Just think of all the stupidty and anti-factual BS we have to contend with on this very blog. That willing stupidity and calavier cruelty originates in the human heart – but it is nurtured by our culture. Why? Because at some point someone figured out that there was money to be made by nursing the evil, narrow cruelty that lurks in all of us. As a culture we can try to mitigate the darkness or promote it. America has decided to promote it. .
How else could you explain rich talk show hate-mongers like Michael Savage, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly and Laura Ingram?
Adkisson told Still that since “he could not get to the leaders of the liberal movement that he would then target those that had voted them in to office.”
Adkisson told officers he left the house unlocked for them because “he expected to be killed during the assault.”
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.
The shotgun-wielding suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church was motivated by a hatred of “the liberal movement,” and he planned to shoot until police shot him, Knoxville Police Chief Sterling P. Owen IV said this morning.
Knox News Via Kos
Let’s be clear that Bill O’Reilly, Michael Savage, or Sean Hannity did not pull the trigger. But has Kos diarist fivefouranonymous points out, “These pundits have a consistently hateful message and a consistently loud megaphone that permeates our culture, so I imagine if nothing else, it encourages hate.. Hate perpetuates itself.”