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uhnope

(6,419 posts)
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 06:29 PM Jun 2014

Former RT Host Adam Kokesh Defends Vegas Shooters As 'Victims' Who Were Killing Cops To Save Lives



Adam Kokesh's RT webpage. RT had to take him off because, by endorsing Ron Paul, he was technically acting as an unregistered Foreign Agent of the Russian government, but they apparently still think he's peachy.

Please add your name to the petition to get RW Hate off Las Vegas radio in the wake of the shootings.

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/06/libertarian-host-defends-vegas-shooters
A libertarian gun activist -- who was convicted on weapons charges after he carried a loaded shotgun in downtown Washington, D.C. -- this week defended two people who recently went on a shooting rampage in Las Vegas, killing two police officers and another person. On his Wednesday Internet show, Adam Kokesh blasted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for noting that Jerad and Amanda Miller had been inspired by his gun activism.

"You're not going to get away with it this time USA Today and SPLC," Kokesh insisted, arguing that the shooters had acted because "authority has become a homicidal institution against freedom." Kokesh asserted that the slaying of the two officers was not "murder" because police are likely to kill people.

"Let's say someone is going around stabbing people, like just stabbing people," he opined. "It's not murder to kill someone in that situation. And has been pointed out about the Vegas shooting, when you have police officers that are going around and doing violent things all day long, and then they take a break for lunch, well, it doesn't mean all of the sudden they're innocent or they're being peaceful because they're taking a break from all of their other anti-freedom, rights-violating violence."

"Think of how many lives might have been saved by this incident. How many people would these cops have killed had they not been killed?" he asked. "We can only hope that some of the officers in America are listening -- if you care about your own safety -- to understand that you are hurting people, and you can only push them so far before they hit a breaking point." Kokesh argued that blaming Jerad and Amanda Miller was "kind of like blaming the victim," adding that they could have been thinking about the time his home was raided after he posted the video of himself loading a shotgun in downtown D.C.


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Former RT Host Adam Kokesh Defends Vegas Shooters As 'Victims' Who Were Killing Cops To Save Lives (Original Post) uhnope Jun 2014 OP
Then why are you posting his stuff here? zeemike Jun 2014 #1
Who died and made you boss? brucefan Jun 2014 #3
Who died and made you the censor? zeemike Jun 2014 #4
Pay attention,Francis brucefan Jun 2014 #5
Sorry I poised the question to the OP zeemike Jun 2014 #6
1. uhnope Jun 2014 #2
You are on a crusade based on a rather non-nuanced viewpoint (propagandizing) newthinking Jun 2014 #7
I'm not a RWer so back off uhnope Jun 2014 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author newthinking Jun 2014 #7

brucefan

(1,549 posts)
3. Who died and made you boss?
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 07:13 PM
Jun 2014

I get most of my news and links from DU,and I thank the poster for linking to it.If you don't like it don't read it.

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
4. Who died and made you the censor?
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 07:22 PM
Jun 2014

that can decide what is proper news source for DU?
And yet you posted a video of the nut job ranting.

 

uhnope

(6,419 posts)
2. 1.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 06:46 PM
Jun 2014

1. in order to draw attention to the overlap between out-there Libertarians, RW gun right wackos, and RT
2. to draw attention to movement in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting to get dangerous inciters like Alex Jones off the air. https://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/las-vegas-shooting-take-alex-jones-off-las-vegas-radio

newthinking

(3,982 posts)
7. You are on a crusade based on a rather non-nuanced viewpoint (propagandizing)
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 03:08 AM
Jun 2014

and it is awkward on a liberal board. Nothing wrong with having a strong opinion, we all tend to get a little caught up in what we believe. It is not really the posts but the way you are posting them. Then if someone makes a counterargument you red-bait even when you know your counter is not true.



It is ironic that most of your posts on this do exactly what you accuse RT of doing.

That is one of the problems with using RW like (end justifies the means) tactics. RWs often are not even aware how they often are fighting something that they themselves struggle with.

Much of the community gets tired too of the constant posts of flavor of the day that sometimes try to do the same thing.
People here are intelligent and they can make their own evaluations and liberals are generally pretty good about it. They really don't need someone to post almost the same post over and over, unlike Right wingers they are generally more informed and it is not as effective.

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