Amid concerns about the safety of the conservative Supreme Court justices, a former reporter pondered online whether assassinating Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito would save Roe v. Wade.
âInteresting real life trolley problem in America now,â tweeted Simon Gwynn, whose public profiles say that he worked for Haymarket Media Group as a journalist before he reportedly resigned over âunwiseâ tweets. âIf you had the chance to kill Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, the two oldest right wing Supreme Court judges, should you do it while Biden can get his nominees to replace them confirmed?â
âItâs interesting as an abstract question but becomes a real conundrum if, say, youâre terminally ill and have little to lose yourself, but know that it could save many womenâs lives in the future,â Gwynn continued.
He has since deleted the tweets, which were preserved by the Washington Examinerâs Jerry Dunleavy, saying that Twitter âis not often a good place forâ thought experiments of this kind.
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âIâve removed my recent two tweets about the US Supreme Court as on reflection theyâre obviously pretty irresponsible, though I donât think they would be against Twitterâs TOS,â Gwynn said on Thursday morning. âFYI I donât endorse murdering anyone, but donât think thereâs anything wrong with thought experiments.â
Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.
âI don't endorse murdering anyone, but don't think there's anything wrong with thought experimentsâ https://t.co/5hrKhGxafM
â Brent Scher (@BrentScher) May 5, 2022
The comments come as activist groups direct angry abortion protestors to protest at the homes of âsix extremistâ Supreme Court justices amid swelling abortion protests in major cities around the country.
The progressive activist group Ruth Sent Us announced âwalk-by Wednesdayâ for May 11, urging protestors to come to âthe homes of the six extremist justices, three in Virginia and three in Maryland.â
ShutDownDC is also advertising a Saturday evening âCandlelight Vigil for Roe v. Wade,â calling for abortion supporters to âjoin us in a march to Justices Kavanaugh and Robertsâ homes to protest for reproductive freedom!!â
Reacting to a leaked draft opinion showing that the court is likely preparing to overturn Roe v. Wade, abortion supporters protested outside the United States Supreme Court on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Protests also took place in Los Angeles (where protestors violently clashed with police) and in New York City.
âThe radical Left and their dark money funders have one goal, which is to intimidate the Court,â Judicial Crisis Network President Carrie Severino told The Daily Wire on Wednesday evening. âShowing up at the justicesâ homes to harass them is absolutely beyond the pale and shows the lengths to which they are willing to go in order to undermine the Courtâs independence.â
In a Tuesday editorial, the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board expressed concerns that an âabortion fanaticâ might âcommit an act of violenceâ in an effort to subvert the courtâs expected decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
âOne question is how fast the Court should now move to publish its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Womenâs Health Organization,â the board said. âThereâs an argument for getting it out fast to make it a fait accompli.â
âPolitico said the Alito draft was circulated in February, so the Justices have had ample time to absorb it and respond,â it continued. âWe hate to say this, but some abortion fanatic could decide to commit an act of violence to stop a 5-4 ruling. Itâs an awful thought, but we live in fanatical times.â