Comments on: Tenn. church shooter angry at ‘liberals and gays.’ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:17:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: bwindrip http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-4/#comment-5119610 bwindrip Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:19:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119610 This incident is the tragic fruit of the right-wing tactic of programming the disappearing middle class to believe that all their hardship can be blamed on a particular group, such as immigrants, or non-whites, or liberals. The perpetrator in this case is ill, and needs our compassion. But every person who participated in his programming needs to be disemboweled. This incident is the tragic fruit of the right-wing tactic of programming the disappearing middle class to believe that all their hardship can be blamed on a particular group, such as immigrants, or non-whites, or liberals.

The perpetrator in this case is ill, and needs our compassion.

But every person who participated in his programming needs to be disemboweled.

]]> By: KayInMaine http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-4/#comment-5119560 KayInMaine Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:22:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119560 I'm thinking the reason why most prisoners would vote Democratic upon leaving prison is because they've had time to think about their lives and realize how stupid they were to be a right wing knuckledragging neocon prior to entering prison. Agree? I’m thinking the reason why most prisoners would vote Democratic upon leaving prison is because they’ve had time to think about their lives and realize how stupid they were to be a right wing knuckledragging neocon prior to entering prison.

Agree?

]]> By: naldo http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-4/#comment-5119530 naldo Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:03:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119530 Isn't Adkisson just another frustrated, small town yokel clinging to his bible and his guns? And they said Obama was wrong for pointing out the same thing? Isn’t Adkisson just another frustrated, small town yokel clinging to his bible and his guns?

And they said Obama was wrong for pointing out the same thing?

]]> By: ucsbclassics53 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-4/#comment-5119438 ucsbclassics53 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:29:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119438 This is the double standard in POLITICAL discourse today...A right-wing whackjob like this murderer found with conservative books at home is only an exception, but when one liberal misspeaks something, then the conservatives and wingnuts get to paint every liberal with a broadbrush... This is the double standard in POLITICAL discourse today…A right-wing whackjob like this murderer found with conservative books at home is only an exception, but when one liberal misspeaks something, then the conservatives and wingnuts get to paint every liberal with a broadbrush…

]]> By: DieNowForPeace http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-4/#comment-5119432 DieNowForPeace Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:26:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119432 <em>Luis M Says: Guys… one question. And this I ask seriously. Over there in the USA, other than liberal and conservatives, what other groups are there? Undecided, libertarians, who else?</em> * Republican Party (1854) * Democratic Party (1828 modern, 1792 historic) * Libertarian Party (1971) * Constitution Party (1992) * Green Party (1996) * America First Party (2002) * Boston Tea Party (2006) * Centrist Party (United States) (2006) * Independence Party of America (2007) * Jefferson Republican Party * Moderate Party (United States) (2006) * Marijuana Party (2002) * Party for Socialism and Liberation (2004) * Peace and Freedom Party (1967) - active primarily in California * Prohibition Party (1867) * Reform Party of the United States of America (1995) - currently divided into two factions both using the name of the "Reform Party" * Socialist Equality Party (1953) * Socialist Party USA (1973) * Socialist Workers Party (1938) * Workers World Party (1959) * Working Families Party (1998) From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>. Or, feel free to start your own. We need better choices. Luis M Says:

Guys… one question. And this I ask seriously.

Over there in the USA, other than liberal and conservatives, what other groups are there? Undecided, libertarians, who else?

* Republican Party (1854)
* Democratic Party (1828 modern, 1792 historic)
* Libertarian Party (1971)
* Constitution Party (1992)
* Green Party (1996)
* America First Party (2002)
* Boston Tea Party (2006)
* Centrist Party (United States) (2006)
* Independence Party of America (2007)
* Jefferson Republican Party
* Moderate Party (United States) (2006)
* Marijuana Party (2002)
* Party for Socialism and Liberation (2004)
* Peace and Freedom Party (1967) – active primarily in California
* Prohibition Party (1867)
* Reform Party of the United States of America (1995) – currently divided into two factions both using the name of the “Reform Party”
* Socialist Equality Party (1953)
* Socialist Party USA (1973)
* Socialist Workers Party (1938)
* Workers World Party (1959)
* Working Families Party (1998)

From Wikipedia.

Or, feel free to start your own. We need better choices.

]]> By: Keith http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-4/#comment-5119424 Keith Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:21:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119424 Above I was talking about "prisoners are liberals"---not the church shooter. Above I was talking about “prisoners are liberals”—not the church shooter.

]]> By: Keith http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-4/#comment-5119416 Keith Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:18:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119416 Leading causes of crime are poverty and hopelessness. People who have been subjugated into the lower class for 400 years are not exactly going to vote for the status quo. They are not exactly going to vote for tax breaks for the rich and corporate welfare. They are not exactly going to vote for "three strikes and you're out". It is illegal for billionaires to be vagrants, but somehow they don't commit this crime. It's the golden rule---those with the gold make the rules. Leading causes of crime are poverty and hopelessness. People who have been subjugated into the lower class for 400 years are not exactly going to vote for the status quo. They are not exactly going to vote for tax breaks for the rich and corporate welfare. They are not exactly going to vote for “three strikes and you’re out”.
It is illegal for billionaires to be vagrants, but somehow they don’t commit this crime. It’s the golden rule—those with the gold make the rules.

]]> By: misshusseinmolly http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-4/#comment-5119412 misshusseinmolly Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:18:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119412 Obviously, we need to start profiling middle-aged white guys now. Will a "watch list" be set up for them? Obviously, we need to start profiling middle-aged white guys now. Will a “watch list” be set up for them?

]]> By: EugeneDebs http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-4/#comment-5119374 EugeneDebs Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:47:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119374 obamaismymessiah Says: He was unemployed and blaming others. Sounds like a Liberal to me. I denouce the murdering Liberal. My GOD you an ignorant piece of garbage. He was unemployed armed inbred and incredibly stupid sounds like a conservative to me. I dont know that many liberals that shoot up churches because they are mad at liberals. Then again I am not as brainwashed and braindead as you obviously are. obamaismymessiah Says:

He was unemployed and blaming others. Sounds like a Liberal to me. I denouce the murdering Liberal.

My GOD you an ignorant piece of garbage. He was unemployed armed inbred and incredibly stupid sounds like a conservative to me. I dont know that many liberals that shoot up churches because they are mad at liberals. Then again I am not as brainwashed and braindead as you obviously are.

]]> By: EugeneDebs http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-4/#comment-5119364 EugeneDebs Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:37:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119364 obamaismymessiah Says: Our prisons are full of Liberals. That’s why Democrats keep pushing for “Felon Voting Rights.” You DO know you are a liar and a fool dont you? I mean it hasnt escaped your notice you are a complete and utter moron has it? Got any evidence that the prisons are full of predominatly liberals? No? Imagine my suprise, you can show yourself out in disgrace. Felons LOSE their voting rights in most states they are reinstated AFTER they do their sentence including probation that is AFTER they have paid their debt to society. I know of NO ONE that is advocating putting voting booths into prisons. obamaismymessiah Says:
Our prisons are full of Liberals. That’s why Democrats keep pushing for “Felon Voting Rights.”

You DO know you are a liar and a fool dont you? I mean it hasnt escaped your notice you are a complete and utter moron has it? Got any evidence that the prisons are full of predominatly liberals? No? Imagine my suprise, you can show yourself out in disgrace. Felons LOSE their voting rights in most states they are reinstated AFTER they do their sentence including probation that is AFTER they have paid their debt to society. I know of NO ONE that is advocating putting voting booths into prisons.

]]> By: EugeneDebs http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-4/#comment-5119356 EugeneDebs Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:30:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119356 Jim Wilke Says: I just don’t see how discussing one demented lunatic “advances progressive ideas and policies.” I just dont see how anything you post advances discussion or discourse in ANY WAY. Jim Wilke Says:
I just don’t see how discussing one demented lunatic “advances progressive ideas and policies.”

I just dont see how anything you post advances discussion or discourse in ANY WAY.

]]> By: Bad Eye http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-3/#comment-5119352 Bad Eye Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:23:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119352 Yet who is it that Bush and the Repubs want us to be afraid of? Yep...foreign terrorists who will follows us home from Iraq and kill us in our grocery stores. Yet who is it that Bush and the Repubs want us to be afraid of?

Yep…foreign terrorists who will follows us home from Iraq and kill us in our grocery stores.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-3/#comment-5119342 ForTruth Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:19:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119342 Gopers like to solve their problems with violence. It's the lower level way of doing things. Gopers like to solve their problems with violence. It’s the lower level way of doing things.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-3/#comment-5119340 ForTruth Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:17:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119340 This is just the first in many more to come. We are going to see lots of conservative types lose it and either kill themselves, others, or both. When an ingrained belief system is shattered, in combination with poor problem solving skills, you have a melt down. One less Goper in the voting pool. Good. This is just the first in many more to come. We are going to see lots of conservative types lose it and either kill themselves, others, or both.

When an ingrained belief system is shattered, in combination with poor problem solving skills, you have a melt down.

One less Goper in the voting pool. Good.

]]> By: JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-3/#comment-5119336 JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:10:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119336 <blockquote>Police found right-wing political books, brass knuckles, empty shotgun shell boxes and a handgun in the Powell home of a man who said he attacked a church in order to kill liberals “who are ruining the country,” court records show. Knoxville police Sunday evening searched the Levy Drive home of Jim David Adkisson after he allegedly entered the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church and killed two people and wounded six others during the presentation of a children’s musical.</blockquote> The GOP controls the media, the White House, the Supreme Court, and (until a year ago) the Congress, and this POS blames liberals? O'Reilly and Hannity probably think this guy is a hero, and that he shot the wrong people.

Police found right-wing political books, brass knuckles, empty shotgun shell boxes and a handgun in the Powell home of a man who said he attacked a church in order to kill liberals “who are ruining the country,” court records show.

Knoxville police Sunday evening searched the Levy Drive home of Jim David Adkisson after he allegedly entered the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church and killed two people and wounded six others during the presentation of a children’s musical.

The GOP controls the media, the White House, the Supreme Court, and (until a year ago) the Congress, and this POS blames liberals?

O’Reilly and Hannity probably think this guy is a hero, and that he shot the wrong people.

]]> By: JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-3/#comment-5119332 JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:08:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119332 Has Fox offered him his own show? Or CNN? He can be a sidekick to Glenn Beck! Has Fox offered him his own show? Or CNN? He can be a sidekick to Glenn Beck!

]]> By: joe cantwell http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-3/#comment-5119306 joe cantwell Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:36:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119306 <em>1Watt Says: Inside the 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. </em> good comment 1Watt, i hope tp updates their post with that very salient fact. * good luck @ 1Watt Says:
Inside the 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.

good comment 1Watt,

i hope tp updates their

post with that very salient

fact.

*

good luck

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]]> By: pete http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-3/#comment-5119262 pete Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:10:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119262 Evil Spaniard Says: <em>Will the books of mAnn Coulter, Savage, etc. display a label reading “Explicit Idiocy”?</em> July 28th, 2008 at 8:54 pm If "tits" can earn a warning label on a cd, why not? I'm as much for free speech as anyone but, free speech doesn't cover inciting crimes. Evil Spaniard Says:

Will the books of mAnn Coulter, Savage, etc. display a label reading “Explicit Idiocy”?
July 28th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

If “tits” can earn a warning label on a cd, why not? I’m as much for free speech as anyone but, free speech doesn’t cover inciting crimes.

]]> By: blue state bob http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-3/#comment-5119234 blue state bob Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:55:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119234 Another pussy, lazy right wing loser who is too dumb to see it is the Republicans who are in power and have ruined this economy and then is too much of a complete coward to just eat his own gun and needs to kill other people. Sounds like a typical Republican to me, but the troll somehow equates this POS as a liberal. You just can't cure stupid and cowardice. Another pussy, lazy right wing loser who is too dumb to see it is the Republicans who are in power and have ruined this economy and then is too much of a complete coward to just eat his own gun and needs to kill other people. Sounds like a typical Republican to me, but the troll somehow equates this POS as a liberal. You just can’t cure stupid and cowardice.

]]> By: Evil Spaniard http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/comment-page-3/#comment-5119224 Evil Spaniard Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:54:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/tenn-church-shooter-angry-at-liberals-and-gays/#comment-5119224 Will the books of mAnn Coulter, Savage, etc. display a label reading "Explicit Idiocy"? Will the books of mAnn Coulter, Savage, etc. display a label reading “Explicit Idiocy”?

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