1620 – Religious intolerance invades America: The Mayflower starts her voyage to the colonies.
1920 – Wall Street bombing: a bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York – 38 killed, 400 injured.
COINCIDENCE? I think NOT!
"I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father."
Dan Quayle
"I’m not a complete idiot. Some pieces are missing."
AFA's News Director, Fred Jackson
FROM THE CHURCH OF INEFFABLE STUPIDITY:
There are few more hypocritical, obnoxious, vile, disgusting, and ineffably stupid groups than the infamous American Family Association. As the Moral Majority collapsed under the weight of its foolishness, petty crimes, and lack of members, (apparently, we have too many literate, thinking people), tiny groups broke off and began their own movements. Of all of the splintered, fractured and bizarre groups that were spawned by MM, the AFA most resembles the frothy mixture made famous by Santorum.
I do have one confession, as it were: I subscribe to the AFA mail list for two reasons. First, it pays to keep track of one of the most vile and corrupting forces that act like a cancer on a rationally-based body politick, and Second, these folks are so whacked, that they provide loads of free entertainment.
Their latest coop de' grass? Planned Parenthood practices Eugenics. It is a concerted attack on minority populations. I kid you not.
First, a little history. Eugenics has been practiced in some form for many generations. Until it became closely associated with Hitler's Nazi Movement, it was quite popular across the USA. Several states went so far as to ban marriages and reproduction by "damaged" humans, others even sterilized those the state felt were not healthy enough (Indiana was the first to pass forced sterilization laws, proving that sterilization did NOT lead to a smarter, more rational population).
The term "Eugenics" was first created in the late 1800s, combining "Eu" i.e., good or great, and "Genes" i.e. birthing or born. Even before that time, laws and moral rules prevented the marriage of close relatives, given the increased incidence of birth defects, blood disorders, and stillbirths. Today, such practices are lumped together in the practice known as "Population Genetics."
Due in part to the pathetic theories of Francis Galton, who read his cousin's superb study, "Origin of the Species," Galton and his students worked hard on "improving the human species" by selective breeding and other techniques. He taught that intelligence and fertility were reversely related, i.e., the greater the intellect, the lower the reproductive rate. The solution, a sort of final one, was obvious. His students and followers took Galton's theories down their logical path in the hopes of improving the entire species. Unfortunately, the harm that these "scientists" caused was immeasurable and long lasting, not to mention giving science a bad name.
I suppose that the iffy scientific method of the 1890s, and Galton's in particular, applied to any new-fangled theory, could lead to similar results. Take the premise that the world is flat, and that the sun floats around it daily. It is easy to see how such a starting point could lead to the idea that god controls all planets and stars, that the bible is inerrant and perfect, that we are the center of the universe, and that our world is 7,018 years old.
Well, surprise, surprise, surprise. Theories just like those populate the entire AFA website. If you have a strong stomach, you may enjoy some of these videos.
You may love how sweetly they attack Mormons. I did. But I digress. Easy to do, when the AFA is the subject.
According to AFA researcher Charlie Butts,
Life Dynamics, a group fighting to return full legal protection to unborn children, has conducted an exhaustive study that validates claims made in its documentary that associates Planned Parenthood with the eugenics movement.
The documentary, Maafa 21, reveals that abortion and birth control are being used as tools of black genocide.
That's right. Planned Parenthood is racist, because they have more locations in counties that have higher minority populations. Ergo, Planned Parenthood is practicing Genocide against blacks and hispanics.
Sigh.
Let's start simply.
Logistics
The larger the county's population, the more likely that it will have a larger percentage of minority households. That is simply logical. We live in an urban society, and by design, crimes, racism and red-lining, blacks and hispanics were lumped together in urban areas, often with few resources, jobs, or services. Until the civil rights struggles of the 50s and 60s, minorities had few chances to live and thrive. Those adverse impacts stay with us today, and often explain just why so many TeaBuggers hold such utter hatred towards Barack Obama. It really is his skin color.
So, if you were planning to give vital medical services to serve the largest amount of poor and needy residents, would to put your Planned Parenthood in the middle of South Fork of Buttefucke, Montana? or in NYNY or Chicago? Duh!
ECONOMIC REALITIES
Hispanics and blacks have far lower net incomes, net assets, and opportunity for jobs and higher education. (Despite the unbelievable inflation in college costs, education remains one of the key factors in predicting future success, ranking just below your family's relative wealth) If you have no health coverage, if your employment opportunities suck, if you are in dire need of health care services, how likely is it that you happen to be black or hispanic? Even though there are far more whites in need of the same health care, it is obvious why the percentages of non-caucasion users of Planned Parenthood services are higher.
But to the AFA, the economic realities are facts to be ignored, not rationally studied. This obviously must mean the PP is TARGETING blacks and hispanics.
Planned Parenthood = Abortion.
Now we are getting close to the real problem. The AFA absolutely hates Planned Parenthood. Even if it provided not one minority abortion, the fact that they promote and provide (horrors!) BIRTH CONTROL, and educate folks on safe sex, it is doing the work of Satan. When you add abortions to the mix, it is obvious that Planned Parenthood can do no good, and must be eradicated.
EUGENICS IS PP'S SECRET GOAL
What is the best way to destroy an organization? Let's look at our recent embarrassing history, and how the Democrats were too scared to stand up for ACORN. Actually, some years ago, the attacks on ACORN started by . . . you guessed it. . . the AFA. They were the ones that first began the battle cry that illegals, criminals, and voter fraud was being promoted and planned by ACORN. A few conservative pols took up the battle cry, and after a doctored video made such a splash, the end was neigh for ACORN. What truly sucks is how so few Democratic leaders or office holders stood up for the rule of law, seeking proof before judging, or even standing up for the very good things that ACORN did.
That is precisely the way that AFA attacks Planned Parenthood today. Start with a lie, preferably a big lie, add more lies, massage gently, rinse, and repeat. Blame PP for secretly trying to destroy minority populations by abortions and birth control, in the name of Eugnenics. That's a three-fer! You manage to accuse the PP for practicing secret racism, you have an organization unable to really defend itself against emotional, irrational, pithy, brain-dead, foxnewsisms, and you prepare the groundwork to have the Democrats sit on their scared asses when the full bore attack on PP is underway.
Anyway, read it yourself. It is the perfect example of TeaBugger logic, and conservative christian inanity.