Bombarderen als humane ingreep. Moslims gewelddadigheid verwijten en ze dus een lesje leren met – alweer – bombardementen. De absurditeiten vliegen je om de oren en in de VS (en daar alleen?) zien veel, altijd te veel, mensen (mannen vooral?) dus ook niet de waanzin van geweld tegen abortusklinieken. Via een kameraad kreeg ik dit twitteroverzicht van een kliniek van Planned Parenthood, waar men niet aan abortus deed maar de belagers zal het niet uitmaken.
I worked at a #PlannedParenthood clinic in Kansas for 3 years. My coworkers & I were subjected to the following acts of terrorism:
— Bryn Greenwood (@bryngreenwood) November 30, 2015
Gasoline was poured under our back door & ignited 4 times. Twice while the clinic was occupied, causing patients to be evacuated.
— Bryn Greenwood (@bryngreenwood) November 30, 2015
Butyric acid (used as a stink bomb) was poured under our doors & into ventilation system so many times I lost count. Clinic evacuated.
— Bryn Greenwood (@bryngreenwood) November 30, 2015
2 cherry bombs were left on our doorstep after hours, causing damage & clinic closure. Imagine what it's like going to work after that.
— Bryn Greenwood (@bryngreenwood) November 30, 2015
We received hundreds of phone calls, threatening to torch our clinic & to kill the "murdering whores" who worked there.
— Bryn Greenwood (@bryngreenwood) November 30, 2015
3 times someone drove by at night & shot out our windows. Picketers stood on the sidewalk & harassed employees as we swept up broken glass.
— Bryn Greenwood (@bryngreenwood) November 30, 2015
Our clinic didn't perform abortions. We did well woman exams, pregnancy tests, dispensed birth control, & treated STIs.
— Bryn Greenwood (@bryngreenwood) November 30, 2015
Our clinic offered free & low cost services in a low income neighborhood, but every day the "pro-life" movement tried to frighten us.
— Bryn Greenwood (@bryngreenwood) November 30, 2015
The goal was to make us afraid to come to work, to make us quit, to make us close the clinic. That's terrorism. That's how terrorism works.
— Bryn Greenwood (@bryngreenwood) November 30, 2015
Anyone who approves of harassing clinics is giving support to terrorism. #StandWithPP
— Bryn Greenwood (@bryngreenwood) November 30, 2015
Mother Jones heeft, ook aan de hand van twitter, een overzicht van veertig jaar geweld. De lui die dit doen noemen zich onbeschaamd Pro Life, Voor het Leven.