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Thu Jul 30, 2015 at 10:43 PM PDT
Rebecca Watson: 'Planned Parenthood is Not Selling Baby Parts, You F*cking Idiots'
by Leslie Salzillo
By now, most of the country has heard about the 'undercover' videos taped by so-called 'pro-life' activists from the Right Wing political organization Center For Medical Progress. The released footage is aimed at smearing, defunding, and shutting down Planned Parenthood. In addition to several videos referred to as 'new lows' by Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, the anti-choice have also hacked the organization's website. The attack campaign is slanderous, insidious, and misleading. I could go on, but instead I'm going to step aside and let blogger Rebecca Watson explain the truth and insanity of the situation. Watson founded Skepchick in 2005, describing it as "an organization dedicated to promoting skepticism and critical thinking among women around the world." You can support more videos like this at patreon.com/rebecca.
Here is Watson's transcript followed by the video:
Its weird for those of us with two brain cells to rub together, that this is even a thing. Because first of all, obviously Planned Parenthood doesnt sell BABY PARTS. Jesus fucking christ, get a hold of yourselves. Baby parts!
3% of all Planned Parenthoods activities are abortions, and more than 90% of those are in the first trimester when its about size of a kidney bean, so they do see some pieces of fetal tissue. Which are just going to be thrown away in the garbage, but which the patient can instead choose to donate to important medical research.
HOW DARE THEY! How dare Planned Parenthood allow women to aid in the research and treatment of conditions like H.I.V. and Parkinsons disease, when instead those women could just be throwing that tissue in the garbage!
So yeah, theres the fact that Planned Parenthood obviously isnt selling baby parts. And then theres the fact that the group releasing this video are some of the same people who worked for the group Live Action, which is best known for editing together misleading videos attacking Planned Parenthood.
So despite the fact that this is an obviously made up and ridiculous accusation, actual politicians are taking it seriously. If you live in the US, your tax dollars are now going toward Congressional Republicans calling for a formal investigation, and the House Energy and Commerce Committee has announced theyll launch a probe. A probe for baby parts! Good luck, guys!
This all reminds me of a course I took in college on heresy. I remember learning about how multiple times throughout human history, various groups of people have been accused of the very specific act of gathering together and hosting orgies, and then taking the resulting babies from any past orgies and burning them into ashes, which are then formed into cakes, which are then eaten. Usually its supposed to be the Jews doing this but plenty of other marginalized groups have been accused as well. And it always baffled me to think that people could really, truly believe that their fellow humans were doing something so obviously stupid and made up.
Well, now its 2015 and an organization that is mostly responsible for making sure poor women have access to basic medical care including cancer screenings, checkups, and birth control, are accused of convincing women to abort their babies and then tearing them into parts and selling them on the black market.
And I realize, that if it helps you achieve your goals whether they be persecuting people of a different faith or cutting funding for poor womens health care it becomes surprisingly easy to believe something unbelievable.
Here is the video:
Thank you, Rebecca Watson.
If you've ever considered supporting Planned Parenthood, this would be a crucial time to get involved/contribute. To make a secured Planned Parenthood donation visit: Planned Parenthood Federation of America or call: 800-798-7092
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/31/1407462/-Rebecca-Watson-Planned-Parenthood-is-Not-Selling-Baby-Parts-You-F-cking-Idiots
onecaliberal
(32,776 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)Hekate
(90,538 posts)....as fantasized by celibate monks. And so much more. For Jews it was the infamous Blood Libel in which the blood of Christian children was supposedly used to make Passover matzohs. And so much more.
I had not really made the connection between then and now, but the perverted imagination and fantastic claims have so much kinship it is remarkable.
calimary
(81,091 posts)Unfortunately.
Seeking Serenity
(2,840 posts)Does her opinion carry more weight than any other person who puts videos on You Tube?
Help me out here.
underahedgerow
(1,232 posts)highlights what I'm thinking, for example. The headline is the exact phrase that pops into my feeble mind whenever I see this sort of hysteria popping up.
Seeking Serenity
(2,840 posts)That really wasn't my intended point. I was just asking because the OP headline lead with her name as if she's somebody important or someone people are just supposed to know of. And I don't.
Never mind. 'S OK.
FourScore
(9,704 posts)Her site offers more information about her.
The links are in the first paragraph of the OP.
ananda
(28,833 posts).. and I'm so glad to learn about it and hear
from the great Rebecca Watson!
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)law on the backs of the fucking idiots for their own self-serving interests....I have several other things I want to do to them.....starting with impeachment.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)That we have to suffer these gop fools.
Why can't they just go get layed and and leave us the fuck alone. Oh thats right they don't really have willing partners cause after a while no one likes a wham bam thank you Ma'am kind of fellow now do they. I know I sure wouldn't if I was a woman.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)I added republicans because they are the ones who call for planned parenthood to be closed and their religious RW groups don't like birth control either.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)Over and over, how Obama and PP are Nazis who are depraved, and how he doesn't even believe the parts are used for medical research. And guess who reaches more listeners?
We need the fairness doctrine back. And we need some laws that require disclaimers on these RW fantasy hate shows.
LostOne4Ever
(9,286 posts)justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)So I guess that makes her a fucking idiot! (Not offended at all)
It's sad that so many people have allowed themselves to be dumbed down to the point where they don't even consider basic biology.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,818 posts)If you enjoy seeing a tiny little conservabot brain on a meandering idea safari to support a baseless opinion, Kass as usual doesn't disappoint with this one:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-kass-planned-parenthood-met-0719-20150719-column.html
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Every last one of those @#$% knows full well those videos are complete BS yet they wake up in the morning, slap on their flag pins, and mosey on over to the world famous US Capitol to lie and posture and bloviate over completely made up @#$%. Meanwhile our real problems, climate change, crumbling infrastructure etc., are completely ignored and unacted upon. @#$% these guys. @#$% them to @#$%. @#$%!
EEO
(1,620 posts)And the rubes will continue to demand Planned Parenthood be defund, and the lying slime politicians will use their stupidity as far as it will take them. USA! USA! USA!
Civically-Challenged Americans Excited About Defunding Planned Parenthood on Monday
Upon hearing McConnell's excuses, Americans who were looking forward to defunding Planned Parenthood asked, "Who is Mitch McConnell and do we need him?" and, "Who is 'veto' and what is the nature of Obama's relationship with him?" and, "How long have they had camels in Congress?"
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Fucking idiots indeed. Of course Sick Rott has to do his idiot thing too ...fucking dumb ass batboy wanna be pushed for an investigation. WTF Does he think he is going to do? Look important? No ...he looks just like the fool he is.
dembotoz
(16,784 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)K and Fucking R.