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Family Research Council Shooter: I Got the Idea From Lib Group’s ‘Hate Map’

Feb. 6, 2013 4:19pm Becket Adams

Local and federal investigators work to gather evidence after a security guard was shot in the arm at the headquarters of the Family Research Council Aug. 15, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)

The Family Research Council shooter, Floyd Lee Corkins II, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to charges that include assault with intent to kill and committing an act of terrorism.

Shockingly enough, Corkins told FBI agents that he chose FRC as a target based on the liberal Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate map.”

In case you were unaware, the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated FRC a “hate group” because of the conservative organization’s position on gay marriage:

The Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate map” showing Family Research Council’s headquarters

“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,” the Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard notes.

“He told the FBI that he wanted to kill anti-gay targets and went to the law center’s website for ideas [emphasis added],” the report adds.

Corkins also told FBI agents that it was his intention to “kill as many as possible and smear the Chick-Fil-A sandwiches in victims’ faces, and kill the guard.”

At about 10:45 a.m. ET on the morning of the the shooting, Corkins entered the FRC lobby but was confronted by a security guard who asked him where he was going, the Washington Post reported. Corkins then took out a gun and opened fire on the guard before being wrestled to the ground and disarmed. He was later taken into FBI custody.

The incident occurred shortly after Chik-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy said in an interview that he supports traditional marriage, which explains the chicken sandwich-themed attack.

FRC president Tony Perkins has called on the Southern Poverty Law Center to take down its “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.

“Once again, I call on the SPLC to put an immediate stop to its practice of labeling organizations that oppose their promotion of homosexuality,” said Perkins, adding, “Whether the SPLC continues to demonize those who hold to biblical morality or not, the Family Research Council will remain unequivocally committed to our mission of advancing faith, family and freedom.”

As of this writing, the SPLC’s “hate map” still includes FRC.

Final Thought: Let’s take a trip in the WayBack Machine, shall we?

Shortly after a Tucson, Ariz., shooting spree that killed six people and wounded 13 others, including former Congresswoman Gabirelle Giffords, left-leaning journalists and bloggers raced each other to be the first to pin the blame on conservatives.

“Arizona massacre: Should Sarah Palin share the blame?” read one headline.

Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, blamed Palin as well as Sharron Angle for the shooting: “I think [their] statements are totally irresponsible and they’re not without consequences.”

Elsewhere, the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank blamed Palin and Glenn Beck for the shooting.

“Both are finally being held to account for recklessly playing with violent images in a way that is bound to incite the unstable,” said Milbank during an appearance on CNN’s “Reliable Sources.”

The New York Times’ Paul Krugman published a blog post blaming conservatives for the tragedy within hours of the incident:

Just yesterday, Ezra Klein remarked that opposition to health reform was getting scary. Actually, it’s been scary for quite a while, in a way that already reminded many of us of the climate that preceded the Oklahoma City bombing.

You know that Republicans will yell about the evils of partisanship whenever anyone tries to make a connection between the rhetoric of Beck, Limbaugh, etc. and the violence I fear we’re going to see in the months and years ahead. But violent acts are what happen when you create a climate of hate. And it’s long past time for the GOP’s leaders to take a stand against the hate-mongers.

Here’s the best part: “We don’t have proof yet that this was political, but the odds are that it was.”

Jared Loughner. (Associated Press).

Of course, as we now know, Loughner wasn’t motivated by conservatives — he was motivated by the voices inside his head. Prior to the Tuscon shooting, he didn’t watch TV, he burned American flags, he “disliked” the news, he pored over “The Communist Manifesto” and “Mein Kampf,” and he didn’t listen to talk radio. Furthermore, it has been revealed that he is a registered independent.

“He didn’t take sides. He wasn’t on the left. He wasn’t on the right,” said Loughner’s high school friend Zach Osle.

What are the chances Krugman, Milbank, and everyone else who has falsely accused conservatives of inciting violence will take on the SPLC for its apparently inspirational “hate map”?

Anyone?

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Comments (136)

pavepaws
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:52pm
So the Southern Poverty Law Center has become a domestic terrorist hate group?

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vaman
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:19am
As an accepted and established christian hate group, no one should be suprised at this shooting. The response to hate in many instances is hate.

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Bamagal0007
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 9:06am
First of all, the New Black Panthers IS a hate group…they advocate the killing of white babies, remember?
If this organization (FRC) had called for the extermination of homosexuals, then I could see them being on the map and marked a a hate group. But for having an opinion and expressing it? What is wrong with you libs?

BTW…will the outrage about waterboarding dissipate now?

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dovndce
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 1:08am
The perverted race-baiter and alternative-lifestyle advocate who peeks at teenage girls showering in his home, Morris Dees, and his SPLC got their property (headquarters) after suing the Klan now the Family Researc Council can do the same thing. FRC MUST sue the SPLC and take their headquarters and financial assets, bankrupt them !

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DYNA
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 12:07am
Our Christian church has armed guards and off duty policemen for similar reasons. Oh what a peaceful utopia the liberals have wrought. The same liberals that want to incrementally disarm moral, law abiding citizens.

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ellietoo
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 11:48pm
Here is a world turned upside down by the leftest Democratic party’s hate of traditional values. Bible believing Christians have always believed that homosexuality was a sin. The stand is not new. No bible believing Christian is out looking to harm or murder a homosexual despite the biblical stand concerning the practice. There is no demand to hurt or murder a homosexual in the new testament as there is in the koran. Are the Muslim mosques on this hate map?

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- Beachmastermax
  Posted on February 7, 2013 at 12:59am
  Great point about Mosques being on the hate map. If they are not, then that is proof that the “haters” are the SPLC and the people they inspire. They hate Christians period. Even though Jesus Christ tells us to hate no one, but rather have unconditional love for all. As Paul says, the greatest attribute (way).
  
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DebateMe
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 10:32pm
The left is increasingly successful at labeling you a ‘hate group’ whenever you simply disagree with something. Right now you’re a ‘hate group’ or ‘hater’ if you don’t agree with homosexuality. Soon, if not already, you’ll be a ‘hate group’ or ‘hater’ if you disagree with pretty much anything.

Some people still walk around complying with their mother’s out-dated wisdom that you don’t discuss politics and religion. I don’t think one has to walk around shoving their opinions down anyone’s throat. But when somebody asserts their liberal will over you and you don’t speak up, you are part of the problem. The days of trying to be polite by not expressing your views to someone who clearly has no concern for shoving their liberal views down your throat – that ship has sailed.

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- Beachmastermax
  Posted on February 7, 2013 at 1:00am
  Ditto.
  
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judyaz
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 9:43pm
Now Loughner’s a real hater — “motivated by the voices inside his head. Prior to the Tuscon shooting, he didn’t watch TV, he burned American flags, he “disliked” the news, he pored over “The Communist Manifesto” and “Mein Kampf,” and he didn’t listen to talk radio. Furthermore, it has been revealed that he is a registered independent.” Satan and/or insanity are “equal opportunity” or opportunists.

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THE_INFIDEL
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 7:51pm
Got the info from Democratic Hate Group maps?

Anyone know of a Republican Hate Group map??

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lmao@dems
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 7:33pm
“he was motivated by the voices inside his head. Prior to the Tuscon shooting, he didn’t watch TV, he burned American flags, he “disliked” the news, he pored over “The Communist Manifesto” and “Mein Kampf,” and he didn’t listen to talk radio. ”

That sounds like ‘The Third Archon’ and every other Dumcrap that think they know better.

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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 6:22pm
Hate crime. Sue the bass terds and the horse they rode in on! Sue the website, webmaster, President of the SPLC

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barber2
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 6:19pm
Can a society enjoy freedom of speech if the population is made up of dim-witted, ignorant, brain- washed , hate-filled people ? Isn’t that what we see now in the Middle East ? If America continues to increase in numbers of such people ( who are being inflamed by irresponsible politicians similar to the ME clerics who preach division and hate ) , can America continue to be a successful nation ?

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LockeStep
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 6:05pm
Does anyone doubt that had this been politically reversed and a Conservative had done the same thing to a Liberal group that there would already be an HBO movie about it. A movie that will sweep next years award season.

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barber2
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 6:01pm
This “Hate” labeling is almost as useful as playing the Race / Discrimination Card in bulldozing in one’s political agenda and in neutralizing / destroying one’s political opponents. Conservatives need to take a lesson from the Chicago Alinsky – Lefties who have made an art of these tactics .

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- Beachmastermax
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 6:05pm
  They can say your a “Hater”, but do not dare call them “Communist”. Just ask Bill O’Rielly.
  
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Beachmastermax
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 6:00pm
Could you imagine what the Libs and MSM would be doing if they had a Mass Killer saying he got his idea from a map at the NRA? They would be having a wet dream and you could not get away from the propoganda.

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MrBigBear
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 5:56pm
KEATONC333 Wrote: “… the majority of democrats are christian. nice straw man though! It does make sense that democrats would be christian. I mean look at what they stand for. equality, love for your fellow man, feed and helping the poor, acceptance of all types etc etc.”

You’re right they stand for a lot of things but they do essentially nothing themselves. They use the political process to force-out charitable organizations that dollar-for-dollar accomplish significantly more than the government. Secondly, conservatives give more money to organizations that help the individual than liberals. Liberals give more money to secular organizations – Acorn anyone?

So, what you stand for: Equality – that is fine under the law but even that according to Justice Sotomayor should be “adjusted” based on race, sexual preference, how much money you have, etc. So, no equality. According to Al Sharpton, “we’ll all be equal when we have the same stuff”, so, which equality do you want? Love: an undefinable emotion; Feeding/Helping the poor: nope, see Acorn and the like – my church feed 80,000 people a year no questions asked. Acceptance of all types: OK, Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein – do you accept these people? Why not Conservatives of all types?

See, you think we’re evil and we just think you’re wrong, that’s why we can accept you but not the other way around.

Have a nice day.

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- Beachmastermax
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 6:03pm
  Simply proof that we are in a spiritual war.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 6:08pm
  These Social Justice Democrat are not Christians . They have substituted Big Brother Collective , Materialistic Government for God . I can not figure out how any true Christian , especially a Catholic, could be part of this materialistically obsessed cabal of Big Brother robots and parrots .
  
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