RIP, Terri Schiavo

The sad final chapter of Terri Schiavo's life has ended. She passed away this morning.

Now, unfortunately, the spinning begins. I believe that the religious right will attempt to re-write history in the Schiavo case. They've already branded Michael Schiavo a money-grubbing murderer, and tagged his supporters "pro-death". The media was intensely biased towards the "Save Terri" sentiment even though poll showed it was held by a small minority of Americans. As of today, that minority will construct an alternative narrative that will be repeated in the right wing echo chamber for months and years to come. Past experience shows they are very good at breaking up the status quo consensus in favor of their retrograde beliefs.