Hate Mail
— Posted by John (October 3, 2007 at 11:20 am)
I’ve written before about the hate mail we get on a regular basis here at Pro-Life Action League/Generations for Life/Families Against Planned Parenthood.
As you might guess, with all the attention these past several weeks surrounding the fight against the Abortion Fortress of Aurora, we’ve been seeing far more hate mail than usual.
Here are some of the messages we’ve received in recent days:
Perhaps if the members of your organization spent more time working out at fitness centers instead of getting together worrying about other people’s private sexual lives, your members wouldn’t look like a bunch of big fat Catholic cows.
And:
You pathetic Jesus freaks are NOT wanted in Aurora. Your childish Jesus BS is just that. What should of happened years ago is your mama aborted you.
And:
I hope your own 12 year old daughter gets raped and pregnant so that then you can deal with this situation from a reality perspective.
Now, the temptation we feel is to respond to hatred with hatred of our own. And it’s hard to imagine anything more vile than telling someone you hope their 12-year old daughter gets raped.
But, as I recently said in a comment on another post on this blog, we as pro-lifers must resist this temptation. We can’t stoop to the level of hating anyone. Period.
Bryan Kemper of Stand True illustrated this point brilliantly in a recent commentary titled “Loving compassionate pro-life vs. Angry anti-abortion”.
It begins:
The title of this commentary should seem like a no-brainer for Christians. It is so clear from scripture that we must love our enemies and have compassion on others. While we must take a stand against evil and share the truth, it has to be done in love.
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Molly says:
“We can’t stoop to the level of hating anyone. Period.”
I agree. But sometimes it can be really hard… especially when they send you hate mail like that.
Comment posted October 3rd, 2007 at 11:53 am
rosie says:
*sigh* see? pro-aborts would wish our children to be raped? I’ve heard a pro-abort wish cancer on someone too. That’s the kind of people we have to deal with guys! Such a happy bunch aren’t they?
Comment posted October 3rd, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Lauren says:
Oh god cry me a river. someone hurt your feelings. it hurts my feelings when someone tries to assert power over my body too. I think you are guilty of a much greater offense than what some imbecile insults you with. Woman power!
Comment posted October 3rd, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Veronica says:
Wow, they go really low, and they blame us for being hateful?
I am praying very hard. PP won’t stay open very long. It can’t, after all the prayers that have been poured on!
Just as an FYI for anyone reading this: My cousin was date raped, and is 5 months pregnant. But, she is NOT aborting her child. Even though it was advised, she is choosing LIFE. There are many reasons she chose this, but, one of the big ones is that it would not help anything, but just make the situation worse…heaping more trauma on an already traumatized woman. Having to deal with a dead baby on top of everything else wouldn’t help anything or anyone.
Lauren said:
“it hurts my feelings when someone tries to assert power over my body too.”
Lauren, we aren’t asserting power over your body. I don’t know if you ever thought of this, but, when you have a baby growing inside of you that is a complete different body, a different person.
Comment posted October 3rd, 2007 at 7:15 pm
Katie says:
Just curious, since when is an insult a worse offense than killing defenseless human beings through abortion?
Since when is an insult a worse offense than the multi-million dollar abortion industry lying to women and violating them, ripping their babies to pieces in the womb and leaving women to grieve alone?
Thank goodness pro-life people understand that insults mean nothing when it comes to saving women and children from the absolute destruction of abortion;
Pro-life people see through the insults that pro-abortion people hurl at us, and strive to look upon such ignorance and hatred with eyes of love, the way Jesus Christ said “Father forgive them, they know not what they do” to his own tormentors during his passion.
Instead of hurling insults back at pro-abortion persons, pro-life persons often respond peacefully with love and prayer for the pro-abortion individual who insults them.
This is true power; this is true love (Yes, there is such a thing as true love).
Love is stronger than insults; Love always triumphs in the end, as those who fight to protect women and children through the pro-life movement will triumph because they do so in love.
Go love power!
Comment posted October 4th, 2007 at 12:35 am
Naaman says:
“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” (Proverbs 15:1)
And also….
“The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.” (Proverbs 15:28)
Good post, John!
Comment posted October 4th, 2007 at 7:00 am
lauren says:
Katie, Honey, baby, I dont need your protection. I’m doing fine without you and so are thousands of other women who have claimed the right to their body.. you dont want control over what happens in your stomach? cool, that’s your choice.. in the meantime, get your filthy freaking hands off mine!
Comment posted October 5th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
Molly says:
Lauren,
“I’m doing fine without you and so are thousands of other women who have claimed the right to their body..”
What about the millions of unborn girls who had no control over what happened to their body? Don’t they have a right to it? They’re not doing fine, Lauren.
“in the meantime, get your filthy freaking hands off mine!”
You fail to see that the “thing” growing in a pregnant woman is an entirely different person.
Comment posted October 6th, 2007 at 11:12 am
Katie says:
This should be obvious, but there is a big difference between one’s stomach and one’s womb; food decays in the stomach, while beautiful human life grows in the womb.
I do not claim any sort of power over other women, I just hope that they do not fall victim to abortion and its woes.
Women have an abortion and then experience things like depression, drug and alcohol abuse, suicide, breast cancer, infertility, sterility, and they have no idea why they are suffering so much. No one tells them about the awful effects of abortion, certainly not the abortion industry who makes millions of dollars by violating them.
I really do care about women; I hate to see some of my friends suffer so much and then blindly glorify their tormentor, the abortion industry, who keeps them in the dark.
God bless you and keep you Lauren
Comment posted October 8th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Sean says:
I like it, because they acknowledge Jesus, and the fact that we are Jesus Freaks!! Thats awesome!
Comment posted October 9th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Matt says:
Lauren, simply hop online watch a video of a live abortion, whether it be in the womb or a partial birth abortion. The sight alone of seeing a helpless human being physically torn to pieces by another human being should be enough to make anyone sick. If this image does not affect you in the least bit, then I pray that one day your eyes will be opened to the horror that lies behind these ruthless acts. While I realize you are offended at the thought of someone else caring about you, please keep in mind that we are simply defending the life of innocent humans who will never get the same chance at life that you did. God bless!
Comment posted December 5th, 2007 at 1:52 am
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