. Instant liquidation, no appeal.

Despite the legal lies, there are no rights granted to any corporation or church by the constitution that allows them to behave as persons legally.

The revocation of the "humanness" of corporations will be the only defense of democracy against a catholic supreme court. 5 was 4 too many. 6 shows nothing but total contempt for democracy.

Bigot, damn straight, but that doesn't mean I'm stupid. However, "religious" doesn't mean intelligent.
6/2/09, 5:40 PM  
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