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June 02, 2009

Equivocating morality

In commenting on the murder of Dr. Tiller yesterday the indefatigably conservative Michelle Malkin bitterly complained:

Those who have jumped to score political points before Tiller is even buried are no better than the Phelps family thugs of the “Westboro Baptist Church” who respect no bounds of civility.

That was at 12:48 AM according to the timestamp on her post. By 02:02 PM she'd changed her tune in commenting about the murder of a military recruiter in Arkansas,

Too early to say anything about suspect, motives, etc. But these facts are worth bearing in mind:

Flashback: Special report: Tracing the Left’s escalating war on military recruiters

And that's just the first "flashback" link she posted, there were several more right below it alleging the same basic POLITICAL accusation.

At least one conservative has chimed in on Kari's post this morning over at Blue Oregon, outright equivocating the murders of Dr. Tiller and military recruiters.

I don't expect many on the Right to follow his lead but Gullyborg takes the high road and demonstrates with his own example how to deal with both murders and still retain some semblance of a moral compass:

We must not succumb to the temptation to consider the murderer a hero just because some people think he was justified by his beliefs. No, we must not condone this action. We must outright condemn it. We must call the act what it is: a terrorist attack on American soil. We must prosecute the murdering animal just as surely as we would prosecute Osama Bin Laden himself.

Unfortunately, I fear that not everyone will see things as I see them. I can almost hear some people rejoicing. Well, the hell with them. I cannot, WILL NOT allow myself to be associated with those people.

Hear, hear!

Posted by Kevin at June 2, 2009 08:22 AM