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Washington Post: Let’s hold free speech guilty for the acts of a lunatic, shall we?
Hotair ^ | 11/30/2015 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 11/30/2015 7:40:09 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Here’s a lead that the Washington Post has never written:

To many religious liberty advocates, it seemed only a matter of time before something like this happened. Ever since the summer, when the Southern Poverty Law Center called the Family Research Council a hate group for its opposition to same-sex marriage, threats against the organization increased. But on Wednesday, their worst fears came true: A man walked into their offices carrying Chik-Fil-A sandwiches and opened fire.

Police have not yet identified a clear motive for the shooting …

You probably never read this lead at the Washington Post in 2010, either:

To many pro-life advocates, it seemed only a matter of time before something like this happened. Ever since pro-abortion advocates pressured Pennsylvania and Philadelphia authorities into lax enforcement of clinic regulations, the threat of malpractice against the poverty-stricken area served by Kermit Gosnell’s clinic increased. A string of complaints and lawsuits — 46 lawsuits over a 32-year period — failed to prompt officials to close down his late-term abortion practice. But in 2010, the fears of pro-life advocates came true: a raid that targeted illegal drug sales exposed a butcherous practice that had murdered children born alive, and resulted in the death of at least one adult patient.

Police have not yet identified a clear motive for the inhumane charnel house uncovered in the drug raid …

However, if you read the Washington Post today, you did read this lead:

To many abortion rights advocates, it seemed only a matter of time before something like this happened.

Ever since the summer, when an antiabortion group accused Planned Parenthood of illegally selling fetal tissue, threats against the organization had escalated to unprecedented levels, abortion providers say. They stepped up collaboration with the FBI and local police and stiffened security at clinics. But on Friday, their worst fears came true: A man walked into a health center in Colorado Springs and opened fire.

Police have not yet identified a clear motive for the shooting …

So let’s get this straight. When a lunatic shoots up a Family Research Council office, it has nothing to do with its political opposition. When an abortionist runs loose because public officials are too intimidated to enforce the laws that do exist, it has nothing to do with political support for abortion. But when a lunatic shoots up an abortion clinic, it’s the fault of millions of Americans who oppose abortion, and who argue peacefully for limits on the practice and better oversight of those who operate in the industry?

Even when “police have not yet identified a clear motive for the shooting”?

The shootings in a clinic and the deaths of two people are horrific acts that everyone with a lick of sense and humanity abhors. But what the Washington Post and pro-abortion advocates are conducting in its wake is an attack on free speech and the political process, not to mention the unconscionable smearing of millions of Americans. It’s disgusting, manipulative, exploitative, and un-American. Shame on them, and shame on the Washington Post for its egregious bias.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: freespeech; lunatic; shooting; washingtonpost

1 posted on 11/30/2015 7:40:10 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Shame? Shame only exists for those that recognize the universal Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God. This is why Leftist have NO shame. . .Their “good” is POWER and only power, thus they have no shame, only a lust. . .for power.


2 posted on 11/30/2015 7:51:25 AM PST by McBuff
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To: SeekAndFind
A man walked into their offices carrying Chik-Fil-A sandwiches

OMG!

License and register conservative sandwiches!

The total MORONS have a phone and an internet connection! RUN!

It seems to be contagious...

3 posted on 11/30/2015 7:52:00 AM PST by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW! evil ignorant stupid or crazy-doesn't matter!)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s further proof they have nothing else.

False allegations, falsifying evidence, one sided racial views, fake protests, hoaxes, hero worship of criminals, etc.

They have to manufacture “causes” to fool enough voters (Millennials, minorities, atheists) to GOTV.


4 posted on 11/30/2015 7:58:41 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat (In Missouri, and coming to a State near you, #BlackLiesMatterz)
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To: SeekAndFind

“But when a lunatic shoots up an abortion clinic, it’s the fault of millions of Americans who oppose abortion,....”

Make that a Transgender lunatic...


5 posted on 11/30/2015 8:28:11 AM PST by billyboy15
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6 posted on 11/30/2015 8:29:31 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: SeekAndFind
We were for Free Speech before we were against it. We are for free speech for us to tell others that their speech is not allowed or welcomed. Liberal logic.

Sound familiar? It's the mantra all over the college and university campuses lately. Now it's infiltrated the mainstream media. Flip-floppers.

Liberals: We are for the 2nd Amendment except we need to infringe on it with more gun-control restrictions against law-abiding, gun-owning citizens of the US. Is you is or is you ain't for it?

We need nuclear disarmament except for allowing our arch-enemy, Iran, to build nuclear bombs as they chant "Death to America!". Huh?

Don't expect rational thought coming from the Left. It's not in their DNA.

7 posted on 11/30/2015 8:54:07 AM PST by HotHunt
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To: SeekAndFind

More liberal hypocrisy.


8 posted on 11/30/2015 9:02:35 AM PST by TBP (Nous sommes tout Francais.)
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To: SeekAndFind

WaPo has no shame. You gotta have dignity to have shame.


9 posted on 11/30/2015 10:33:42 AM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Ready for Teddy, Cruz that is.)
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