December 6, 2014 8:47 AM

Because screaming at women is the perfect way to stop them from being baby-killing whores

[S]ome people might perceive you chasing them down the street with your pamphlets to be a total invasion of privacy, not to mention super annoying, and they might be inclined to tell you to maybe go fuck yourself with your knitting needles. Which would merely be their way of reciprocating unsolicited advice. You know you can take Evelyn’s “help” to the bank, because she definitely knows what’s she’s talking about. In addition to being an ultrasound expert, she also knows allllll about the harms of birth control…. “I don’t believe in access to birth control,” she says. “It’s very harmful. It’s very harmful to women, and a lot of them don’t realize that.”

I’m as big a supporter of the 1st Amendment as you’re going to find. Hell, the fact that I broadcast my opinions to the four corners of da Interwebs on a daily basis should be taken as proof of my devotion to it. In many countries, doing what I do would earn one some hard time as a political prisoner. Yes, the 1st Amendment is a VERY big deal…but, as I’ve said more times than I care to remember, free speech can be, and very often is, objectionable, ignorant, and repulsive speech. Free speech means that, if you so choose, you can prove yourself to be a right asshole…and no one can stop you.

Most Americans understand that reasonable people respects limits…like not trying to forcibly impose your views upon others, f’rinstance. Then there are those, like anti-abortion zealots (who often call themselves “counselors”) who believe that their godly, unswerving opposition to abortions bestows upon them the right to harass, harangue, and hector women whose only “crime” is seeking a medical procedure guaranteed them by Roe v. Wade

Most of the zealots will tell you that they mean no ill will and certainly no harm, and they definitely don’t understand why what they do might be considered harassment. After all, what’s wrong with sharing the love of God and their iron-clad, absolute belief that all life is sacred, access to birth control is evil, and the truth that if you don’t want to have babies…well, you just shouldn’t be having sex, knowhutimean??

Unfortunately for women, the Supreme Court ruled in McCullen v. Coakley, that sidewalk “counselors” have a Constitutional right to chase you down the sidewalk as they scream at you can call you a baby-killing whore. Ain’t America grand?? Don’tcha just LOVE the 1st Amendment?? America’s godly sidewalk “counselors” certainly do. They know that if you’re seeking an abortion, it’s because you’ve sinned against God, and killing a baby is only going to compound that sin. If they have to shame and embarrass you into changing your mind…well, that’s what God’s called them to do. And the Supreme Court has given them the green light. Isn’t God wonderful??

It’s called “compassion,” people….

‘Course, those same 1st Amendment rights don’t apply to the area around the Supreme Court. There’s a buffer zone around the Supreme Court building…because they don’t kill babies there, do they? Exactly…because the 1st Amendment DOES have its limits…and because women just shouldn’t be killing babies without being presented with information they need. Sometimes you just have to scream that information and call them baby-killing whores just to let them know how very much you love and care about them and fear for their mortal soul. Even if you have to engage in some slut shaming, knowhutimean??

It’s all about compassion, don’tchaknow??

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