While one might question the taste of Ann Coulter's comments on Bill O'Reilly's show, they are clearly satirical. Unfortunately, Charles Johnson doesn't seem to recognize that -- or perhaps his fanatical hatred of anyone who dares to express political or religious opinions he disagrees with or uses rhetoric he dislikes has finally metastasized into full-fledged liberalism.
Even Bill O’Reilly (who has been pretty cold-blooded about the murder of Dr. George Tiller) seems a little taken aback when Ann Coulter says, “I don’t think of it as a murder ... I am personally opposed to shooting abortionists, but I don’t believe in imposing my morality on others.”And: “If you don’t believe in shooting abortionists, don’t shoot an abortionist.” And: “That’s why liberals are so hysterical about this, because generally they’re on the pro-death side ... in this one case, they’re finally against someone dying, a man responsible for killing 60,000 babies.”
The entire "personally opposed" mantra has been the dodge used by abortion supporters who want to claim to be pro-life. Well, tell me what the difference is between Coulter's statement and theirs? After all, Coulter's statement has all the moral consistency of those made by Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, and other "personally opposed" supporters of abortion.
But in the end, it seems that LGF's petty tyrant is satire impaired -- or maybe he just wants to be the speech police.
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