oh and does it surprise you the 'alleged' murderer was a member of a white supremacist organization? doesn't surprise me in the least
A Brief History of the Radical Right
The revelation that Scott Roeder, the alleged murderer of Dr. George Tiller, belonged to an anti-government, white separatist group called the Montana Freemen might seem like an unlikely twist. After all, such groups are generally thought of as either indifferent to the issue of abortion or actively enthusiastic about its potential for reducing the nonwhite population. As it turns out, however, the journey from radical racialist to anti-abortionist isn't as unusual as you might think.
Roeder's connections to the right-wing fringe began well over a decade ago, according to the Kansas City Star. His ex-wife, Lindsey, said that after a few years of marriage, Roeder became increasingly involved with the Freemen and its anti-government ideology. "The anti-tax stuff came first, and then it grew and grew. He became very anti-abortion…That's all he cared about is anti-abortion. 'The church is this. God is this.' Yadda yadda." Noting that she vehemently disagreed with her ex-husband's views, Lindsey Roeder told the Star that he moved out in 1994. "I thought he was over the edge with that stuff," she said. "He started falling apart. I had to protect myself and my son."...............
Arriving for an early shift around sunrise, a nurse at the Kansas City clinic, Aid for Women, noticed the man trying to pour super glue into a lock on the back door, another clinic worker said. Spooked, the man fled, but not before the nurse noted his license plate number, which the authorities later linked to Mr. Roeder.
The man seemed strident, the clinic worker said, and repeated phrases like “baby killer.” ............
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Yes, this Roeder character was waaaaayyyy over the top. I will never understand the irrational far right lunatic fringe of wing nuts in this country. They hate government; supposedly fanatically support freedom; hate liberals who are dedicated to greater social and economic freedom and opportunity for all; love oppressive far right people like Cheney, Bush, and Rumsfeld, who support building up the wealthy while holding everyone else down, and who suspend basic freedoms like the writ of habeas corpus; call themselves "Christian" and "pro-life" and then support the death penalty and go out and murder people. It would certainly seem that these far right extremists belong in mental institutions!
i don't care if people are christians or against things i'm for or for things i'm against. i DO care if they're white supremacists or nazis or fundamentalists of any ilk or domestic terrorists.
we can argue with each other, but i never want to have to protect me and mine from a gun carrying lunatic
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