For a few hours yesterday afternoon, I thought wishing rape upon pro-life legislators and their families would represent rock bottom for the abortion zealots who've descended upon the Texas capitol to picket in favor of late-term abortion. And then I
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Crowd of anti abortion activists giving speeches while a group of people chant hail Satan in the background. #hb2pic.twitter.com/eqHqP1e0gz
— Josh Rubin (@CNNExpress) July 2, 2013
The video is HERE. The hardcore abortion crowd (not to be confused with garden variety pro-choicers, in fairness) were in rare form last night on Twitter as this story began to trend. They seemed to be split into two camps: (1) "This is irony, you humorless wingnuts!" or (2) "these were right-wing plants trying to make us look bad!" Those excuses are tough to reconcile, and neither is compelling. It's hard to even conceive of an action more depraved and self-defeating than the tactic of drowning out "Amazing Grace" with chants of "Hail Satan" -- especially considering that the screamers were attempting to paint the singers as extremists. Their hatred is visceral. Their behavior is despicable, and because it's profoundly unhelpful to the abortion movement, the
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UPDATE - Embedded video added:
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