Posted on 05/31/2009 8:51:27 PM PDT by Lorianne
By midafternoon Sunday, authorities had a 50-something man in custody in connection with the murder of Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller, killed while serving as an usher at his church.
However, the motive for the crime we can all surmise, given the vitriolic rhetoric aimed at Tiller these past couple of decades by anti-abortion activists.
And if we’re right about that, then we know the identities of his accomplices.
They include everyone who has ever called Tiller’s late-term abortion clinic a murder mill.
Whoever called Tiller “Tiller the Killer.”
Groups that fomented hate toward a man who, rightly or wrongly, believed he was serving a noble purpose by being one of the few doctors in the country who performed late-term abortions.
Hate. Not heated opposition. Not strong disagreement.
But blind hatred.
The kind of hate that would prompt some maniac to take a gun into a church and shoot a man to death in front of friends and family.
His accomplices know they have blood on their hands, which might explain why they were quick to issue statements expressing disapproval of Tiller’s murder.
Among them, the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue, whose words drip with hypocrisy: “We are shocked at this morning’s disturbing news that Mr. Tiller was gunned down. Operation Rescue has worked for years through peaceful, legal means, and through the proper channels to see him brought to justice. We denounce vigilantism and the cowardly act that took place this morning. We pray for Mr. Tiller’s family that they will find comfort and healing that can only be found in Jesus Christ.”
Shocked? Are any of us really shocked that it would come to this after the many years of demonizing one man? Certainly the group’s founder, Randall Terry, didn’t seem shocked when he issued this statement on Sunday:
(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...
Will this author accept blame if in the future some conservative (God forbid) were the target of an attempt by some leftist activist to kill or injure a prominent conservative. Of course we all rememeber how much of the left responded when Jerry Falwell died.
Oh, ok...got it.
So now the moral high ground is defined by being able to stick a tube into a babies skull, inject salt water and potassium chloride and then chop it up to deliver a pile of goo. Or just deliver the baby and leave it in an empty room to die of hypothermia or anoxia...
got it.. kill babies.. ok... Kill man that kills babies.. bad.
I don't think by murdering him....this guy got what he deserves for killing babies and earning money for doing that.... But I bet that he's getting what he deserves right now for murdering babies and getting money for it.
WRONG! A THOUSAND TIMES WRONG!
Abortion is murder.
This was murder.
MURDER IS NEVER RIGHT!
I’ve read so many other articles on Tillers’ death, and this is the one that makes me angry. Hmm.
Nevertheless,
This is how we respond: The prolife community in Kansas and elsewhere provide crisis pregnancy centers and react to late term abortion by supporting perinatal hospice. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261904/posts
(And, yes, I will spam every thread on Tiller’s death with this link. We cannot be silent about the good work done for life.)
Funny, but I wonder...could this be the spark????
I never called him anything but I will now just to practice my free speech rights over these “hate-speech”-law and anti-first amendment types.
Look for a crackdown on those of us on this side of the issues. Look for infringements of liberty, speech, 2nd Amendment and privacy.
Coming from Kansas City’s version of Pravda, this does not surprise me in the least. This city’s lone newspaper is a rag that is losing subscribers faster than GM is losing customers.
It’s no surprise, again, that the KC Red Star is against free speech for everyone but liberals and their allies. This newspaper has been nothing but birdcage liner since the late 1970s. But it is a good indicator of the things to come.
I say again, the Tiller murder is the modern day equivalent of the Reichstag fire.
More spin.
I condemn the brutal, cold-hearted murder of that guy.
There, now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, I wonder how many babies will survive to live another day because he didn’t...
Tiller is a murderer.
The government is responsible under God to punish those guilty of capital crimes. (Rom. 13).
Why is our government not carrying out its God given charge to punish the evil and reward the good?
Why are they tempting people like this man to take the law into their own hands?
Why are we as conservatives attempting to make room in our ranks for people who believe in the killing of babies.
That is not who we are!
One murder to the thousands he has done and his murder is wrong. Given all murder is wrong, but this is outrageous.
The madrassas in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are full of "free speech". Don't you think they have an effect? History demonstrates repeatedly the power of words and their motivating influence.
Unfortunatley the pro-life movement is going to be damaged by this cowardly murderer. (Big brave vigilante shoots unarmed abortionist at a church).
It's pathetic that so many posters here today nod, wink, and rationalize this murder. I never realized that the FR is a refuge for moral relativism. The pro-life movement's damage will be compounded by these intellectually addled and morally confused supporters.
“And if we’re right about that, then we know the identities of his accomplices. They include everyone who has ever called Tiller’s late-term abortion clinic a murder mill.
Whoever called Tiller “Tiller the Killer.”.”
Oh, cripes, I am an accomplice? Hey, I called Hitler a killer too. And Jim Jones. And Charlie Manson.
Why do you asshats think there was only one or two of these killers operating out there? Because only they were so freaking CIVIC MINDED?
I can’t get worked up over the murder of this guy. I feel far more grief reading about the death of a family to a drunk driver, or someone gunned down by a crook.
This is like reading that a Nazi prison camp guard died. I only have so much sorrow in me, and don’t have much to spare for this fellow.
I think so too
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