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Naked abortion-rights protester disrupts Fourth of July parade in Vermont "I cannot tolerate my own inaction any longer in the face of the overturning of Roe v. Wade."
Boston ^ | July 8, 2022 | Heather Alterisio

Posted on 07/09/2022 8:59:10 AM PDT by Morgana

Naked and covered in fake blood, an abortion-rights activist reportedly left mouths agape as he joined the Fourth of July parade in Brattleboro, Vermont, on Monday.

Minutes before the parade begun Monday morning, Ivan Hennessy emailed the Brattleboro Reformer and other media outlets to let them know of his plan and what kind of statement he intended to make, the newspaper reported.

“I cannot tolerate my own inaction any longer in the face of the overturning of Roe v. Wade,” Hennessy reportedly wrote in the email. “The Supreme Court’s rejection of medical privacy and bodily autonomy is not the only terrible injustice I’ve seen our government embrace. It is not unique in the magnitude of suffering it brings. But, my own inaction has become unbearable.”

Hennessy hoped his act of protest would draw more attention to the overturning of Roe v. Wade and encourage others to take more action, the newspaper reported.

According to the Reformer, Police Chief Norma Hardy said at a subsequent Select Board meeting that her officers made the decision not to interfere with the protest, noting that they were more concerned about the overall safety of everyone at the event. She pointed to the mass shooting in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park where seven were killed and dozens more injured.

Other parade attendees said they were disturbed by the incident, with Russ Grabiec, a Brattleboro resident who was filming the Independence Day event for the community television station, calling it “traumatizing.”

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


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To: lapsus calami

That was my first thought.


21 posted on 07/09/2022 9:16:38 AM PDT by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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To: Morgana

Truth be told, he wasn’t there for abortion, he was there trolling for homosexuals.


22 posted on 07/09/2022 9:16:53 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: ronniesgal
is this a guy-guy or a girl-guy?

It likely doesn't know or is not sure. This person is probably thinking it might want an abortion someday.

23 posted on 07/09/2022 9:17:44 AM PDT by PerConPat (A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. - Mencken)
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To: Morgana

Maybe the pro-lifers should start showing pictures of aborted/dissected babies again. The left bowled bloody murder the last time.


24 posted on 07/09/2022 9:17:59 AM PDT by Spok (Don’t pee down my leg and tell me it’s raininqg.)
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To: Morgana

Naked, as in attention seeking disorder.


25 posted on 07/09/2022 9:23:17 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: larrytown

Let the unhinged keep doing nutty nonsense like this... it will drive those still on the fence toward the pro-life side.


26 posted on 07/09/2022 9:24:08 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: Morgana

Keep it up, democrats. No parent wants their kids to see that....except for the few who are drag queen show escorts.


27 posted on 07/09/2022 9:27:40 AM PDT by tunedin
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To: Morgana

“Now I have to ask “why did he have to be naked and covered in blood?” The point being? “

To attract attention and publicity, which seems to have worked.


28 posted on 07/09/2022 9:28:21 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Morgana

“Hmmm. I can advocate for abortion. I can try to convince the masses abortion is good. I can enter politics to change abortion law. Or I can just run around naked screaming at the top of my lungs...”


29 posted on 07/09/2022 9:32:35 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Morgana

Why can’t these idiots figure out that they lose more supporters than they gain with this dumbassery?


30 posted on 07/09/2022 9:37:24 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐Public hangings will wake 'em up.⭐⭐)
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To: Morgana

Naked and covered in blood? Sounds like he’s advocating for the poor little naked babe in the womb, being ripped from limb to limb.


31 posted on 07/09/2022 9:38:11 AM PDT by JudyinCanada (Maranatha)
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To: Morgana

He is pissed because no woman wants him who is unable to abort his offspring before being forced to deal with him for the rest of his life.


32 posted on 07/09/2022 9:38:29 AM PDT by webheart
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To: Morgana

That’ll show us!!!


33 posted on 07/09/2022 9:42:02 AM PDT by exnavy (Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
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To: Morgana

Brattleboro is the Star Wars cantina scene of VT. People regularly parade around nekid. The blood was a new touch though.


34 posted on 07/09/2022 9:47:47 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: Morgana
Write to your State legislatures. The Feds had no business in the abortion matter. It's 100% a state matter...and always has been.

This wonen's rights cr** is just that.

But they're lopsided....The stupidity of their campaign against alcohol and the equally stupidity of Prohibition....which became an actual Constitutional amendment and was eventually overturned. I dare say...the majority of women have had a few.

But to get back to their stupidity...They can get pregnant....through their own carelessness...but if that doesn't work out or becomes inconvenient....they just kill the baby. How stupid is that?

35 posted on 07/09/2022 9:54:10 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: aquila48

Odd choice, though. I mean, if someone says “abortion” then asks “what’s naked and covered in blood?” What is the first answer that springs to mind? An aborted baby, of course.

As for his talking about “the magnitude of suffering it brings”, what about over 60 million murdered babies? Yes, they all suffered.

This same guy would be all in on banning the boiling of lobsters:

https://www.iflscience.com/uk-may-ban-boiling-lobsters-alive-under-sentient-being-law-so-can-they-really-feel-pain-60299

Even though lobsters do not have central brains:

https://umaine.edu/lobsterinstitute/educational-resources/anatomy-biology/

And unborn babies at six weeks do:

https://www.healthline.com/health/when-does-a-fetus-develop-a-brain


36 posted on 07/09/2022 9:55:03 AM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: JudyinCanada

GMTA! I posted my last before seeing your post.


37 posted on 07/09/2022 9:56:24 AM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: Morgana

Just when you think ham actors take the cake an over reacting abortion-rights activist steps up.

No wonder they like abortions they don’t have a life.


38 posted on 07/09/2022 9:56:53 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: Morgana

Doesn’t this idiot nude dude realize that the Supreme Court turned over the decision to the respective states?

Mentally ill dude should keep his clothes on. This was a Fourth of July parade, not a venue for some fool to make his woke “political statement.”

And the female police chief should have had her officers arrest him.

There were kids at that event.


39 posted on 07/09/2022 10:01:48 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (My body, my choice....but not when it comes down to unconstitutional "vaccine" mandates.)
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To: Morgana

Some father should have knocked him out. Then go for jury nullification… you just need one not guilty.


40 posted on 07/09/2022 10:03:14 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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