Supporters of Planned Parenthood (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
The immediate aftermath of the recent Planned Parenthood shootings provides a particularly vivid example of the lengths to which some will go to push their narratives. Twitter is a great way to get a sampling of not only what the people one follows are doing, but by searching hashtags, one can obtain a much larger and more diverse sample of general Twitter users. I saw a few conservatives celebrating the violence, with some saying that anyone associated with Planned Parenthood got what they deserved. Others explained that they do not condone violence against Planned Parenthood, but they also don't feel too bad for the victims because they shouldn't have been there.
Predictably, most of the outrage this time came from the left. I saw many liberals and progressives blaming Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina and many more blaming conservatives in general. This started prior to the reports that surfaced yesterday in which the alleged shooter was described by police as saying something about "No more baby parts" and intensified afterward.