As Twitchy told you, Media Matters has no problem with garbage person Talia Lavin falsely and malevolently tying Ben Shapiro to alt-right neo-Nazi conspiracy theorists on very public media platforms like Twitter and the Washington Post. But point out a pro-abort’s disregard for human life? That’s tantamount to incitement, dammit!
National Review writer’s distortion invites harassment of an abortion clinic director https://t.co/fU1RbfNbrY pic.twitter.com/bHWchfGbTc
— Media Matters (@mmfa) April 16, 2019
I regret to report that, at long last, Media Matters has found me. https://t.co/vnbuA8T8gz
— Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis) April 16, 2019
They certainly have. So, what did Alexandria DeSanctis do to invite harassment of an abortion clinic director? She shared her tweet.
Last week, North Carolina abortion clinic director Calla Hales attempted to “run through” a bill to protect survivors of botched abortions:
I have a lot of feelings about this. Let’s run through them, shall we? #stopthebans #ncpol https://t.co/jIc7PUntbY
— Calla Hales (@heyitscalla) April 10, 2019
SB 359 is entitled “Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.” Y’all may be familiar with the name- a federal version of this bill was blocked in Senate back in February. #StopTheBans
— Calla Hales (@heyitscalla) April 10, 2019
These bills are worded specifically- it would put requirements into place for the care of “infants born after failed abortions.” The wording makes it seem like this is a common outcome, when it’s truly a false narrative about abortions performed later in pregnancy. #StoptheBans
— Calla Hales (@heyitscalla) April 10, 2019
The NC version of this bill, SB 359, is worded in such a way that it clearly seeks to vilify abortion providers and aims to criminalize them- specifically, with a murder charge. #StopTheBans
— Calla Hales (@heyitscalla) April 10, 2019
Let’s break SB359 down. It states that an infant is “born alive” if it (at any stage of development) “breathes, has a beating heart, pulsation of umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles.” My first instinct is to ask what standards will be used for these actions.
— Calla Hales (@heyitscalla) April 10, 2019
Most alarming is the “voluntary muscle movement” clause. This idea can be incredibly misconstrued and abused specifically to criminalize physicians. #StopTheBans
— Calla Hales (@heyitscalla) April 10, 2019
Additionally- how are these guidelines meant to be reported? Will the government be filming every procedure to watch the fetus being removed? Will a govt employee be stationed at every clinic to observe?Will they accept anonymous allegations? How will these claims be verified?
— Calla Hales (@heyitscalla) April 10, 2019
Next: the bill claims that NCGA finds that “if an abortion results in the live birth of an infant, the infant is a legal person for all purposes.”
It’s my understanding that an infant younger than 30 days cannot be added to a will in NC- how is that a “legal person”?
— Calla Hales (@heyitscalla) April 10, 2019
The thread goes on, but you get the gist. DeSanctis called Hales out for the latter’s pathetic attempt to avoid acknowledging that a newborn baby is a person:
Oh, here’s a @NARALNC board member opposing a born-alive bill in North Carolina and claiming that an infant can’t be a legal person because you can’t add them to a will until they’re 30 days old https://t.co/k0JEwwrqmk
— Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis) April 11, 2019
Well she has now protected her account after claiming newborn infants can’t be legal persons. So that’s that, I guess. But screenshots are forever, of course. pic.twitter.com/7dhXh8dKjn
— Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis) April 12, 2019
And now, Media Matters is accusing DeSanctis of inviting harassment of Hales.
"Criticism incites violence, except when we do it" https://t.co/Dafzabmi7m
— Some guy tweeted something ??♂️ (@jtLOL) April 16, 2019
Only when the bad guys do it it’s harassment amirite https://t.co/dklbzn6Ab5
— Avery Reach (@areach50) April 16, 2019
seems legit pic.twitter.com/5UbRToZERC
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) April 16, 2019
Some harassment is more equal than others?
This post invites harassment of a National Review writer.
— Ron Conkoka (@NBazzeato) April 16, 2019
Media Matters writer's distortion invites harassment of National Review writer
— Josh (@Celebrity4Pres) April 16, 2019
See how this works?
Everything is incitement https://t.co/D7EzNeRZy2
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) April 16, 2019
If distortion invites harassment, you should vacate your offices today. https://t.co/D0pImZINe3
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) April 16, 2019
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