Conservative Terrorist Eric Rudolph Reveals Motives

[Modem Butterfly]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/13/eric.rudolph/index.html

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Revealing his motives for the first time, Eric Robert Rudolph blames the death and violence behind the four bombings he's confessed to in Georgia and Alabama on the legalization of abortion and "aberrant sexual behavior."

The attacks, which occurred between 1996 and 1998, killed two people and wounded more than 110 people.

Rudolph issued a rambling 11-page statement Wednesday after pleading guilty in Alabama and Georgia, declaring: "Abortion is murder. And when the regime in Washington legalized, sanctioned and legitimized this practice, they forfeited their legitimacy and moral authority to govern." (Read excerpts)

SNIP

In his statement Wednesday, he said that while homosexuality does not pose a threat when kept in private, the "attempt to force society to accept and recognize this behavior" should be met with "force if necessary."

Sound like anyone we know?

[MrBenchley]

1. Sounds like pretty much every Republican around...

[Modem Butterfly]

2. "It's fine as long as you keep it to yourself..."

Yeah, sounds like a whole BUNCH of people.

[MrBenchley]

4. "Those people don't know their place"....

Yeah, Rudolph fits right in....what a shame he's got legal problems, or he might make a fine Supreme Court nominee...or replacement for Karl Rove...

[ecdab]

10. He sounds like a folk hero

for "focus on the family" and other wing nut groups. His views are pretty much what they want in a Supreme Court nominee. I expect they will push for an Eric Rudolph lite; you know, somebody that has same beliefs but hasn't bombed anybody just yet.

[MrBenchley]

16. Pin-up boy for the American Taliban...

[napi21]

3. Yep, and I read yesterday that the Pubs are saying he did the right thing!

Many believe that killing Dr's, nurses, and patients at abortion clinics is a justified action!

Of course, I think they're nuts, but they never explain why they don't view capital punishment the same way! Isn't that murder too? How about "collateral damage"?

[indepat]

5. And when a regime in Washington legalizes, sanctions and legitimizes

certain actions which result in mass deaths, one wonders if Mr. Rudolph and all true believers think that regime has forfeited its legitimacy and moral authority to govern?

[Howardx]

6. i like the term "christian extremist"

conservative terrorist is good too;)

[ProfessorGAC]

9. How About "Radical Christian Terrorist"?

Sort of combines both ideas.

And, the logic is this, as i read it: Because we're killing people, we fix it by killing people. OK?!?!?

Yet, since he's mad at Washington, and thinks force is necessary, he didn't go to Washington D.C. and take it directly to the gov't. He went commando on unsuspecting people not directly responsible for the decisions. There's a common word for this: COWARDICE!
The Professor

[ecdab]

11. Radical right wing terrorist

fits the bill. We need a nice % of the Christian vote to win, so calling him names (however accurate) that offend the over sensitive might not be helpful.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. They're Not Retrievable Anyway

Those that would be offended by calling a killer a bad name are those we will never convince to shed the repubs if the repubs were a colony of fleas.

That sort of hypersensitivity is something i think we should just ignore.
The Professor

[ecdab]

17. It not calling a killer bad names

so much as it associating a despised national figure with their religion. Since I moved to North Carolina (from Chicago) I've learned a little bit about how hypersensitive run of the mill southern Christians can be about about their religion. When I was going door to door before the last election - mainly to people that were registered Democrats, the number of questions I had to answer about the religious implications of supporting Democrats was staggering. I've come to believe that any realistic Democratic strategy for winning in the south has to involve toning down comments that offend hypersensitive southern Christians. They are a long way from being un-retrievable.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. But, Isn't It True?

Isn't he the one who professes to be driven by Christian motives? I don't see how we alienate anybody who is persuadable, by telling the truth. Maybe i'm missing something.

How can a retrievable southern christian be offended by hearing the truth?
The Professor

[Modem Butterfly]

20. DAMN YOU PROFESSOR GAC!

This time you beat me by 3 minutes, and used a whole heck of a lot fewer words, too.

:evilgrin:

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Mea Culpa, MB!

The Professor

[Modem Butterfly]

24. Blast!

Victory shall be mine!

[ecdab]

23. Oh, it's true alright

I'm just thinking in terms of what is lost and what is gained politically. We are not talking about a group of PH-D's here, nor am I addressing all southerns universally. To me, this about getting folks that used to vote Democrat to do so again. They don't want to hear the truth - that much is obvious (they are voting Republican after all). I say, why grind their faces in truths they don't want - why throw away votes. Do we gain something by doing that?

[Modem Butterfly]

19. I've lived here for 10 years

Any comments other than the straight-line "the Bible is the literal word of an angry white male God" is going to offend the hypersensitive. That's why they're called hypersensitive in the first place. The Repugs have managed to so successfully conflate Xianity with their party that even the ministers preach the GOP from their pulpits. We have to win the reasonable heart of the south before we can reach the freaky-deaky fringes.

[Modem Butterfly]

14. Anyone that takes offense on behalf of Eric Rudolph...

...isn't voting Dem anyway.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. GMTA, Modem!

My post says the exact same thing.
The Professor

[The Stranger]

7. Article doesn't mention "terrorism" or "terror" or "terrorist."

Ah, right, Rudolph is White.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

8. of course his mother is an ex-nun...filled his developing brain with ....

with all that crap....pounded it into his tender soul and destroyed him and others...she will have to answer for it too!!

[peekaloo]

12. Thank you Eric for attempting to save us from ourselves.

:sarcasm:

Let's see what gets forced on you in prison.

Rot away, you miserable bastid.

[ComerPerro]

21. ChristoFasicsts

[Proud2BAmurkin]

25. What's his Freeper handle?

scumbag

[Supersedeas]

26. onward Fascist Fundies

[Kraklen]

27. So he admits he hates us for our freedoms.

Quite literally.