Speaking of sick fucks: Tiller hate comes here

It's weird how posts about hatred seem to draw other haters like a bug lamp draws mosquitoes. In this instance, it's a pretty weak mosquito, but the statement is clear.

Actually, I wasn't sure at first whether this person was serious or a parody, but he (gotta be a man to be this hateful toward women) somehow couldn't resist commenting on my post about the Tiller assassination. I'm leaning towards serious, though, because the writer found the post from a Google search for the term "Fuck Tiller." (Great, that ought to bring even more despicable, hate-filled, loathsome types here.)

Anyway, here's the comment, in its entirety and verbatim as written:

Im so happy that Tiller was murdered.

Dr. Tiller will be 'out of office' for some time and cannot accept any more appointments, that's the beauty of this.

Innocent children will be born into this world, a world that offers a lot... because Dr. Tiller isn't there to murder them anymore.

I find it funny that anyone has a problem with that.

Take care,

Spectre

Charming.

You know, you folks on the fringe Right are so busy throwing around hate that you don't have time to do actual constructive things for society, like finding homes for all these babies that you insist have to be born. For example, your opposition to same-sex adoption is in exact contradiction to your anti-choice position. If you think every fetus needs to become a human, wouldn't it make sense to expand the number of possible loving homes for them if they're forced to be born to women who can't care for them adequately? I find it funny that anyone has a problem with that.

Well, there's one thing I do know: there's some asshole calling himself "Spectre" in or near Corvallis, Ore., using Comcast Cable, whose hate demonstrates exactly the kind of derangement that led Scott Roeder to commit murder. I just hope Spectre doesn't have children himself, so he can't spread that hate to the next generation.

Another sick fuck weighs in on the Tiller assassination

This is really repugnant. And the author of this hate is a coward for not including his or her name, not even a pseudonym, to identify the owner of these reprehensible thoughts. All the person had to do was send an email:

The headline reads "Late-term abortion doctor Tiller killed." I can guess the motive for this killing, and I do think it is rather ironic that this "baby killer" was shot while at church. What a hypocrite he must have been to pretend to be a Christian and perform late-term abortions every day. When he stood before the Lord for his final judgment, maybe all the babies he aborted were there as witnesses against him. May he suffer his "just reward" for eternity.

There are no words to describe the vomitous right-wing garbage that has spewed forth on the Internet in response to the killing of Dr. George Tiller. People who claim to be Christians, expressing satisfaction and even glee at his death. Disgusting.

Blast Off! Radio today at 4:00 pm EDT: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

It's been a very interesting week in Florida and national politics, and I've been privileged to experience some of it personally. After attending the Florida Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson festivities in Miami Beach this weekend, I was pretty highly motivated and ready to dive back into another week of liberal intrigue and excitement (if there is such a thing). Then came the news of the assassination of Dr. George Tiller, and suddenly I saw in stark relief the battles that still lie before us as progressives in America today.

Today on Blast Off! Radio, I'll share my thoughts about the Tiller killing and the causes that seem to have impelled Scott Roeder to commit murder (allegedly). In a larger sense, though, I'm thinking about inflammatory right-wing rhetoric and its effect on those most susceptible to it ... as we saw with the most horrific results yesterday.

But of course, I also want to spend some time reviewing Jefferson-Jackson, especially with regard to the role of the netroots there (and how we scooped all the major press on at least two highly significant stories -- yeah, one of those was mine). I'll talk about the latest in the school prayer fiasco going on in Santa Rosa County, where Pace High School's graduates "spontaneously" recited the Lord's Prayer at Saturday's graduation ceremony. And I'll respond to the baseless, scurrilous charges of state Rep. Luis Garcia (D-Miami Beach), who accused me of resembling corrupt Republican, former House speaker Ray Sansom. Shocking!

There'll be plenty more, including the Sotomayor nomination and what the Republican Party of Florida might be thinking ... but as always, the show depends on you, the listener, to really make it work. Here's how to listen and participate:

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Please mark your calendars now to join me this afternoon for what promises to be an entertaining yet profoundly thought-provoking hour.