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[40cakes]

Planned Parenthood posts a page on its website called "Terrorists and Extremist Organizations." It lists groups and individuals who use harassment, threats, stalking and violence against choice. Some of these terrorists and extremist organizations get upset at being listed as such.

Reading this list from Feministe, you think they'd be proud of all they accomplished. Damn. I want to send Sara Phares an email and give her a big hug.

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[dialogue.livejournal.com]

Well, it's people like that who clear my mind of any ambiguity I might have felt on the subject of abortion. This country is full of sick, sick people.

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[el--guapo.livejournal.com]

This is terrorism, even if the people committing it aren’t Arab.
ah, racisim.

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[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

I think what they meant to say by that comment is not "Only Arabs commit terrorism" but that a lot of people, due to racism, wouldn't immediately label these groups "terrorists" or "extremists" because they're a bunch of good ol' boy family-value whitebreads. That's how I read it, anyway, since Feministe has always been primarily feminist, but supportive all around of equality for all.

On that note, I think Christian fundamentalist extremists and Muslim fundamentalist extremists probably have a lot in common.

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[el--guapo.livejournal.com]

I read it more in the light of "there are exceptions to the rule that terrorists are arabs."

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[dialogue.livejournal.com]

As another regular reader of Feministe, I agree with Casey's explanation.

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[el--guapo.livejournal.com]

as someone who doesn't read the Feministe as all, I would say that it wasn't a blatant declaration that "All Terrorists are Arabs!", rather a "slip" that shows an inherent prejudice.

[pyrobovaphiliac.livejournal.com]

I like the commenter that likens the Abortion War with Project Mayhem from Fight Club =) Sure makes me glad I live in a comparably civilized section of the country.

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

I think you're the first person to call NJ a civilized part of the country :)

[physhtanks.livejournal.com]

Since we have now equated these guys with terrorism, how long until we can start shooting back at them?

Granted, I am no fan of humans, but this could be fun AND useful. Think about it -first, we use their tactics against them. Harrass them, their neighbors, their workplaces. Eye for an eye kinda thing. BUT THEN!

THEN we could treat them like terrorists - attack them from UAVs, capture many in covert ops, and wisk them away to a safe place - like Massachusetts - and torture them to extract more information about their organizations.

Then we can release a politcal cartoon showing Jesus across the midwest, and watch the farmers riot.