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Lizz Winstead: People Say My Exposure of ‘Anti-Abortion Extremists’ Is as ‘Offensive’...
cns news ^ | January 12, 2015 | By Melanie Hunter

Posted on 01/14/2015 6:31:45 PM PST by Morgana

FULL TITLE: Lizz Winstead: People Say My Exposure of ‘Anti-Abortion Extremists’ Is as ‘Offensive’ as Charlie Hebdo Cartoons

(CNSNews.com) – In a segment of MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” show on Sunday about the deadly attack on French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, comedienne Lizz Winstead, co-creator of the “Daily Show,” said pro-life activists compare her comedic attempts to defend abortion rights to insulting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.

“People feel like my activism and me using comedy to shine a light on the extremism in let’s say the anti-abortion movement is as absolutely offensive, and so since we don’t have nuanced conversations in this country about blasphemy versus bigotry, and we’re not on board, I just have to say the bottom line is if you are killing people for what they say, I am on the side of the people who died,” she said.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: abortion; lizzwinstead; prolife

1 posted on 01/14/2015 6:31:45 PM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

She isn’t funny. She is simply awful on every level.


2 posted on 01/14/2015 6:58:22 PM PST by Volunteer (Though I know that the hypnotized never lie, do ya? - The Who)
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To: Morgana

And you’re killing babies for nothing they’ve said. whore


3 posted on 01/14/2015 9:50:59 PM PST by Viennacon
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