Erick Erickson Shows Us Once Again How the Right Wing Really Thinks

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I actually had a little internal debate with myself over the wisdom of posting this, because Erick Erickson is so clearly trolling with this horrible comment, and I resisted giving him any more publicity. But since he’s now deleted the tweet, it should be preserved to show how today’s right wing really thinks, and the kinds of disgusting evil thoughts they’re not embarrassed to put out there in public: Fox’s Erickson Directs Liberals to Coat Hanger Sales Site After Texas Abortion Bill Passes.

Erickson was gloating over the Texas Senate’s passage of the most backward anti-choice legislation in the US. Today he tweeted quotes from Bible.

Folks, take a look at what’s going on here. This really is the face of the American Taliban.

UPDATE at 7/13/13 5:59:59 pm

Erickson says he deleted his tweet because the company to which he linked objected.

Not because it was so vile he felt ashamed.

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85 comments
1 122 Year Old Obama  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 5:49:24pm

The Tealiban.

2 bratwurst  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 5:49:58pm

Don’t worry, the people who sell those hangers are not down with this shithead at all:

3 twisty  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 5:51:30pm

The second tweet there disturbs me more than the first, in a way.

4 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 5:55:14pm

re: #3 twisty

The second tweet there disturbs me more than the first, in a way.

The first tweet shows me that Erick Erickson does not understand the subject of the second tweet at all. God isn’t big on taking malicious glee at the discomfort of others.

So ‘justanotherhuman’ had the right of it:

re: #34 Justanotherhuman

Go to hell, Erickson.

Image: original.jpg

5 A Mom Anon  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 5:55:30pm

A horrid nasty bit of offal. That’s the nicest thing I can think of to say about him.

As I said a few days ago, I remember quite clearly a woman on our street, a young mother, who died from a back alley abortion. In 1972. This isn’t some stupid joke and it’s not only liberal women who have abortions. It’s not a fucking political game, women are going to die. Again. Erickson should have to sit through looking at photos of women who died from botched abortions and septicemia from nasty kitchen “clinics”.

I really hate these fucking assholes. They HATE Americans, they really do. And they have the nerve to say they want their country back? Oh Please. They keep getting their way, there won’t be a country left to do a damn thing with.

6 Charles Johnson  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:00:32pm

Erickson says he deleted his tweet because the company to which he linked objected.

Not because it was so vile he felt ashamed.

7 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:02:41pm

Thanks for paging this, Charles. The more we can get the word out about how disgustingly banal these people are, the better off the country will be.

Education is everyone’s friend. Spread it.

8 wrenchwench  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:07:09pm

Not deleted:




By completely misrepresenting the reality of abortions at all stages, he incites his fellow woman haters to pass laws that will kill women. He disgusts me.

9 The Ghost of a Flea  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:07:48pm

Never trust the fuckers that are energized by the prospect of a future chance to hurt their opponents with impunity.

The scariest shit that’s happened in history, it’s never been about left/right. Left/Right is localized, zeitgeist-bound, and relative. Even indices of authoritarianism are bound by context. The real horrors come from the politics of irrationality and ego, the people that can’t assess facts from their strong feelings, whose incomprehension and bias equally color science and religion into chauvinism.

10 jaunte  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:09:30pm

Erickson:

I must offer up my sincerest apologies to the kid killing caucus that took it on the chin or other body parts in Texas last night.

After days on end of abortion supporters in Texas holding up coat hangers and then, yesterday, throwing feces, urine, and tampons in defense of killing kids, I tweeted out a link to a coat hanger wholesale store.

The kid killers were offended.

I suppose no one actually has physical evidence to support this charge of urine/feces throwing.

11 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:10:48pm

re: #8 wrenchwench

Talk about compounding your errors…

12 bratwurst  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:11:05pm

The more the GOP allows Erickson and his ilk to be their voice, the tougher their prospects become in the midterm elections. Please proceed.

13 Stanley Sea  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:12:11pm

A Florida Cracker extravaganza.

14 jaunte  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:12:37pm
15 Gus  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:14:23pm

re: #8 wrenchwench

Not deleted:

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By completely misrepresenting the reality of abortions at all stages, he incites his fellow woman haters to pass laws that will kill women. He disgusts me.

“I take of the body and blood of Christ. The secular left takes the body and blood of children. “

Weird.

16 SteveMcGazi  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:14:47pm

re: #12 bratwurst

The more the GOP allows Erickson and his ilk to be their voice, the tougher their prospects become in the midterm elections. Please proceed.

Don’t count on it. In 2004 the hysterical left was so screwed up that George W. Bush won re-election. I see the left acting now the same way they were acting in 2004 over Snowden. So between that and gerrymandered districts, I still see trouble for sane people.

17 wrenchwench  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:14:51pm

Erickson’s non-apology:

I must offer up my sincerest apologies to the kid killing caucus that took it on the chin or other body parts in Texas last night.

After days on end of abortion supporters in Texas holding up coat hangers and then, yesterday, throwing feces, urine, and tampons in defense of killing kids, I tweeted out a link to a coat hanger wholesale store.

The kid killers were offended.

Now, I expected them to be offended because I was mocking their hyperbole. But they actually seem to think I was seriously suggesting some policy for the GOP.

I am so sorry. I forget that feminists and other pro-abortion activists really are as humorless as they are stereotyped to be.

In the future, I promise I’ll remind myself constantly you people really believe throwing tampons and raising coat hangers can stop the will of the people who overwhelmingly support prohibiting late term abortions. And I will act accordingly.

In the meantime, again, you have my apologies for offending you for thinking I was being serious instead of accurately realizing I was mocking you and your outrageous hyperbole and lies.

He thinks coat hangars are ‘hyperbole and lies’. They are not. They are history. The battle is against them being the future, too.

18 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:15:01pm

Little twerp wants to cite the Eucharist, he’d better remember St. Paul’s warning in 1cor11:27-32 about the unworthy taking communion. He’s in a state of sin himself by not forgiving everyone he perceives as having sinned against him…

19 The Ghost of a Flea  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:15:39pm

re: #10 jaunte

I suppose no one actually has physical evidence to support this charge of urine/feces throwing.

The Sudeten Germans have always been oppressed by the Czechs.

We have always been at war with EastAsia.

20 Stanley Sea  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:18:17pm

re: #17 wrenchwench

Erickson’s non-apology:

He thinks coat hangars are ‘hyperbole and lies’. They are not. They are history. The battle is against them being the future, too.

PLS tweet that to the asshole.

21 Dave In Austin  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:18:42pm

re: #14 jaunte

Im hitting the shower now, I feel filthy…….

22 abolitionist  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:19:08pm

re: #17 wrenchwench

Erickson’s non-apology:

He thinks coat hangars are ‘hyperbole and lies’. They are not. They are history. The battle is against them being the future, too.

So many viewers of Mommy Dearest saw only an example of bad parenting.

23 wrenchwench  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:21:20pm

re: #20 Stanley Sea

PLS tweet that to the asshole.

24 wrenchwench  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:21:39pm

Later, lizards.

25 piratedan  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:21:57pm

so much for… “Vengeance is mine, sayeth the lord”… Christianists indeed, it’s as if these guys have never heard of the New Testament but do they luurve to wrap themselves in a flag and a cross and tell everybody else how fucking pious and patriotic that they are.

26 Interesting Times  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:22:18pm

re: #20 Stanley Sea

PLS tweet that to the asshole.

Someone should tweet the picture here (warning: graphic) and ask why Erick Erickson faps to it.

Too gross? Nope, nothing can be too gross in comparison to the likes of him.

27 Charles Johnson  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:22:19pm
28 Stanley Sea  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:22:41pm

re: #23 wrenchwench

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Yes. retweeted & favorited for later tweets. He is such a pig.

29 Charles Johnson  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:24:33pm

re: #17 wrenchwench

Erickson’s non-apology:

He thinks coat hangars are ‘hyperbole and lies’. They are not. They are history. The battle is against them being the future, too.

Well said.

30 The Ghost of a Flea  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:24:49pm

re: #25 piratedan

so much for… “Vengeance is mine, sayeth the lord”… Christianists indeed, it’s as if these guys have never heard of the New Testament but do they luurve to wrap themselves in a flag and a cross and tell everybody else how fucking pious and patriotic that they are.

They aren’t well-acquainted with the Old Testament either. They like the parts that involve mandated pain and death, not the forgiveness-of-debts part.

31 Joanne  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:26:22pm

re: #20 Stanley Sea

PLS tweet that to the asshole.

32 majii  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:27:02pm

“In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there.”

This alone lets me know how out of touch with himself Erickson is. He is one of the wickedest people I know, yet, he feels entitled to throw stones at the windows of other people’s houses. Hes an evil little troll.

33 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:27:19pm

Anyone with a conscience could not tweet something so vile.

Therefore, EWE must be a stone sociopath, for sure.

34 Joanne  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:27:44pm

re: #26 Interesting Times

Someone should tweet the picture here (warning: graphic) and ask why Erick Erickson faps to it.

Too gross? Nope, nothing can be too gross in comparison to the likes of him.

I’ve tweeted that often.

35 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:28:49pm

re: #25 piratedan

Erick Erickson isn’t really a Christian, whatever he may think. Malice is not a trait Christianity approves of, and neither is sadism.

Frankly, his clear glee in that coat-hanger tweet came across as psychopathic to me.

36 McSpiff  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:30:12pm

re: #26 Interesting Times

Someone should tweet the picture here (warning: graphic) and ask why Erick Erickson faps to it.

Too gross? Nope, nothing can be too gross in comparison to the likes of him.

Never seen that before. Powerful, powerful, powerful.

37 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:31:33pm

re: #33 Justanotherhuman

Anyone with a conscience could not tweet something so vile.

Therefore, EWE must be a stone sociopath, for sure.

No, given the level of malice he’s exhibited I’d say he’s a psychopath, not a sociopath. Sociopaths have no regard for the feelings of others, but psychopaths are often actively sadistic: They cause pain deliberately because they enjoy hurting people.

38 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:32:14pm

re: #35 Dark_Falcon

Erick Erickson isn’t really a Christian, whatever he may think. Malice is not a trait Christianity approves of, and neither is sadism.

I think you mean that those are trait’s that Christ didn’t approve of, because historically, Christianity has often approved of those traits.

39 majii  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:32:17pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

He’s a lowlife lying ass liar. He didn’t delete the tweet because the company objected to his using it. The lying weasel deleted it because of the negative feedback he got on Twitter. He always says sh*t and then runs like a coward when someone confronts him. He was on my city council, and he did the same thing. Basically, he’s a big talking coward who retreats when someone has the guts to question him about something he says. When Megyn Kelly confronted him last month about his comment about working women ruining” our society, or some such mess, you could see him shriveling up before your eyes on TV.

40 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:35:26pm

re: #38 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

I think you mean that those are trait’s that Christ didn’t approve of, because historically, Christianity has often approved of those traits.

I’d argue that approve isn’t as often as you’d think, but was often more a case of some pat of Christianity being used by bad people as an excuse to do bad things.

41 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:35:51pm

re: #37 Dark_Falcon

The terms are often used interchangeably.

42 calochortus  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:36:15pm

re: #37 Dark_Falcon

I don’t think EE is a sociopath or a psychopath. I think he is talking big because it makes him feel important and he is able to pretend to himself that women don’t ever really need abortions.
He’s kind of low on empathy, and I don’t like what I’ve seen of him, but to call him mentally ill is to distance him from humanity. The problem is that he is representative of ordinary humankind and is engaging in behavior that we all could, if we didn’t stop and engage our higher mental powers.

43 Charles Johnson  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:37:18pm

re: #26 Interesting Times

Someone should tweet the picture here (warning: graphic) and ask why Erick Erickson faps to it.

Too gross? Nope, nothing can be too gross in comparison to the likes of him.

I’ve watched in horror as this religious right anti-woman craziness has gained in strength in the past decade. I thought this debate was over in America long ago, but obviously I underestimated the right’s crazed, obsessive persistence.

Controlling women is a core value of the American right.

44 Lidane  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:38:56pm
45 calochortus  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:39:16pm

re: #40 Dark_Falcon

I’d argue that approve isn’t as often as you’d think, but was often more a case of some pat of Christianity being used by bad people as an excuse to do bad things.

People everywhere, of every religion, use their religion to make them feel confident and righteous in what they are doing. Fortunately, I think most people are inclined towards doing good.

46 Gus  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:40:42pm
47 Sionainn  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:40:51pm

I want to take a moment to thank all the male lizards for all their support regarding women’s rights. It’s noticed and appreciated oh so much. You guys are the best.

48 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:41:20pm

re: #41 Justanotherhuman

The terms are often used interchangeably.

Yes, but they shouldn’t be. It might be possible to divert a sociopath by showing him that he doesn’t have to inflict harm to get what he wants, whereas a psychopath fill inflict pain anyways because he gets off on it. The difference between the two are thus of great import.

49 calochortus  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:41:28pm

re: #47 Sionainn

I want to take a moment to thank all the male lizards for all their support regarding women’s rights. It’s noticed and appreciated oh so much. You guys are the best.

QFT. My thanks too.

50 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:41:57pm

re: #40 Dark_Falcon

I’d argue that approve isn’t as often as you’d think, but was often more a case of some pat of Christianity being used by bad people as an excuse to do bad things.

Well then, that’s basically a ‘no true Scotsman’ version of Christianity. For hundreds of years, Christians persecuted Jews, and they weren’t all ‘bad people’.

51 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:42:48pm

re: #47 Sionainn

I second that! (And more thanks, guys!)

52 ProTARDISLiberal  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:44:02pm

re: #17 wrenchwench

Pro-tip to Erickson:

When you apologize for being an ass to someone, you don’t stab them in the back while doing so, or use it as an oppurtunity to attack.

Them you act contrite, and humbly apologize.

In Erickson’s case, to borrow a phrase from Final Fantasy VII, I want him on his knees, begging for forgiveness.

53 jaunte  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:46:20pm
54 chadu  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:47:27pm

re: #8 wrenchwench

INCHOATE FURY.

55 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:49:25pm

It’s a shame that Jon Stewart is on hiatus from the Daily Show, because this next clip really is the appropriate reply to Erick Erickson:

Skip to around 8:00 if you want to just hear Stewart’s lead in and the choir.

56 Ming  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:50:10pm

I’m pro-choice, at least for the vast majority of the pregnancy, e.g. to week 24. “Safe, legal, and rare” seems like a reasonable goal in regard to abortion. And excellent access to sex education and contraception, to prevent unwanted pregnancies in the first place.

Now I must say I can appreciate the pro-life viewpoint. I don’t agree with it, because I just don’t think government can make it work, as evidenced by the literally millions of unsafe abortions in this country before Roe vs. Wade. But emotionally, I can relate to being pro-life. I would go so far as to say that abortion is one issue where I’m not totally certain of my own feelings.

So I was thinking about this whole issue recently. The last thing in the world that occurred to me was GLOATING (like Erick Erickson). I was thinking in terms of heartrending life situations and life decisions. The whole idea that for some people, this is about power over others, that they live to impose their theocratic views on others, simply was off the radar for me.

So, I was mildly stunned to read this post. I would have expected a comment from some well-known pro-life person like “OK, now, the unborn are protected. Their families will thank us someday.” Instead, I get “I win, you lose, I have power over you, you’re weak and powerless and you’ll probably hurt yourself very badly with a coat hangar.” Yes, as is often pointed out here at LGF, many of these right-wingers are really sick.

57 Charles Johnson  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:50:33pm

Zimmerman verdict about to be announced.

58 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:50:45pm

Verdict in on George Zimmerman trial..So we find out what will happen…

59 Gus  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:51:23pm

Verdict!

60 Varek Raith  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:52:11pm

I see a white bronco preparing to slowly lead police down 95.

61 AlexRogan  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:52:55pm

re: #57 Charles Johnson

Zimmerman verdict about to be announced.

No matter what it is, someone’s getting fucked.

62 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:53:12pm

re: #57 Charles Johnson

Zimmerman verdict about to be announced.

Watching on CNN.

63 Internet Tough Guy  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:53:48pm

So do you think Fox News will call for the anti-black pogrom tonight or wait for the Sunday morning talk show to do it?

64 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:53:52pm

re: #61 AlexRogan

No matter what it is, someone’s getting fucked.

And we are in for some seriously vile posts on the internet tonight.

65 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:54:57pm

re: #63 Internet Tough Guy

So do you think Fox News will call for the anti-black pogrom tonight or wait for the Sunday morning talk show to do it?

If they do, they’ll do it on Monday. They keep the craziest stuff off of their Sunday morning shows.

66 twisty  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:55:08pm

re: #56 Ming

I share your conflicted feelings and your reaction to the tweet. It’s such a serious and complicated issue and what an awful shame it is that some people use it as a political game piece and/or to put a boot down on women’s necks.

67 AlexRogan  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:55:26pm

re: #63 Internet Tough Guy

So do you think Fox News will call for the anti-black pogrom tonight or wait for the Sunday morning talk show to do it?

Why wait for tomorrow that which can be done today?

///

68 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:56:05pm

re: #56 Ming

That’s why I despise calling them “pro-life” because they’re simply misogynistic anti-abortion proponents who thump their bibles at anyone who doesn’t think as they do and accept male authoritarianism.

They repeatedly cut programs and care nothing for the children who are carried to term nor the ones here. If they were truly “pro-life”, they would also be against the death penalty and war as well, and have no problems with a woman making decisions pertaining to her own life situation.

No, they’re reactionaries who want everything their way, and the rest of us can hit the highway. There is absolutely no compromise of any sort with them.

69 Joanne  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:56:12pm

Verdict watch. 15 minutes.

70 Gus  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:56:15pm

ustream.tv

71 Varek Raith  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:56:44pm

Lol@the speculation.

72 Lidane  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:58:31pm

re: #68 Justanotherhuman

That’s why I despise calling them “pro-life” because they’re simply misogynistic anti-abortion proponents who thump their bibles at anyone who doesn’t think as they do and accept male authoritarianism.

They’re not pro-life. They’re anti-choice. They don’t want women to have any options at all except to breed.

73 Stanley Sea  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:58:34pm

Martin’s parents not in court.

74 Lidane  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 6:59:08pm
75 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 7:00:00pm

Zimmerman acquitted.

76 AlexRogan  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 7:00:04pm

re: #73 Stanley Sea

Martin’s parents not in court.

Shit, I wouldn’t be either after the hatchet job that O’Mara gave Martin’s dad when he was on the stand, among other things.

77 Gus  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 7:00:09pm

Not guilty.

78 RinaX  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 7:01:14pm

Ugh. Sadly, I’m not surprised, but ugh. Sorry conservatives, I’m much too sad to go out and riot…

79 chadu  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 7:06:00pm

re: #75 Dark_Falcon

Zimmerman acquitted.

FUCK!

Add to the anger I already had…

I’m shutting down the computer before I do something really stupid.

G’night, Lizardim.

Maybe tomorrow, mos def on Monday.

80 darthstar  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 7:26:05pm

Fuck you, Erickson. Go join Coulter’s acquittal celebration, asshole.

81 SidewaysQuark  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 7:35:03pm

I can respect differing viewpoints on the outcome of this case, but the people who find anything to “celebrate” about under these grave circumstances are just sick.

82 ReamWorks SKG  Sat, Jul 13, 2013 11:15:48pm

Does the “New Testament” say anything about Abortion? The Hebrew Bible doesn’t. For a good summary on Jewish thought about this see:

jewishjournal.com

83 JeffFX  Sun, Jul 14, 2013 7:51:43am
84 FieryLocks  Mon, Jul 15, 2013 12:46:47pm

Hey Erick, your god is not pro-life…
patheos.com

“For republicans, life begins at conception and ends at birth.”—Barney Frank
“We’re so pro-life, we’ll kill you to prove it!”—Forced Birthers

85 FieryLocks  Mon, Jul 15, 2013 12:56:12pm

Yes, these people are so pro-life they drool over the death penalty, cream themselves over war, want to end programs that help the poor and hungry children, do not want health care for anyone (just die, and die quickly for all they care), want guns in the home of every American and want them easily available even to those who should never have them ever, and have been dancing on the grave of Trayvon Martin since Zimmerman’s verdict was announced. These fetus worshipers are not pro-life and never have been…they are nothing but control freaks, the abusive boyfriend or daddy figure using the abortion issue like every other piece of red meat, social issue they dangle in front of the noses of their hopeless lemming followers.


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