I-580 Shooter
"Williams was pulled over on his way to San Francisco to shoot members the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and Tides, an organization that advocates progressive social change through philanthropy, police said Tuesday."
I-580 Shooter discloses sources of his delusions
He tried to deny any link to the likes of Beck but fails in his own defense.
"When asked if it hadn’t been for Glenn Beck and Fox News, whether he still would have planned violence, Williams said that it was because Fox News didn’t do enough to pursue the political left that he became frustrated and felt like violence was the only answer."
"He cited Alex Jones’ InfoWars.com and PrisonPlanet.com, the conspiracy Web site, AboveTopSecret.com, DavidIcke.com, JerimiahProject.com, ModernHistoryProject.org, DiscoverTheNetworks.org, as well as Glenn Beck’s Web site."
Plane crashes into IRS building
Joe Stack was a tea party member and subscribed to the anti-government rhetoric so entrenched in the language used daily by Beck and Limbaugh.
Militia plots against government
Extreme rhetoric played a part in this group's delusions and desires to start a war against the government.
Census worker killed and hung from tree
This just happens to align with
comments made by Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) about the census. Red State's Erick Erickson, who is a pundit on CNN, also stated he would
shoot census workers if they approached his property. So what happens? A man outside of
Austin does the same.
Bachmann also has made
insane comments about
re-education camps and
slitting of wrists in protest over health care reform. All of this is non-sensical ramblings of someone not in touch with the real world.
There is little doubt that inflammatory rhetoric on the right end of the political and media has spiked greatly in the past couple of years. From Sarah Palin and her
reload metaphors to Sharon Angle claiming
2nd Amendment remedies the language has been ramped up. Sady, it is having affect. The NRA maintains a site
fanning fear about gun ownership keeping membership in that lobby on the edge of reason. The Southern Poverty Law Center, who track
home grown terror and hate activity have indicated right wing extremism and radicalism is at its highest levels since the Oklahoma City bombing by Timothy McVey and his militia connections. Time magazine recently completed an expose on
Secret Militias and the impact they are having and where the inspiration for their paranoia is coming from. The words that come from the mouths of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Sharon Angle and so on have influence and repercussions.
So yes, the likes of Beck and Limbaugh have incited violence and the evidence is there to support this claim. It is getting worse and not better as the rhetoric continues to become more and more inflammatory.
So, swoosh! A third swing and a miss. I think you're out.
