Terry Karney (who has more than a bit of credibility), writes:
What really matters (and is going to be glossed) is hinted at in the headline for that piece I linked to.
Bill O'Reilly, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity on accused shooter's reading list
The letter this guy (who appears, to have been planning suicide by cop, as well as the political statement) wrote make it, at the very least a hate crime. But as Orcinus has been pointing out for years, this is really terrorism, and of the sort we ought to be expecting; and trying to stop, because it is the most common sort.
The letter found in this guy's car said he hated liberals, because of how they were ruining the country, and that he couldn't get at the people they elected, so he was going after the ones who voted.
People like Medved, Micheal Reagan, O'Reilly, Coulter, Limbaugh, etc. have been saying this sort of thing for years. They get glossed with the nasty little rubric that it's humor, comedy, social commentary. All the while they spout that any liberal who says the least little thing they dislike is corrupting the youth/nation/world with terrible efficiency.
I'd put Michael Savage on that list, too.
Ed Brayton's commenter cites Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter et al.--
these are the folks who put the bug in this guy's brain that everything that was wrong in his life was due to "the liberals". They need to take responsibility for what they're doing and cut it out, or there's going to be more blood on their hands.
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