Dehumanizing victims is the first step. Slaveholders called them property. Nazis called them subhumans. Abortionists say "cells."
— EJ Hill (@EJHill_PSC) March 29, 2017
The abortion debate got a fresh jolt late last night when California prosecutors announced that they were charging the Center for Medical Progress’ David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt with 15 felony counts for undercover reporting that blew the lid off of Planned Parenthood’s organ trafficking. The pro-life community quickly rose to CMP’s defense, but it seems that the media by and large haven’t managed to speak out on the activists’ behalf.
One member of the media who has spoken out is The Nation and Rolling Stone contributor (and Politics and Reality Radio host) Joshua Holland, only he’s speaking out on behalf of abortion. In a series of disturbingly nasty tweets, he accidentally revealed just how depraved the pro-abortion movement truly is:
People aren't harmed by abortion, and we need to call out this kind of outrageous rhetoric. Or start calling anti-choicers 'baby-killers.' https://t.co/UfH4mWCS2t
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
We've become immune to the fact that these people accuse us of infanticide. That should be totally outside the of bounds of civil discourse.
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/847110153098924033
A 12-week fetus weighs 0.5 ounces. It's not a fucking person. https://t.co/S2kplRrvhZ
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/MABlumenfeld/status/847110319084392448
See, these lunatics call 1/2-ounce, non-sentient fetuses "kids." It's outrageous. You kill just as many "kids" as any abortion provider. https://t.co/KNVUDvuZ0A
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/zhanover/status/847110386734288898
You gotta have a grasp of fetal development and human biology. https://t.co/mjgIbO4uvu
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
Last time we checked our biology textbooks, fetal development constituted a stage of, you know, life.
Host of reality show has no grasp whatsoever on reality. https://t.co/4s0Yt3Wqox
— Nieds Dead Horse (@NDH_j_m_f) March 29, 2017
Reality I have — just not interested in your religious beliefs. https://t.co/oHZNJkxQwH
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/mrjosco/status/847110808970637316
Does anyone have the heart to tell this moron that at 12 weeks a fetus weighs a half-ounce and is not a person in any secular way? https://t.co/CX0fO2HMzK
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
did you read your tweet BEFORE you tweeted it?
— ✝️Patriot Deb☕⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@born_summer62) March 29, 2017
Go fuck yourself, bible thumper.
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
Don’t worry — there’s plenty more where that came from.
@joshuahol I guess you didn't interview any patients of Kermit Gosnell. Although in all fairness, many of his patients are dead
— Todd Cohen (@molonosoff) March 29, 2017
It is the anti-choice movement that wants more Gosnells. We want access to safe, LEGAL abortion. You want back alley butchers. https://t.co/88bxkY1uUH
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/SonuvaMarine/status/847111237905371136
Calling undeveloped fetuses "babies" is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. But people have become accustomed to the rhetoric. https://t.co/XaEvvF1D00
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
SCIENCE has proven that unborn humans can feel pain. The abortion literally causes pain for the human being killed.
— Sandra ???? (@TexSandra210) March 29, 2017
No, the (early) fetal pain thing is RW bullshit. Actual science has disproved the claim. https://t.co/hR0hLE4hj4
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
Fuckinhg anti-choicers. I hate these people so much.
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
He hates a lot of things.
you are an idiot of astronomical proportion. #itsababy
— The Blue Dress (@CCBlueDress) March 29, 2017
Fuck you, bible-thumper.
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/KevinDWilton/status/847112059015892993
Go fuck yourself.
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/realmattball/status/847111908088041472
FUCK YOU.
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
Joshua seems … unstable. That’s probably the nicest thing there is to say about him.
https://twitter.com/Maverick_SS_49/status/847111766731624448
These people want more Kermit Gosnells. That's what illegal abortion operations look like. https://t.co/dCzXleMJZt
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
@JoshuaHol Shall we call pro-choice individuals 'child sacrificers'?
— Stephen Mohr (@mohrmohr) March 29, 2017
Let's call them pro-choice, because they are. It's a personal decision, based on an individual's moral beliefs. https://t.co/ug5LwjC7Ks
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
Call it out then, in your mighty little voice.
— The Irreverent (T) (@gunboss68) March 29, 2017
I am. And go fuck yourself, scumbag.
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
So what does abortion do, exactly? https://t.co/GlkS5hbxQM
— Hammerjack (@MarcGiller) March 29, 2017
Terminates a pregnancy, most commonly at a stage where it's just a cluster of cells. https://t.co/a9jRrgABMW
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
This tweet is twisted. God knows us before we are formed.Don't get pregnant if you don't want baby, that is choice.
— Ljs Mccully (@LjsMccully) March 29, 2017
Yeah, God. Keep your magic fairies out of my politics. https://t.co/Y1qplrdAs7
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
Militant pro-aborts are so tolerant, aren’t they?
People seriously use "anti-choicer" instead of pro-life? Word life bothers them that much?! Wow. https://t.co/PRn9xOA2SX
— Chris Miller (@c__miller) March 29, 2017
They're not "pro-life." It's inaccurate. https://t.co/F0HvTEUb9z
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
at 12 weeks toes can curl, brain is growing furiously, and kidneys are starting to excrete urine. who is the moron now, asshole?
— J. Vidal (@phillyfan_44) March 29, 2017
You're the moron. If excretion from the kidneys is the definition of a person then my dogs are people. https://t.co/5ALoiRO1vT
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
We’re guessing his dogs have a much nicer disposition.
did you know you are also "just a cluster of cells"? are you suggesting you can be terminated at will?
— Severian the Lame (@lameseverian) March 29, 2017
At how many weeks does a strawman become viable? https://t.co/aYf4X42Pkp
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/jblarson/status/847118614029307904
There are no "pro-abort types." We favor policies that reduce abortions. https://t.co/IGLbpkAaoQ
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
By advancing a cause predicated on the absurd notion that the unborn have no humanity? How does that “reduce abortions,” exactly?
His response to every person who disagreed was a variation of FU. That's impressive. https://t.co/13EO8FGl5P
— Tracy (@tgrif74) March 29, 2017
Fuck you too… https://t.co/XiQgulaNdC
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
Gah, logging off of Religious Right Twitter because these people are nuts.
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
No, you’re running because you’ve lost.
Hint: if you think thousands are nuts for not being on board with your ideas, maybe they're not the ones that are nuts.
— FrogDoc (@TueborFrog) March 29, 2017
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Update:
Lucky us — Joshua decided he wasn’t finished with “Religious Right Twitter” after all:
Another question. If scientists find a "clump of cells" on Mars, will it be called "LIFE from another planet"?
— Joe Pallone (@Plonerock) March 29, 2017
They won't call it a person unless they're nuts. https://t.co/EVPQPm16ps
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
What does weight have to do with it? You probably weigh 150 lbs. and you're not much of a person. https://t.co/WWzPc7eni2
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 29, 2017
And now this sniveling little shit comes out of the woodwork. Let's just call them women-killers if they're ok with the murder rhetoric. https://t.co/z9iGERDH1o
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
"Pro-life" is a just euphemistic marketing for wanting the state to force women to give birth to unwanted children. Not playing that game.
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
You're not "pro-life" if you want more women being butchered in illegal back-alley abortions. You're a woman-killer.
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
All of this vitriol because I won't stand for being accused of being in favor of infanticide. Well, I won't, so fuck you.
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
I'm OK with people claiming to be pro-life if they're opposed to abortion, the death penalty and war. Not many of them out there.
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
And keep in mind that all of these wingnuts shouting at me oppose the very progressive policies that have been *proven* to reduce abortion.
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
The hypocrisy is really stunning, especially when they oppose mandating insurers cover contraceptives. Storks don't really bring babies.
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
Anyway, aside from climate change denialism, no movement is based on as many blatant falsehoods and distortions as forced child-birtherism.
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
Abortions give you cancer, tiny fetuses feel pain — it's all hokum. Without it, they'd only have religious justifications for denying care.
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
So at what weight does someone become a human in your mind? 3 lbs? 5?
— Jeff Dunetz (@yidwithlid) March 29, 2017
Consult a faith leader for your religion's definition of when humanity begins. https://t.co/4C8qkh6cD8
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/CadeArnold/status/847213317173252097
Favors more illegal back alley abortions –> https://t.co/uF5gmWEM3M
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/ElliottRHams/status/847213273082707969
You should probably have sex before weighing in on grown-up issues. https://t.co/85z7RWxwfc
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/josh_hammer/status/847213210604310528
Favors the state forcing women to bear children they don't want, often ruining lives. Claims to be a good person. https://t.co/ItRxBdz2jK
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/surfeitnyc/status/847213204023529472
Nobody is pro-abortion for other people. It's about having the choice to plan your own family. https://t.co/Bhlaot0KRF
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
You keep avoiding debate. You have to because your logic is flawed. You truly do support murder of children.
— Kevin Fisher (@KevinFisher13) March 29, 2017
Stop accusing people who disagree with you of being murderers and you'll be worthy of a debate. Until then, fuck you. https://t.co/JrrkCc8hJs
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
Some more of that civil discourse there, Josh old boy?
— MarkInSavannah (@DevilinGeorgia) March 29, 2017
Guy who calls those he disagrees with "baby-killers" calls for civil discourse. You first. https://t.co/4Gh4e18IwY
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
Don't pretend to have a conscience. You're not that complex so stop trying
— Dick Clark (@SureThen) March 29, 2017
I care more for human life than any ten forced child-birthers combined. https://t.co/qi5yFwCenS
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
is there a weight threshold now ?
— ??The Obsolete (and Austere Scholar) Man?? (@selftestok) March 29, 2017
Is an egg and a chicken the same thing? Words are hard. https://t.co/hrRuHWOcpC
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/jessi713/status/847213081210105856
Sure, but not personhood. Your last cheeseburger that once had a heartbeat. The mouse in your trap did too. Not people. https://t.co/VMXAeq9pao
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
Wut.
https://twitter.com/dindunuffinyt/status/847212844386983936
Wants the state to force women to back alley butchers, thinks those who believe in the freedom to make our own decisions are degenerate. https://t.co/5zfuwwLIl1
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
Final word: Roe is a rational, reasonable compromise between the interests of fetuses and people, and opposing it is by definition extreme.
— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) March 29, 2017
Final word: Joshua Holland needs professional help. And lots of it.
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