Today's Houston Chronicle editorial nails the hypocrisy of anti-abortion extremists' condemnation of the murder of Dr. George Tiller after their habitual use of inflammatory rhetoric.
But it is hard to reconcile the reasoned pronouncements of some anti-abortionists this week with the hate-filled rhetoric they have indulged in for decades. (Fox News' Bill) O’Reilly had excoriated “Tiller the baby killer” and his “Nazi stuff” for several years, as had Operation Rescue and other abortion foes.
Free speech is a treasured tenet of American life, but on this issue, hate speech has played a large part in establishing a climate that accepts and even condones violence against abortion providers. Some Web sites hail such killers and terrorists as heroes.
--Ballard Burgher
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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