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THE MORAL COWARDICE OF SARAH PALIN
Re: "She is parsing the definition of terrorism so as not to offend that small, but vocal part of the conservative base who may not see clinic bombers as heroes, but refuse to place their actions in a a moral context that equates the tactics of the jihadis with the Eric Rudolphs of the world"
I flat out reject the notion that any significant number of people would be upset if Gov. Palin had described abortion bombings as "terrorism." I further submit that is any such group of people does exist, it is non-significant, not at all "vocal," and distinctly NOT part of conservative "base."
Additionally, it strikes me that if such people existed, they'd object to Palin's unequivocally denunciation of abortion bombing as "unacceptable" just as much to as if she had labeled it "terrorism".
And finally, yes, it is full of nuance and parsing, but it is not unreasonable to label things like what Ayers did "terrorism" while leaving abortion bombing outside that category.
It is noteworthy that the Pentagon was bombed by both jihadists and the Weather Underground but not by abortion bombers. The aim of the jihadists and Ayers were to cause general fear (terror) and political upheaval. Not so with an abortion clinic bomber who primarily just wants the abortion clinic destroyed and is willing, regrettably, to take morally unacceptable actions to bring that about.
Comment Posted By kazoolist On 26.10.2008 @ 00:19
