April 23, 2019: Mother Teresa versus the "Twitter-verse" * Letter to the Editor * OPINION * Del Rio News-Herald

Mother Teresa versus the “Twitter-verse”

Mother Teresa is deemed “hate speech” on Twitter. 

If there’s a contest of who has the moral high-ground, Mother Teresa or Masters of the “Twitter-verse”?  Mother Teresa wins hands-down.

Mother Teresa, a missionary nun who came to international attention and recognition because of her unrelenting and tireless work with the poor and downtrodden around the world.

Mother Teresa, Foundress of the religious order of the Missionaries of Charity established to take care of the world’s poorest of the poor.

Mother Teresa, recipient of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.

Mother Teresa, speaker at the National Prayer Breakfast, courageously advocating against the violence of abortion, standing up to President Bill Clinton and Hillary, Vice President Al Gore and Tipper.

Mother Teresa canonized by the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.

The internet image that was censored consists of a photo of Mother Teresa along with her quote:  “Abortion is profoundly anti-women. Three quarters of its victims are women: Half the babies and all the mothers.” – Mother Teresa

Abortion was considered anti-women by the early suffragettes, first-wave feminists who were totally against abortion because it went counter to the rights which they were seeking for all women, the right of protecting mothers and their children.

Abortion is considered violence against women by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) which gave the movie “UNPLANNED” an R-rating because of the violence of abortion simulated on film.

What is “hate speech” in that banned internet image? 

The quote is stating a reality that exists and it is sought after to be silenced because it is too painful to bear the hard truth, but that does not make it “hate speech”. 

The image is of a beautiful picture of Mother Teresa which could be a holy card of her sublime saintliness. 

Truth and sanctity uncomfortably convict us and we would rather not be confronted with our own denial of truth and sinfulness, but that does not make it “hate speech”.  

Mother Teresa will live on when Twitter is long gone.

Marian Casillas, Ed.D.

Del Rio, Texas