Planned Parenthood firebombed, right wing silent

[tpsbmam]

Someone firebombed a Planned Parenthood clinic in McKinney, Texas, late Tuesday night. Because it was so late, no one was hurt. The clinic doesn't provide abortions, but there had been protesters there earlier that day anyway. You might've read about the news on Twitter or on a liberal blog. Probably not in a newspaper or on a cable new channel. Definitely not at any right-wing blogs. Which is a bit odd, actually, considering how much attention terrorist attacks generally get in this country.

Oh, sorry, how much attention possible Islamic terrorist attacks get.

Planned Parenthood, in case you haven't been paying attention, has been the focus of a flood of political attacks -- both rhetorical and legislative -- since approximately the minute the Republicans who were elected in 2010 took office across the nation. James O'Keefe shopped around one of his trademark shamelessly misleading video "stings." Glenn Beck devoted an hour to falsely accusing Planned Parenthood of various heinous crimes. The major right-wing pundits have stepped up the hysterical anti-reproductive rights rhetoric as multiple states attempted to defund the organization. The right has even moved on to attacking contraception, as if it doesn't even want people to believe that its goal isn't to control women's bodies.

The National Review's the Corner has run multiple posts on some pro-life "study" accusing Planned Parenthood of "systemic, organization-wide fraud and abuse" and even human trafficking "at this federally funded billion-dollar abortion business." One of them said, "Where is the Media," and bemoaned the fact that the mainstream press was supposedly "ignoring" the report, which got a major press conference with multiple members of Congress and coverage in Politico and the Hill.

More at Salon.


I've been busy this week so maybe I missed it, but this is the first I've heard about this. As pointed out in the subtitle of this article, the M$M is only interested if there's some perception that it's Islamic terrorism. God forbid they REALLY cover all the right-wing violence around the country, and the right-wing aggression toward Planned Parenthood.

[ananda]

1. Also, this clinic does NOT provide abortions, but rather...

... preventative healthcare for poor women.

[xchrom]

2. recommend

[The Doctor.]

3. God damnit.

I've had it. I would volunteer to be part of a three-point watch with a .50 cal rifle if I could.

I would have absolutely no qualms about putting one of these stupid fucks who've been so filled with lies and hatred away permanently if they attacked a PP. The media is creating these fucking morons by the millions, but there's nothing we can do about it without starting a war.

This is exactly the sort of shit that led Germany down the dark path. It is happening here and now. It's only a matter of time before the corporations sick their army of stupid, violent assholes on the rest of us.

God damn this media and the stupid right-wing fucks.