People really ought to watch where they’re stepping. The dung can get pretty high, and irony often broadsides those who don’t see it coming.
Take this statement from Planned Parenthood. The world is mourning the death of Ted Kennedy, whose son I almost hit at a stop sign years ago. Blogger and former labor and delivery nurse Jill Stanek linked to and highlighted this portion of Planned Parenthood’s statement:
If the point of the post and highlighted statement eludes you, I’ll enlighten you. Ted Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, believed women had the right to kill their unborn babies.
When Planned Parenthood wrote that Kennedy provided “a voice to those Americans who otherwise would not have been heard,” the abortion mill obviously didn’t mean the literally voiceless. I suppose the figuratively voiceless are those perpetually oppressed minorities and “poor” folks.
Disclaimer: This post isn’t a celebration of Kennedy’s death. Just wanted to “raise awareness” of the abortion mill’s statement and advise its author to avoid unintentionally ironic sentiments in the future.
