The Planned Parenthood Shooter and the Republican Rage Machine

[marmar]

(The Progressive) The first and most important lesson of the Planned Parenthood shootings in Colorado is that we have to get serious about keeping guns away from crazy people. The second lesson is that we have to stop feeding the crazy.

All week, Republicans and their media enablers have been passionately denying that over-the-top rhetoric about Planned Parenthood has anything to do with the killing spree at the clinic in Colorado Springs.

Never mind multiple reports that the shooter said “no more baby parts” in an interview with police—echoing Carly Fiorina, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee and the creators of the deceptive Center for Medical Progress videos that falsely claim Planned Parenthood illegally trades in fetal remains.

Carly Fiorina made headlines with her gruesome and totally false account during a Republican debate about a live baby aborted and then kept living so its brain could be harvested. Now, she is calling Planned Parenthood irresponsible for stating that such lurid stories help create a dangerous environment for patients and staff. ................(more)

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[MohRokTah]

1. The word the author was looking for is "terrorist"

Shooter is inappropriate. Terrorist is the more accurate term.

[Javaman]

2. rage machine was my college cover band for rage against the machine. nt