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This was a Hate Crime
Author: Raine    Date: 02/09/2009 13:28:26

Do you remember Jim David Adkisson? He was the man who stormed the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church last July and killed two people and wounded six others during the presentation of a children's musical.

He admitted that what he did was a hate crime.
Jim David Adkisson wanted to leave no doubt of his motive in opening fire inside a West Knoxville church last year.

“This was a hate crime,” Adkisson wrote in a four-page “manifesto” he had left inside his vehicle and intended to serve as a suicide letter.

Adkisson, 58, wrote that he wanted to kill the “generals” of the liberal movement, citing Democrats in Congress, Supreme Court justices and President Barack Obama.

But he said he couldn’t get to those in power so he opted instead to attack liberalism’s “foot soldiers,” specifically citing the members of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church.
The crime itself was shocking enough, and I am sure that this verdict is not so shocking, but it is important to note that last year Barack Obama was not the president. He is now, and the people who inspired this man - specifically Michael Savage, Sean Hannity, and Bill O'Rielly - are still spewing out the same hatred that they spewed last year. We have no word on who he listened to on the radio, but I suspect it was these three and the new 'De Facto" leader of the RNC: Rush Limbaugh. How can you listen to right wing radio and not listen to him?

I dare say many of them are more hateful now than last year. Specifically Rush, whom we know has already expressed the desire that our president fail.
I would be honored if the Drive-By Media headlined me all day long: “Limbaugh: I Hope Obama Fails.” Somebody’s gotta say it.
He has also said he has an Army and that he is a general...
My voice is the voice of millions of God-fearing American conservatives. That's why I'm listened to. It's because my voice equals millions. It isn't just me. I'm not going it alone here. I have an army. I'm the general, but I have an army.

So we have a man that is going to jail for killing the 'Liberal foot Soldiers' in a church and a slew of people preaching hatred against liberals on the radio with the biggest one of all (literally) saying that he is the general of 'God-fearing American conservatives'.

Who is leading the attack on America here? Seriously? Who exactly is attacking the American Ideals of Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness?

Adkisson wrote a 4 page manifesto that will most likely be made public today. I hope and pray that the other members of the cult of right wing radio wake up and realize that they have been following false prophets and cowardly leaders. Mr. Adkission deserves to go away for life. I would hope that the people who helped push this man over the edge would acknowledge that it was their words that led him down this path, but I won't hold my breath.

These murders WERE a hate crime egged on by hate speech.

:peace: and
Raine



 

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