Right Wing Hero Shoots Up Liberal Church

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UPDATED: Thursday, August 14, 2008 03:08
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NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Thursday, July 31, 2008 3:18 PM

suitably edited:
On Sunday, 58-year-old Jim Adkisson entered the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church during a children's performance of the musical “Annie Jr.” In a guitar case, he carried a shotgun and 76 rounds. Adkisson killed two church members, Greg McKendry (60) and Linda Kraeger (61), and wounded six more before he was wrestled to the ground as he tried to reload.
Inside [Adkisson’s] house, officers found "Liberalism is a Mental Health Disorder" by radio talk show host Michael Savage, "Let Freedom Ring" by talk show host Sean Hannity, and "The O'Reilly Factor," by television talk show host Bill O'Reilly.
Some quick Google searches turned up these quotes from prominent right-wingers:
"I’ll tell you who should be tortured and killed at Guantanamo — every filthy Democrat in the U.S. Congress." — Sean Hannity

"To fight only the al-Qaeda scum is to miss the terrorist network operating within our own borders... Who are these traitors? Every rotten radical left-winger in this country, that's who." — Michael Savage

"Liberalism is the greatest threat this country faces." — Rush Limbaugh

"It is not a stretch to say that MoveOn is the new Klan." — Bill O’Reilly

"I'm thinking about killing Michael Moore, and I'm wondering if I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it. No, I think I could." — Glenn Beck

"We need to execute people like John Walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too." — Ann Coulter

"I don’t see any difference between [Arianna] Huffington and the Nazis." — Bill O’Reilly

"The Islamofascists are actually campaigning for the election of Democrats. Islamofascists from Ahmadinejad to al-Zawahiri, Oba -- Osama bin Laden, whoever, are constantly issuing Democrat talking points." — Rush Limbaugh

"There are things in life worth fighting and dying for and one of ‘em is making sure Nancy Pelosi doesn’t become the [House] speaker." — Sean Hannity

WASHNWEAR

Thursday, July 31, 2008 3:36 PM

So your saying his defense should be, "The right-wing Christian Dominionist nut-job shit-disturbers made me do it."...?

It was like that when we got here!

ANTHONYT

Thursday, July 31, 2008 3:46 PM

Hello,

What is the point of this post, exactly?

--Anthony

"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner

AURAPTOR

Thursday, July 31, 2008 3:47 PM

Where do you get off calling this nut a " right wing hero " ??

That doesn't make any sense.

It is not those who use the term "Islamo-Fascism" who are sullying the name of Islam; it is the Islamo-Fascists. - Dennis Prager

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

EVILDINOSAUR

Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:01 PM

gotta love those heroes that go around killing people they don't agree with, that's the american way....i guess

"Haha, mine is an evil laugh."

AURAPTOR

Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:08 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by EvilDinosaur:
gotta love those heroes that go around killing people they don't agree with, that's the american way....i guess

"Haha, mine is an evil laugh."

Again, you repeat w/ out explanation. How is this nut case a 'hero' ?

It is not those who use the term "Islamo-Fascism" who are sullying the name of Islam; it is the Islamo-Fascists. - Dennis Prager

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

HERO

Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:22 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
Where do you get off calling this nut a " right wing hero " ??

I object to the term 'hero'.

They also found TV Guide in this guys house. A search of TV Guide indicated a large number of programs such as 'the CBS Evening News', Hannah Montana, and something called the Lifetime Movie Network.

I think its pretty clear what really set this guy off.

H

DEADLOCKVICTIM

Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:45 PM

.... i hate to state the obvious, but in fact, the world might be a better place if each individual would only learn to think for themselves....

RIGHTEOUS9

Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:48 PM

I hope and believe that this guy is not thought of as a hero by most right-wingers,

that being said, there has been a dehumanizing effort of the right wing voices against liberals and other targets, and eventually that shit is going to take its toll.

Whereass you see a little bit of it on the left, with say, Mike Malloy that has nothing be derogatory things to say about Republicans, I do not see astounding calls towards violence in his language nor in any other liberal's language, on the whole.

Whereas on the other side, we get words like "lynching" Mrs. Obama out of O'reilly's mouth, demands that certain people should be shot from the likes of Reagan, calls for crashing and inciting rioting at the Democratic National convention from Limbaugh, a comment from a Fox news contributor that suggested it would be a good thing if Obama was shot, suggestions from Bolton that if the top 10 levels of the UN were lost it wouldn't make a bit of difference, O'reilly saying that if al qaeda comes in and blows up San Fransisco a collective 'we' aren't going to do anything about it, and so on and so on. I'm not even going to touch the right wing religious leaders and their speech.

This kind of shit, oft repeated, does have an effect on people, especially when the pressures of their everyday lives mount up and they crack a little. This sort of distortion and condonation of violence eventually makes people want to take action against the group these talking heads have blamed repeatedly for their problems,

and if not legally responsible, these hate preachers Are responsible... for fueling this fire by making violent messures sound heroic, even patriotic, in a country that is supposed to work democratically.

They are working with terror, they are making it feel physically riskier to ideologically allign oneself with liberal values. It's shameful, and you guys should have a problem with the overall tone that makes violence an answer.

Instead your problem is with the likes of REverend Wright, who may have an issue with the way our government has worked, may have a problem even with white people, though I don't think that was proven or even developed well, but nobody could pull out a speech where he advocated or condoned violence, otherwise I'm sure I would have heard it a billion times by now.

Yeah, HE was the danger to our country's values...not the people preaching violence and intimidation over democratic action...

...........

On edit, I remember one on the left that I object to, no matter how accurate it might be. Maher is a 'provocoteur', his show is 'politically incorrect', but I don't think it was helpful to say that if Cheney had died years ago(it was something like this) a lot less people would be dead now.

I'm not saying I don't think its true, but I don't know what positive purpose this could have. He could have made the same point just saying if "cheney hadn't been elected to office" etc.

JONGSSTRAW

Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:50 PM

Some people, delusional ones, cannot separate fantasy from reality. If you over-engage yourself with all the cable and internet news and blogs, it is easy to see how anyone can get upset, angry, and frustrated at what opponents of your positions believe. We see it here at RWED often. Fortunately 99.99% of people are able to reject violence as a tool to advance their views.

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