John Russell Houser, the Lafayette theater shooter:
In the early '90s, he was a regular guest on a local call-in television show where he'd be the conservative Republican pitted against a Democrat to debate issues. The host, Calvin Floyd, said Houser had radical opinions that included advocating violence against abortion providers, keeping women out of the workplace and fearing a military takeover of civilian government.
"He made a lot of wild accusations," said Floyd, who hosted the show on WLTZ-TV in Columbus for more than two decades. "He could make the phones ring."
Houser's brain fed by Erick Erickson's RedState Headlines like:
Defund Planned Parenthood: These 7 Senators Need Pressure NOW
StemExpress Gets “Fully Intact” Babies
Do Or Do Not. There Is No Try
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 31st, 2015 at 09:18 AM | 77
Republicans in the Congress are beginning to use the word “try.” They will try to defund Planned Parenthood. But the President has a veto and they do not have the votes to override the veto. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) 44% has moved from try to “can’t.” He says Republicans cannot defund Planned Parenthood because of the President’s veto.
Cecil the Lion is Dead. So Are Millions of Unborn Babies
Planned Parenthood Is Our Auschwitz
Defunding Evil is More Important Than Building Roads
Planned Parenthood Dehumanizes Its Victims To Abuse Them
More on John Russell Houser and RedState misogyny below:
Police investigators are still trying to determine the motive behind John Russell "Rusty" Houser's shooting rampage at the Grand Theatre in Lafayette, Louisiana. On Sunday, Louisiana State Police Colonel Michael Edmonson said Houser had written down the date, time, location and movie title for the Trainwreck screening in his journal, indicating the shooting was pre-meditated.
As details of Houser's troubled history with the women in his life emerge — including protective orders filed against him by both his daughter and estranged wife, and multiple television appearances filled with anti-women rhetoric — there has been increasing speculation that the man was, in many respects, a misogynist. As such, questions have been raised about whether he intentionally targeted Trainwreck, a movie about a sexually empowered woman, written by and starring proud feminist Amy Schumer.
Houser vocalized his anti-feminist views about women in the workplace and abortion in frequent appearances on a talk show called Rise and Shine in Georgia in the 1990s. He spoke about a wide range of far-right topics and a popular theme was women's rights. "Rusty had an issue with feminine rights," former host Calvin Floyd told The Washington Post. "He was opposed to women having a say in anything."
Witness Houser spawner Erick Erickson's eruption of toxic misogyny earlier this year:
I never thought I’d be spurred to defend GOP Rep. Renee Ellmers, but the misogyny coming from the right, in the wake of her helping torpedo the 20-week abortion ban, is appalling.
The boys over at Red State are leading the charge, with sexually insecure sad sack Erick Erickson calling her “the GOP’s Abortion Barbie” (his sick nickname for Wendy Davis) and now another Red Stater, Aaron Gardner, asking “Is Renee Ellmers worthy of life?”
In a country where abortion providers have been murdered and clinics bombed, that’s a particularly ugly provocation.
That's what you get from the uglies: ugly.