Knoxville Church Shooter "I wanted to kill liberals"

[dbackjon]

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/feb/0 ... ate-crime/

"This was a hate crime," Adkisson wrote in a four-page "manifesto" he had left inside his truck 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, and Supreme Court justices.

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 letter has been kept under wraps since the July 27 shooting that killed two people and wounded six others.

However, the News Sentinel obtained a copy today minutes before Adkisson pleaded guilty and accepted a sentence of life without parole.

"This was a symbolic killing," Adkisson wrote. "Who I wanted to kill was every Democrat in the Senate and House, the 100 people in Bernard Goldberg's book. I'd like to kill everyone in the mainstream media. But I knew these people were inaccessible to me.

"I couldn't get to the generals and high-ranking officers of the Marxist movement so I went after the foot soldiers, the chicken (expletive) liberals that vote in these traitorous people."

The grandfather-turned-killer devotes one page of his manifesto to the church itself, where he once attended with his now ex-wife.

"I'd like someone to do an expose on this church," he wrote. "It's a den of un-American vipers.'

[dbackjon]

I would like to see the Manifesto itself - excerpts are chock full of right-wing hate radio talking points.

Bet he was a loyal Hannity/limbaugh listener

[Wedgebuster]

Good Call!!

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/Jul/2 ... pects-car/

[dbackjon]

Good Call!!

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/Jul/2 ... pects-car/

Bill O'Reilly, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity on accused shooter's reading list

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.

Adkisson, 58, of Powell wrote a four-page letter in which he stated his "hatred of the liberal movement," Owen said. "Liberals in general, as well as gays."

[AZGrizFan]

Did he use "liberal" and "Church" in the same sentence?

[travelinman67]

I would like to see the Manifesto itself - excerpts are chock full of right-wing hate radio talking points.

Bet he was a loyal Hannity/limbaugh listener

"Yes, yes! That's right. Find a reason to blame "right wing" radio for everything. I'll call Harry and direct him to schedule the Fairness Doctrine hearings immediately. In the meantime, I'll call over to Podesta and have him slip and executive order in that silences the right once and for all.

Oh, yes. You were a good DU soldier today, dback. I'll remember you when the proletariat undercommittee appointments are made."

[dbackjon]

at T-man...so ONLY you are allowed to blame things?

[ASUMountaineer]

See, social right wing nutjobs are not representative of true freedom loving right wingers. We get lumped together because we fall on the side of the political spectrum opposite of socialists, but truly...libertarians are much more open minded and seeking of freedom than any Rushsavgannity.

[dbackjon]

[quote="ASUMountaineer"]See, social right wing nutjobs are not representative of true freedom loving right wingers. We get lumped together because we fall on the side of the political spectrum opposite of socialists, but truly...libertarians are much more open minded and seeking of freedom than any Rushsavgannity.[/quote]

Rushsavgannity - I like that.