Southern Poverty Law Center website triggered FRC shooting

The Washington Examiner ^ | February 6. 2013 | Paul Bedard

[2ndDivisionVet]

The Family Research Council shooter, who pleaded guilty today to a terrorism charge, picked his target off a "hate map" on the website of the ultra-liberal Southern Poverty Law Center which is upset with the conservative group's opposition to gay rights.

Floyd Lee Corkins II pleaded guilty to three charges including a charge of committing an act of terrorism related to the August 15, 2012 injuring of FRC's guard. He told the FBI that he wanted to kill anti-gay targets and went to the law center's website for ideas.

At a court hearing where his comments to the FBI were revealed, he said that he intended to "kill as many as possible and smear the Chick-Fil-A sandwiches in victims' faces, and kill the guard." The shooting occurred after an executive with Chick-Fil-A announced his support for traditional marriage, angering same-sex marriage proponents.

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said that the Southern Poverty Law Center should take responsibility for the shooting and take down their hate map.

"The day after Floyd Corkins came into the FRC headquarter and opened fire wounding one of our team members, I stated that while Corkins was responsible for the shooting, he had been given a license to perpetrate this act of violence by groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center which has systematically and recklessly labeled every organization with which they disagree as a 'hate group,'" he said....

[manc]

sue them seeing as the left wing nuts like and are quick to sue others, take them for millions and put them out of business

[IMR 4350]

SPLC sued some guy for what he wrote in a book as encouraging violence, so what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

[TurboZamboni]

we need some “common sense regulations” restricting the speech of these leftist hate groups.

[re_nortex]

The SPLC is a wicked stain on the otherwise beautiful (and historic) city of Montgomery, Alabama.

In a sane world, the Southern Poverty Law Center would be ridden out of town on a rail (after some well-deserved tar and feathering of the vile Morris Dees) and relocated to some liberal cesspool such as Detroit. One can hope that good people of Montgomery will take appropriate but peaceful action to rid the great state of Alabama of this evil within.

In reality a terrorist outfit such as SPLC (along with its fellow fifth columnists such as the ACLU and CAIR) would be investigated, shut down and its principles convicted of treason. To alter the "All in the Family" theme song:

Mister, we could use a man like Joe McCarthy again...

[apoliticalone]

“This is an excellent chance to sue the SPLC out of existence.”

Isn’t that how they operate? Pick a religious group or political ideology they hate and then sue them out of existence? Sounds like they thrive on hate and not very tolerant.

[ozzymandus]

Sauce for the goose, etc. Or are you defending the communists at the SPLC? If they thrive on hate and not very tolerant, wouldn’t ending them be a good idea?

[Yardstick]

Someone needs to file a high profile lawsuit against the SPLC for this, just to get it in the headlines.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks 2ndDivisionVet!

[nutmeg]

bookmark

[newzjunkey]

Unlike the Tucson shooting, straight out of the horse's mouth, which is why you won't hear a peep about it in the legacy media.

I can hear the crickets even now...

[apoliticalone]

They are a self serving and self promoting group politically, financially and otherwise. I do not support them.

[rottndog]

I do not support them.

Well, actually you sorta do:

"The Southern Poverty Law Center is a tax-exempt, charitable organization incorporated in 1971 under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All contributions, grants and bequests are tax deductible. Our tax identification number is 63-0598743."

That means that all those that work for the SPLC, and the SPLC itself, make a pretty good living engaging in left wing politics and propaganda tax free (illegally by the way)--subsidized in however a small part, by you and the rest of us.

[OldNewYork]

When are we going to do something about this?

[Neoliberalnot]

SPLC = queers, racists, black klan members, shyster lawyers, all seeking the next target to shakedown.

[MileHi]

Mister, we could use a man like Joe McCarthy again...

Gee, our old LaSalle ran great...