Jim D. Adkisson
The Knoxville shootings, hypocrisy, and biased reporting
by Lewis Loflin
Sunday, July 28, 2008: Jim D. Adkisson, an unemployed truck driver, was accused of killing two and wounding six others at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was described in news reports as a "stranger" to the church and his ex-wife attended there years ago. His criminal record consisted of a few drunken driving charges. At the time 25 kids were doing a play called "Annie," about 200 people total were in the church. He avoided shooting the children and walked right by some of them, but targeted adults. (AP)
Update August 21, 2008: The press reports a Knox County grand jury indicted Jim Adkisson on two charges of first-degree murder and six counts of attempted first-degree murder. He is being held on a $1 million bond.
Yet these brave people were not going to sit by and be slaughtered, they jumped and disarmed the murderer. They prevented another Virginia Tech style massacre by their actions. Yet the Unitarian Universalists as an organization, supports other murderers that do the very same thing to others.
What are the UUs?
The Unitarian Universalists were formed in 1961 from the then separate Unitarians and Universalists and are not a church, but a left-wing, liberal social and political organization. Most are Humanists, pagans, atheists, etc. If anything are anti-Christian in many respects. Because they are mostly atheists, but desire a "church" social structure, instead of God they turn to an assortment far-left political causes. (This is also true of other "liberal" Christian denominations.)
For example the Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento was in full support of Palestinian terrorism and the destruction of Israel. (Report of the Third North American Conference of the Palestine Solidarity Movement Rutgers University - New Brunswick, New Jersey October 10-12, 2003) So why are they silent when Arabs do this same thing with Jews? In fact most of their agenda is political, but that is no excuse for this crime.
To quote, "Eight members of Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East—seven from First Parish UU Church in Cambridge, MA and one from First UU Church in San Diego, CA—traveled to Israel and the Palestinian Territories on a 10-day fact-finding mission. The trip, initiated by Don McInnes, co-chair of UUs for Justice in the Middle East, and inspired by the 2002 UUA General Assembly Action of Immediate Witness entitled Toward Peace and Justice in the Middle East, was intended partly as a journey of self-education and partly as a show of solidarity with the people involved in the daily struggle for peace and justice. We prepared for our trip in an atmosphere of great uncertainty and more than a little anxiety—uncertainty over gaining admittance to first Israel and later the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and anxiety about the escalating violence in the region, including the looming US invasion of Iraq."
None of this has anything to do with a church. This "fact finding tour" was bought and paid for by a terrorist supporting group known as The Holy Land Trust. The entire "report" was just PLO propaganda. For example they whined about Israeli roadblocks and the hardship on Palestinians, the occupation of Gaza, etc. The only problem is Gaza hasn't been "occupied" by Israel in two years, no Jews are allowed to live there, and rocket attacks against Israeli civilians is an everyday event. (This was written in 2002, but they still refuse to condemn it today.) Before Israel liberated the West Bank from Jordan (there was no Palestinian state) in 1967, they (the leftist' UUs) failed to mention that the Jews there were wiped out and daily terror attacks occurred from there too. Just like the UUs did in Knoxville, Israel is defending its children from murdering savages. It was OK in Knoxville, but if Israel does it, it's wrong. Liberals are simply obscene and deluded on these issues.
With due respect, once a "church" meddles in politics they deserve no respect as a church. More on the Holy Land Trust.
Biased Reporting
This shooting got all sorts of national coverage and was indeed a crime I believe Adkisson deserves the death penalty for, but a far more brutal Knoxville crime was committed in 2007 when five blacks carjacked, gang-raped and murdered a young white couple because they were white. So why did the left-wing press jump all over this crime, yet have ignored the more brutal murders of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom.
Knoxville shooting suspect targeted church for 'liberal leanings' screams many headlines across America as they demand "hate crime" charges against Adkisson. But isn't "liberal" a political position? When did liberals become a race or protected minority? "Police found right-wing political books, brass knuckles, empty shotgun shell boxes and a handgun in the Powell home of a man who said he attacked a church in order to kill liberals "who are ruining the country," court records show." So says www.knoxnews.com (July 28, 2008) and every other major liberal newspaper.
To continue, "Inside the house, officers found "Liberalism is a Mental Health Disorder" by radio talk show host Michael Savage, "Let Freedom Ring" by talk show host Sean Hannity, and "The O'Reilly Factor," by television talk show host Bill O'Reilly." The they followed that with the following words such as: The shotgun-wielding suspect...motivated by a hatred...he stated his "hatred of the liberal movement...as well as gays..." What else did they find? Let's list all of it.
They also provide proof this isn't a church, but more a political organization: "Owen (Knoxville police chief) said Adkisson's stated hatred of the liberal movement was not necessarily connected to any hostility toward Christianity or religion per say, but rather the political advocacy of the church. The church's Web site states that it has worked for "desegregation, racial harmony, fair wages, women's rights and gay rights" since the 1950s. Current ministries involve emergency aid for the needy, school tutoring and support for the homeless, as well as a cafe that provides a gathering place for gay and lesbian high-schoolers." They also said, "Adkisson does not appear to be a member of any church himself..."
So the press connects the actions of a disturbed man as somehow being programmed by talk radio, the political rival of much of that same press. Yet the millions of other talk radio listeners have never done such a thing. It's part of their political agenda of right-wing hate (it's hate anytime it isn't left-wing) and yet they failed to report the Christian/Newsom murder outside Knoxville because it was politically incorrect. Why was it incorrect? Race killings are always done by whites in their view, blacks are always victims.
A note for the reader, I'm a classical Unitarian and have attended UU churches in the past. I left when they went over to atheism, etc. These are nice people, and there's no excuse for what happened in Knoxville. Humanism and atheism are the same thing.
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