[presidio9]

Let me be clear on why I am posting this: I like Kevin Williamson. I think he's generally a smart guy. I am hoping someone can shed some light for me on why he would say something so volatile two months in front of such an important election. All of the news that I am seeing on this is from one perspective.

[1035rep]

Charles Johnson was the one that said that when Williamson said abortion should be treated like a homicide.

Williamson +1

[Blood of Tyrants]

I’ll bet that they took the statement completely out of context and are using it as their whip.

[GeronL]

I am hoping someone can shed some light for me on why he would say something so volatile two months in front of such an important election

Is Kevin Williamson up for election?

Leftists say worse things every single day. Did you see what RFK Jr said the other day? and I think he really is a candidate.

Somehow it's some huge story what this guy tweeted though?

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Why not just drop them into Syria?

[Huntress]

More proof that nothing good ever comes from Twitter. You can’t have a serious discussion of big issues in 140 characters or less.

[laweeks]

Well, to be honest, an abortion IS 1st degree, premeditated murder: you plan to murder your unborn child, hire someone to kill the baby, and then you get someone to drive you to the abortuary, and then the murderer butchers and kills your baby.

If you took these steps to kill your husband or lover, it would be 1st degree capital murder.

Seems plain and simple: 1st degree, premeditated murder. Only semantics deems this butchery as anything else. Maybe life in prison without parole instead of hanging.

As you can see, I have little or no patience with this whole slaughter of a human being.

[x]

You don't want to get into stupid twitter wars. You can't really "win" them, you just give people a chance to take you down.

I'd have thought KW knew that. But it can be tiring to churn out polemics day after day. Sooner or later it takes its toll.

I notice that Kevin Williamson is for marijuana legalization, maybe that could have something to do with his getting into scrapes like this.

[Salvation]

Killing the mothers accomplishes nothing.

[annalex]

He is one of a few good writers remaining at National Review, which, of course, will chicken out and can him as it canned so many others who knew a thing or two about free speech.