The insufferable Bonnie Erbe predictably mourned the loss of her hero, late term abortion provider George Tiller, in her recent column. The reason "Dr." Tiller was murdered, according to Erbe, was inflamatory "hate speech" by the pro-life movement. This speech, concludes Erbe, should be illegal:
Dr. Tiller’s murder is not the first by anti-abortion extremists and it won’t be the last unless America’s pro-choice majority draws a defined line in concrete terms that prevents incitement to murder. Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, and stoker of much anti-abortion violence published a press release right after Dr. Tiller’s murder saying:
“George Tiller was a mass-murderer. We grieve for him that he did not have time to properly prepare his soul to face God. I am more concerned that the Obama administration will use Tiller’s killing to intimidate pro-lifers into surrendering our most effective rhetoric and actions. Abortion is still murder. And we still must call abortion by its proper name; murder.”
This type of speech ought to be against the law. Anyone who issues statements containing such language ought to be prosecuted as an accessory to murder, as well as for partaking in domestic terrorism. What, after all, is the difference between Terry’s statement and releases issued by the Taliban calling on Muslims to kill westerners? There is none.
Free speech is one thing. Speech that beckons to the unbalanced to commit the ultimate crime is something entirely different.
It's important to keep in mind that it is perfectly OK and natural for a liberal to call for the silencing of conservative opinion. Imagine what would happen to a conservative writer who suggests that violence in the black community resulting in deaths of citizens and police officers resulted from say, oh, I don't know, a type of "free speech" like rap or hip hop that glorifies gang violence and violence against women and police officers?
Bonnie Erbe is becoming a one note wonder. This is not the first time in recent memory that she has called for restrictions on free speech. Erbe seems to think that dissenting opinion is dangerous and the public should only be spoon fed liberal-endorsed ideas, because, after all, they know best and are therefore better equipped to guide the great unwashed masses in forming opinions in their soft little minds.
Or it could be because Erbe is so very closed minded that it affects her ability to effectively in make her points in her syndicated column.
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