" Is Political Rhetoric Inciting Christians to Violence?" Huffington Post asks, surely a line of questioning neoconservatives can learn from to attempt to connect Islamist terrorism to domestic anti-war causes.Īnother blogger at Huffington Post declared that the "use of the word 'murder' is incendiary, inciting to violence, and it must end." Were you not previously aware of the ideological commitments that would link a pro-choice position with a pro-Black Lives Matter one, that argument might sound like the one police unions have used against filmmaker Quentin Tarantino for daring to suggest cops who kill people are murderers. Of course the cops disagree, as do abortion rights activists about abortion. Neither of those groups, however, are entitled to any kind of monopoly on the definitions of the terms they use. drone war object to the use of the word "murder" to describe the killing of people from flying death machines. I'm waiting for the day the pro-war side accuses me of inciting Islamist terrorism because I've expressed concern about the U.S. Murdering Muslims around the world.Ĭomments from Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, a fierce critic of Planned Parenthood, are particularly astonishing for their lack of self-awareness. "So what I would say to anyone who tries to link this terrible tragedy to anyone who opposes abortion or opposes the sale of body parts is, this is typical left-wing tactics," Fiorina told Fox News Sunday. It may be a left-wing tactic at the moment, but it's not a tactic exclusive to it. It was a right-wing tactic when it was about linking the terrible tragedy of the murder of police officers to anyone who opposes police brutality or supports police reforms.
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