Comments on: Alleged Killer of Abortion Doctor Has Decades-Long History of Extremism

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:36:08 +0000

Hey Doug:

Your Gentle Ben just confessed.

The only one with egg on his face is you.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:39:06 +0000

It seems like everyone just hates everyone now days. No one cares about anyone anymore. Also, there are a lot of children born everyday to parents that are extremests. So, the cycle will never end. This is something that we’ll either have to tolerate for our whole lifes or do something about. This website is amazing.

By: doug

doug — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:23:19 +0000

you need to wait before you lambast scott, do you know him personally? has he been convicted yet? no he hasnt you nose picking couch lizards can’t wait to smear a man before you have real evidence, i have known the accused for 12 plus years and know of not a gentler man arent you going to have egg on your face when he is proven innocent and he sues you for defammation

By: Alison

Alison — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:23:30 +0000

Will the SPLC be investigating hate groups like Operation Rescue and covering their antics in The Intelligence Report? This group is an extremist organization that exhorts bullying, harassment and intimidation tactics, against people who disagree with them and their views. They defend their actions with religious texts and seek to implement religious law. I see no difference between Klan claims that whites are superior to Jews and brown people and these “Operation Rescue” (an ironic name considering that after they rescue the fetus and she grows into a woman the only interest they then have in her is in controlling the contents of her uterus or the person she is allowed to marry) people who feel that they are superior to “murderers and abortionists who reap what they have sown” after their followers have murdered them. They publish the names and home addresses of doctors for their followers! Surely that is terrorist harassment?

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:45:54 +0000

You people constantly embellish and distort facts that may leave one with the impression that minorities and others are under constant threat from whites and/or christians. How much “hate” does this potentially incite?

By: Jean Gauld-Jaeger

Jean Gauld-Jaeger — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:16:09 +0000

Extremism of any kind, on the left or the right, is dangerous. When we label the opposition as “scum” we dehumanize them. After that, we feel justified in taking any reprehensible action against them because, after all, they are not really human.

By: Marysia

Marysia — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:35:47 +0000

I am prolife, and that means every life, whether unborn or already born. That includes the lives of abortion providers.

like many likeminded folks, I’m heartsick over Dr. Tiller’s murder and the ones that preceded his killing. And over the climate of hatred and dehumanization towards prochoicers that gives rise to people who advocate these killings.

Thank you for this history on Scott Roeder. It does make me wonder how this history can be used to help prevent similar crimes in the future.

For example, how was someone with this known history of violent ideology *he acted upon before* able to get his hands on a handgun? What does this say about our collective failures of gun control, and what can be done to fix them?

The same with the man who apparently the day after Dr. Tiller’s killing, shot and killed a military recruiter, saying that this was revenge for Muslims killed in the war. he was known to the fbi for his islamicist activites. so how did he get a gun?

By: John Molina

John Molina — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:46:37 +0000

SPLCenter.org plays a very important role in exposing racism, nativism, and related intolerance. HOWEVER, please, please, please, let’s be a little more thorough in our information. SCOTT ROEDER was arrested, but he was never convicted because it was an illegal search (SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL BE CONCERNED ABOUT).

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:32:23 +0000

Article: “A recent Department of Homeland Security report came under severe criticism from the right for making the point that such extremism is likely on the rise.”
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The GOPers had a fit over this report. I find it very, very strange that the righties simply canNOT see how their racist words and actions can affect people.

The mcpalin campaign incited racism at stump speeches against our president, providing a platform for hate speech, and fearmongering. Not ONE member of the GOP said, hey-knock that crap off. They allowed it, which means they approved it. Ironically, palin came out against the murder of Dr. Tller, ah…but…it’s a little late.

This Homeland Security report was correct, and I do not know why anyone would ever apologize for warning the country–we knew these fringe creeps were out there. Unfortunately, we were right.

The Faux News crew, along with all their contributors, and limbaugh, seriously need to be regulated. The hate they spew daily is flat scary.

By: Alexander

Alexander — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:15:15 +0000

Duh suprise , a christian zealot who is a anti-abortion extremists has of course extermist connections like all the scums in pro-life “movement”

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:27:34 +0000

These people are indeed extremists. I will go one step more and call these individuals and Operation Rescue, for example, both terrorists and terrorist organizations.

The FBI needs to look at these groups as terrorist groups and not merely extremist organizations. Their violent acts of murder and threats, coercion, intimidation, and lawlessness put these people into the terrorist category.

The moral high ground should never be ceded to these types of people who use terror attacks in their attempt to close down abortion clinics–which is a classic example of the way terrorists act.

By: Kathleen Bergman

Kathleen Bergman — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:09:46 +0000

I am so proud to be a monthly supporter of SPLC. Dr. Tiller’s alleged assailant lived in Merriam, KS, only 5 miles from where I live. We are forever grateful for your tireless efforts in researching these hate groups. Many of us morn another loss due to hate and intolerance. Be assured we do not take SPLC for granted. In our daily lives, we try to be vigilant in being role models for tolerance. As a member of SPLC, I feel a duty to do my part even if it is simply refusing racist emails from acquaintances. Thank you my brothers and sisters for your courage, stamina, and strength in striving toward tolerance.

By: Dawn/FFL

Dawn/FFL — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:55:23 +0000

Wow, Thanks for this information.. Their is a history to us all and some speaks loudly about the direction we will travel.