Attempting to raise money for the defense of Scott Roeder, who is charged with first-degree murder in George Tiller's death, supporters planned an eBay auction. Planned, and written about by the Kansas City Star. And eBay says "no:"
"Based on the details we know about the anticipated listings, we believe these would violate our policy regarding offensive material," the company said in a statement issued to The Kansas City Star. "eBay will not permit the items in question to be posted to the eBay site, and they will be removed if they are posted."
How offensive?
Mark Silk explains:
Among the items they planned to auction is a prison drawing by Roeder of David and Goliath depicting David holding the head of Goliath with the name "Tiller" inscribed on Goliath's forehead. On the corpse are the words "child-murdering industry."
Perhaps it was not a flatly stated point of the overall effort to both rationalize and glorify violence. But that drawing. And calls for Roeder to use a "necessity defense," saying that Tiller's killing on May 31 was an act of justifiable homicide.
Accusing eBay of violating someone's First Amendment rights, and auction proponents are doing that, is a red herring.
H/T: Mark Silk
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