If I’d written the following as a joke, I’d be called a hateful, propaganda-spewing teabagger. Some will call me that anyway, actually, even though this really did happen.
Turn down your speakers or headphones, because this is LOUD.
Yes, that’s what they were chanting:
Crowd of anti abortion activists giving speeches while a group of people chant hail Satan in the background. #hb2 pic.twitter.com/eqHqP1e0gz
— Josh Rubin (@CNNExpress) July 2, 2013
These orange shirts are actually shouting "hail satan". Very sad. #stand4life #txprolife pic.twitter.com/rIlH8hkf14
— LeahFaye (@leahfaye91) July 2, 2013
I don’t have to ask you to imagine how the media would react if a bunch of Tea Partiers started chanting “Hail Satan,” unless you were quite literally born yesterday. It wouldn’t be shrugged off as “just a joke.” We wouldn’t be the “humorless,” “overly literal” ones. Diane Sawyer and Matt Lauer and the rest of them would be Very Very Concerned indeed. The Tea Party: Satan’s Servants?
And you’d definitely see more on Google News about it than this.
(Hat tip: the unstoppable Twitchy.com)
Update: More loveliness from abortion enthusiasts: “I hope your daughter’s raped.”
Update: And even more.
#txlege #sb5 pic.twitter.com/pPpw4AEs5a
— Ethan Gehrke (@EthanGehrke) July 3, 2013
Courtesy of Mollie Hemingway, who notes: “Never go full Satanist.”
Update: the atlantic lol
Update:
Unfortunate to see Satan's name used in such a diabolical manner. Another example of what 'Satanism' doesn't represent. #HailSatan
— UK Church of Satan (@UKChurchofSatan) July 3, 2013