This is the guy who shot up that Unitarian church in Tennessee over the weekend.
Via Alternet, here’s a blog post from a member of a political action site called “Brave New Films” that calls out the right-wing media for legitimizing Adkisson’s actions. There is absolutely no doubt that the shooter is suffering from psychological issues as a result of his personal situation, and might well have decided to start shooting at people anyway, but in his statement to the police he explicitly blamed the Democratic party, the media, and the “liberal movement”.
The police found copies of books by Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly and Michael Savage in Adkisson’s home. Here are just a few of the choice quotes from those gentlemen and some of their cohorts, as listed in the Brave New Films post:
“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
Lots of people in this country are facing the same intense financial pressures that weighed so heavily on Adkisson’s mind, and there’s a pretty substantial number of people who listen to these despicable gasbags spew their hate and eat it up with a big ol’ spoon. Given the tendency for people to commit copy-cat crimes whenever some situation like this catches national media attention, I have to seriously wonder when the next right-wing nutjob is going to go postal and shoot up another church or college campus or fast-food restaurant because it’s too liberal for these assholes.
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