Scott Roeder and Terrorism Buzzword Hypocrisy

Sorted under anti-choice extremism on June 9, 2009

Scott Roeder, the man convicted of assassinating Dr. George Tiller for political and religious reasons, thus making his crime an act of domestic terrorism, and he a domestic terrorist, released a statement to the Associated Press on June 7, saying:

“I know there are many other similar events planned around the country as long as abortion remains legal.”

So to get this straight, A terrorist has publicly stated that additional acts of terrorism are scheduled to be perpetrated against American people. The silence from the right is deafening. As Keith Olbermann pointed out yesterday, why are the right not demanding that swift action be taken against this convicted terrorist? Why are we, as a government and as a people, not treating Roeder like the terrorist he is?

Because as Jesse Ventura pointed out not too long ago while on his book tour to all of the FOX News channel programming, we only waterboard Muslims.

Tiller’s family attorney, Dan Monnat stated:

“I am hopeful that state and federal authorities, including Homeland Security, will give Mr. Roeder and his information a deserving response.”

But will we see the government take action against Roeder? Will we see them do their jobs? I’m going to remain unhopeful because the government has yet to come forward and call the actions perpetrated by Roeder an act of terrorism. They have yet to come forward and call Roeder a terrorist, although by definition, he is.

As Keith Olbermann also pointed out on The Countdown last night, if Scott Roeder had an Islamic name then the American government would have already come out and called this what it is–Terrorism. You cannot pick and choose what cases your American Government-created buzzword applies. It must be understood that American people are capable of committing terrorist acts and that in these cases, it is what we call domestic terrorism.

So why is it that the government remains silent? That they remain complacent? Because we are still fighting the war on reproductive rights and services and as long as the war on reproductive rights remains eminent, we will continue to be forced to settle for less than the action the government would take in any other circumstance.



You May Also Enjoy:

  • Killing is bad everywhere. Abortion is equal to killing. Too much killing is equal to terrorism. These acts are true everywhere on this planet.
  • Even though I agree that killing children is really bad, I also believe that everyone should have free will and the right to make their own decisions. Only a woman can decide what she wants to do with her body, and no one has the right to tell her. The woman will have to pay for whatever decisions she makes, but no one should be able to tell her whether she should have an abortion or not. And that doesn't give the right for someone to kill another person for having different views or doing something they disagree with.
  • I'm on Olbermann's side all the way.
  • Alyssa in SF
    I love Keith. I think he asks such bright questions. Great section. This shit is serious.
  • Here abortion is considered as an act of terrorism than a matter of good health or good life. Not sure but killing is bad
blog comments powered by Disqus