Lafayette gunman who killed two women during ‘Trainwreck’ aired radical anti-feminist views on loca

[niyad]

(the jerk who kept giving him airtime refers to him as "entertainment"--he has a lot to answer for)

Lafayette gunman who killed two women during ‘Trainwreck’ aired radical anti-feminist views on local TV


The gunman who killed two women and wounded nine other moviegoers in Louisiana had a long history of anger and violence toward women.



John Russell Houser, who fatally shot himself after police thwarted his apparent escape plans, appeared at least a dozen times on a television talk show in the 1990s, where he would make outrageous comments against women and feminism.


“Whatever he wanted to talk about, it would generate calls,” said Calvin Floyd, who hosted WLTZ-TV’s “Rise & Shine” program. “He was anti-abortion. The best I can recall, Rusty had an issue with feminine rights. He was opposed to women having a say in anything. You could talk with him a few minutes, and you would know he had a high IQ but there was a lot missing with him.”




The 59-year-old Houser fired off 13 rounds, pausing to reload, during a screening Thursday evening of “Trainwreck,” a comedy starring Amy Schumer that has been variously praised and criticized for its feminist themes about sexuality.
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“The association I had with him was for entertainment,” Floyd said. “He was very entertaining. He made for good TV and when it was over, you would leave shaking your head.” He described Houser, who posted an article on Facebook about limiting women’s participation in church, as an angry and radical person.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/gunman-who-killed-two-women-during-trainwreck-aired-radical-anti-feminist-views-on-local-tv/

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

1. A producer on CNN who knew him in Georgia said he also flew a confederate flag at his house

as well as a Don't Tread On Me flag.

[tanyev]

2. "He was very entertaining. He made for good TV."

There's a big part of the problem right there. Did Calvin Floyd or anyone associated with that show ever ask, "Can we find someone who's not quite so angry and radical?"

[niyad]

3. apparently not. and I wish they would quit using the word "radical" for these reactionary sob's.

[Bluenorthwest]

21. He's also lying. He used those appearances to bait 'the libbers' according to Floyd's Facebook page

It's all 'true conservatives' and 'libbers' and 'feminine rights'.

[d_r]

4. I am just going to say something

for everyone in the rest of the USA.

You have no idea what "Rise and Shine" on Columbus TV was like. None.

It came on at 5 am. As a college at Auburn in the 90s sometimes I was still up to see it.

I can't do it credit, but basically, Calvin and a couple of other people would sit at a set that was a kitchen. They were nice, southern country people. They sat around the kitchen table. They had some sponsers like RC cola and they'd talk about RC a while and how good it was, and mention golden flake or some local garage where the guy was a good mechanic.

They would read the newspaper. No you have to remember that the internet was brand new. We had it at the university but most people didn''t. Some people had like AOL or compuserve, the world wide web was brand new. So they'd set at the table and Calvin would read the day's newspaper. And they had a phone line where people could call in. And they had like regular callers.

"Caaalvin, I was listening to you read that story in the paper and...."

And then the other guy would talk a while about how the fishing is and what good bait is right now, and some folks would call in and tell how the fishing was at so-and-so and what kind of bait they used. And sometimes guests would come on and show the fish they caught or something like that.

Then Calvin might read the paper some more, maybe the sports section, and there would be calls about the Dawgs this and bama that and how Auburn was superior to either in every way, that sort of thing.

I know that they didn't have a delay in the phone calls or seem to screen them because sometimes they'd get crank calls. Sometimes they would get that they were cranks (like the callers would cuss or something) and cut them off but usually they didn't get it and it could be funny because people would sort of troll them, before trolling was a thing. And sometimes they would have guests come on like Rusty so that would people would call in.

It was surreal, and I think Calvin was more self-aware than he let on.


I found this on youtube. Looks like they got a kitchen upgrade but it pretty much illustrates everything I was trying to say, don't watch it if you are going to get offended and don't blame me.

[REP]

5. A lot of dancing will be done to avoid admitting that he was looking to kill women

The anti-woman rants have been remembered.

He went to a "women's" movie - a rom-com - written by and starring a woman with outspoken, unconventional views on traditional female sexuality, and shot the first two women he could.

But naw. It's about anything else. Not the poisonous hate of women that isn't that hard to find.

[riderinthestorm]

6. This was a hate crime. That won't be popular for people to admit but it is what it is

this guy hated women.

He purposefully chose a rom-com which would be filled with women theater goers and then only killed women.



Hate crime.

[smirkymonkey]

16. +100

[niyad]

24. exactly

[sufrommich]

7. I think he probably based his movie pick on which

movie would attract the most women. He also had a domestic violence conviction.

[Solly Mack]

8. K&R

[nolabear]

9. I'm glad someone is noticing this. I don't see it anywhere else.

It was clearly a hate crime against women, and should be called that. He was clinically mentally ill, but that's the form his illness took.

[riderinthestorm]

10. 9 replies in 1.5 hours. If this had been an AA hate crime DU would have exploded

violence against women?

....yawn



When DU feminists point out that DUers are oblivious to women's issues, this thread is just another example.

A sad kick...

[laundry_queen]

15. Yup. nt

[smirkymonkey]

22. +1000

[nolabear]

23. I hope someday we refuse to let it be that way.

Even our rage isn't taken seriously.

[niyad]

25. sadly, you are quite correct.

[Anansi1171]

33. As an AA i am hardly offended and can appreciate the lack of resonance...

...as opposed to the killings of unarmed blacks by police.

This was UNDOUBTEDLY a Hate Crime! Violence against women is ALWAYS subordinated and minimized because that's it's sanction in just about every society on earth.

I am literally sick to stomach at what that bigot did. Lord knows I don't want a police state, but I do want an end to the Rusty Houser's of the world.

What could he fear, to hate so much?

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. so that is who talk radio allowed on the air

[Starry Messenger]

12. Anti-woman hate is bigotry.

Sadly it is so normalized in this country, that these stories generate no interest.

[prayin4rain]

13. Unfortunately, his ideas are not unusual in our society. Although not many men go shoot random

women in the street, many do murder and beat the women in their lives. And many more men simply believe that women exist for their entertainment and sexual gratification, regardless of the age of either party. It amazes me how normalized the idea that women are second class citizens is in our society.

[smirkymonkey]

17. +100

[Nay]

20. ^^This, definitely.^^

It jumped out at me that this guy was your garden-variety misogynist who chose a rom-com so he could kill mainly women. Now, I have no idea what sex the injured people are, but to me it's telling that he sat behind two women and killed them both. After he did that, he may have had to just shoot at anybody who came at him regardless of their sex, but he made sure he killed women first.

You are entirely right that his ideas are not unusual in this society. Men like this have a 'predator' view of themselves, and everyone else (but ESPECIALLY women) are the 'prey.' If the 'prey' turns around and bites back through legal means or physical means, these men feel like the ordained order of the universe has been violated. However, even in this universe, prey always gets to fight back; it irritates guys like this that the prey gets to fight back and win occasionally. My bet is that he could be a malignant narcissist, but those kind of people do well in this society generally so he never got put in the padded room he deserved.

[me b zola]

14. K&R

[Warren DeMontague]

18. "a twisted, angry man upset at a per­ceived moral decay that he thought was destroy­ing the US"

http://blog.adl.org/extremism/lafayette-shooting-suspect-fixated-on-perceived-moral-decay


Yes, those people seem to have an awful lot of trouble adapting to the 21st century.

[Aerows]

19. Mass shooting

Because the internet just isn't a big enough place to be an asshole in. Tragic .

[niyad]

26. . . .

[Gothmog]

27. An expanded background check would have stopped this man

[beam me up scottie]

28. Kick for the victims.

[niyad]

29. thank you

[noiretextatique]

30. a gigantic FUCK YOU to america for allowing massacres to become normal

fuck you NRA, fuck you congress, fuck you media. this shit is so far from normal, it is hard to even describe how fucked up it is. stop the madness of accepting mass murder as normal....it is nothing but madness!!!!

[niyad]

34. exactly!

[Skittles]

31. racism and misogyny and homophobia are NOT ENTERTAINING

stop giving these sick fucks attention

[demmiblue]

32. K&R for visibility.

[niyad]

35. . . .