Washington Examiner
October 15, 2018
Why do some pro-life extremists murder abortion doctors? Because they believe those doctors kill babies and should be repaid in kind. Yet, I don’t know anyone Right or Left, including the overwhelming majority of pro-lifers, who finds the murder of doctors anything less than horrendous.
Why do some Black Lives Matter extremists go on cop-killing rampages? Because they believethe police are killing black men and women wantonly, and should be repaid in kind. Yet, I don’t know many people Left or Right, including the majority of anti-police brutality activists, who find the murder of law enforcement officers anything less than despicable.
I’m pro-life and anti-police brutality, but can’t fathom resorting to violence — committing violence in the name of stopping violence — to “further” my political cause. Most people wouldn’t.
But some, particularly the mentally disturbed, might.
This was precisely what Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was talking about recently when he worried that a political figure could get assassinated in the current tense political environment. “I really worry that someone is going to be killed and that those who are ratcheting up the conversation … they have to realize that they bear some responsibility if this elevates to violence,” Paul said.
This article was posted: Monday, October 15, 2018 at 6:38 am
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