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The Supreme Court just struck down abortion restrictions.

Just so I'm clear: This is when we pro-lifers are to take to the streets, correct?

This is when we are to defy all the standard forms of political protest and instead pick up bricks to throw through storefronts, pillage local Target stores, assault pedestrians, paint the streets, and decapitate all statues within a 20 square mile radius, yes?

And when others condemn our wanton and extravagant disregard for the rules of civilized society, when they criticize our boorishness, denounce our violence, and chastise us for our inability to express our ideas in a sophisticated manner, we tell them that we have tried that for the last half century and no one will listen, right? We say that violent upheaval is the only way we can be heard?

We quote Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. saying, "A riot is the language of the unheard" as we torch another major city, is that right?

Through our outrage, we can expect the assistance of Hollywood and major sports figures too, I assume. They will be able to put slogans like "I'm a child, not a choice" in place of their names on their jerseys, have major shoe companies sign the most vocal and provocative among them to massive contracts, and ESPN will turn over their full programming to experts from Live Action and Center for Medical Progress.

And through it all, we pro-lifers can anticipate sympathetic media coverage demanding that others understand what they did to cause our pain. We can expect mayors to order police departments to stand down and city councils to encourage and participate in the revelry.

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Yet for some odd reason I feel as though the advocates for the dignity of life are expected to behave differently, even as their cause is dealt yet another cruel blow – this one punctuated by the betraying concurrence of a supposed ally.

For some reason I think that treatment of any nationwide anti-abortion riot would receive nearly unanimous censure, both media and mayoral.

Facebook censored a news post from Disrn on Monday and threatened us with having our "overall distribution reduced," our "ability to monetize and advertise removed," and our "ability to register as a news Page removed."

The post flagged by Facebook linked to this Disrn story reporting the words of a World Health Organization official, who said on June 8 that asymptomatic transmission of coronavirus was "very rare." Almost all mainstream news outlets reported this story on June 8, and so did Disrn.

The next day, W.H.O. walked back the comments, and Disrn reported the retraction on that very same day.

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It's important to note that our original article Facebook censored was merely reporting on the exact words of the health official. There is no editorializing; we reported W.H.O. official Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove's words, and included a video of herself saying the words. The video was from Bloomberg and included three minutes of Kerkhove's monologue, providing context.

We also included reporting from CNBC in our article. CNBC's article, from which we quoted, was (and still is) headlined Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is ‘very rare,' WHO says. It has not been flagged by Facebook as of publishing time.