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Thank you, Family Research Council, for now conceding what conservative groups have been loath to acknowledge in recent years: the truth that incendiary rhetoric indeed does contribute to a climate conducive to politically motivated violence.
Never has the moment seemed more opportune to forge consensus around an overdue new rule in the culture wars. Starting now, can we all please watch our words?
Most likely, you're aware of the incident that ignited this renewed debate about rhetoric and violence. Last week, a volunteer from a Washington, D.C., community center for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people walked into the headquarters of the Family Research Council, an influential conservative Christian organization, with a gun, a box of ammunition and a burning grudge against the group and its anti-gay politics and rhetoric, authorities said. The suspect, according to court documents, shot a security guard in the arm before he was subdued by that same guard and taken into custody.
Thank goodness no one was killed and that the security guard acted so heroically to prevent the incident from getting far worse. The group's fiercest opponents in the ongoing national arguments -- organizations representing ardent secularists and gay-rights advocates -- were quick to condemn the shooting, and rightly so. Conservatives have likewise been clear, for the most part, in their denunciations of violence committed against liberal figures over the years.
Here's where the plot gets thicker.
Since the shooting, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins has been implicating the "reckless rhetoric" that gay-rights groups have been leveling against his organization in recent years, especially the charge that FRC is a hate group. The Southern Poverty Law Center, a widely respected civil rights group, made waves in 2010 when it issued a new list of gay-rights opponents that the center deemed "hate groups"-- a list that includes FRC.
Perkins contends that the man charged in the shooting, Floyd Lee Corkins, "was given a license by ... the Southern Poverty Law Center who ... labeled us a hate group because we defend the family and we stand for traditional orthodox Christianity."
Perkins' charge is irritating for misstating the reason for FRC's inclusion on the hate-group list. As the Southern Poverty Law Center stressed when it released the list and in the days after last week's shooting, spreading false propaganda about LGBT people is the reason for the hate-group label, not FRC's stand against gay marriage or its defense of traditionalist views on families and faith. If you doubt the truth of that, consider the fact that the SPLC has notably left Focus on the Family off its hate group list and credited the Colorado-based evangelical organization for moderating its tone even while continuing its strong stand for traditional marriage and Christianity.
Yet there's something promising about Perkins' statement: his overdue acknowledgment, unintended though it might be, of the role of rhetoric in political violence. This is something many conservative groups like his have disclaimed in the aftermath of shootings against liberal targets in recent years, from abortion provider George Tiller (fatal) to ex-congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (not fatal but career-ending).
In a revealing episode in 2009, when many liberals were implicating right-wing rhetoric in Tiller's murder, Perkins rejected any relationship between language and violence. The FRC chief rushed to the defense of Fox News television hostBill O'Reilly, who was being widely accused of stoking the shooter's rage by referring to Tiller as "Tiller the Baby Killer" and likening late-term abortions to the sinister practices of the Nazis.
O'Reilly, Perkins said at the time, was an "easy target for the liberal media who tried to pin some of the blame on O'Reilly, saying he incited the violence by decrying these unnecessary procedures on his show. "Despite the unfair allegations, O'Reilly spoke the truth, bringing new light to a gruesome procedure. On behalf of ... millions of values voters, we want to express our gratitude to a culture warrior who uses his national platform to promote life."
Given his statements since the FRC shooting, we can only assume that Perkins has now seen the light.
Is it fair and responsible to label FRC a hate group? Whichever side of the debate you take, realize the distinction the SPLC is making between the organizations on its anti-gay hate-groups list -- groups shown to repeatedly scapegoat and slander homosexuals with malicious misinformation -- and groups like Focus on the Family that have gotten out of the demonization game, and are nowhere to be found on the hate list.
Not all FRC critics, alas, are equally careful. Some gay-advocacy groups and secular-progressive culture warriors have been fast and loose with that "hate" label, indiscriminately attaching it to any traditionalist who has the temerity to voice the opinion that gay marriage is a bad idea. I disagree with that position, but I reject the notion that holding to it automatically constitutes hate.
Enough with pinning "hate group" on all conservative Christian organizations. Enough with likening abortion-providers to Nazis and death merchants. Enough with campaign rhetoric such as Vice President Biden's warning to an audience with a large black presence that the Republicans are bent on putting "y'all back in chains." This "reckless rhetoric," to use Perkins' term, is not the cause of violence, but it certainly throws fuel on the fire.
Both sides in the culture war now have blood on their hands, and blood on their doorsteps. Take it from Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council -- hostile rhetoric does bear a share of the blame.
It's time to check ourselves and start taking better care of the words we use for our political opponents.
Tom Krattenmaker is a Portland-based writer specializing in religion in public life and member of USA TODAY's Board of Contributors. He is the author of the forthcoming book The Evangelicals You Don't Know.
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View AllFavorites Recency | Popularity This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program humpfree263 Fans 36 minutes ago (11:32 AM)"Reckless rhetoric" from the left, right and center is called free speech. The price of this freedom is that sometimes those you disagree with may say offensive things. It's a great deal when you consider the alternative- "hate speech" laws enforced subjectively by the powers that be. No thanks.humpfree: "Reckless rhetoric" from the left, right and center is calledhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/humpfree/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180492252.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERtalkstocoyotes334 Fans 5 hours ago ( 7:08 AM)This was promising but in the end it dredges up the same old false equivalency bilge. Nothing new to see here, folks.talkstocoyotes: This was promising but in the end it dredges uphttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/talkstocoyotes/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180448187.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it HUFFPOST SUPER USERChristopher Stahnke41 Fans 5 hours ago ( 7:31 AM)Amen. This false equivalency has been well documented and just won't fly. When groups who believe that their positions cannot be argued about and are based on "faith" such that no matter what any of us say we are automatically wrong unless it is based on scripture are always going to end up being more abusive than liberals who are, at least theoretically, open to argument. If you show me evidence that I'm wrong I'll admit it often very reluctantly. But a fundamentalist will not consider any evidence at all that contradicts his firmly held belief. No equivalency whatsoever between the two groups.Christopher_Stahnke: Amen. This false equivalency has been well documented and justhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Christopher_Stahnke/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180450140.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERgmikejakeresist evil629 Fans 6 hours ago ( 6:18 AM)"Toning down the rhetoric," of course, would be very helpful as would stopping all the lies about other humans who just happen to be LGBT. But then, of course, what would the FRC, and Perkins, too, have to do all day? Loss of revenues, perhaps?gmikejake: "Toning down the rhetoric," of course, would be very helpfulhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/gmikejake/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180444853.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERTheApostateblasphemy for a half century94 Fans 6 hours ago ( 6:03 AM)Tony Perkins,aka,"the right hand of god" has one true interest....cashing the checks!TheApostate: Tony Perkins,aka,"the right hand of god" has one true interest....cashinghttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/TheApostate/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180443915.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it gfe279 Fans 2 hours ago (10:02 AM)no different than the LBGT groups.......gfe: no different than the LBGT groups.......http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/gfe/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180471771.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… been2thereFacts have a liberal bias.853 Fans 10 hours ago ( 2:35 AM)Hate speech can come back to haunt.been2there: Hate speech can come back to haunt.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/been2there/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180430870.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it HUFFPOST SUPER USERMrmiklos62 Fans 13 minutes ago (11:55 AM)FRC learned that lesson...or maybe they didn't. SADLY they may end up with another lesson.Mrmiklos: FRC learned that lesson...or maybe they didn't. SADLY they mayhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Mrmiklos/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180497881.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… jgdesr196 Fans 13 hours ago (11:32 PM)Mr. Perkins, there is nothing 'traditional' or 'orthodox' about the Christianity you preach. Jesus Christ very unequivocally told his followers: "Love one another, and I would have you love me." He also told them "What you do to the least among you, you do to me." He also told the crowd preparing to stone the prostitute in the street "Let he without sin cast the first stone."Regretfully, Mr. Perkins, you either have conveniently forgotten those lessons or have chosen to ignore them.
What you and your organization do preach is intolerance when Jesus taught tolerance; divisiveness when Jesus taught us to come together; exclusion when Jesus taught us to open our hearts; hatred when Jesus taught us to love.
Mr. Perkins, you and your ilk have taken the Gospels and re-wrote them to fit your misogynistic, homophobic, intolerant doxology. And last I checked, Dante reserved a very specific circle for the hypocrites and traitors to the name of God.jgdesr1: Mr. Perkins, there is nothing 'traditional' or 'orthodox' about thehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/jgdesr1/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180406373.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation.
Loading comments… nb2d6 Fans 14 hours ago (10:34 PM)"Either you side with Chick-Fil-A or you don't, but one thing is for certain, if you want chicken you need a hen and a rooster."nb2d: "Either you side with Chick-Fil-A or you don't, but onehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/nb2d/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180395452.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it HUFFPOST SUPER USERtalkstocoyotes334 Fans 5 hours ago ( 7:09 AM)"One hen, one rooster -- for life."Oh, wait......talkstocoyotes: "One hen, one rooster -- for life." Oh, wait......http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/talkstocoyotes/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180448265.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation.
Loading comments… Tribalenvy1962 Fans 37 minutes ago (11:30 AM)If you had read the article, you'd know you're obviously commenting on the wrong one. It lends to your dubious credibility if you could manage to even post about the article in question.Tribalenvy: If you had read the article, you'd know you're obviouslyhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Tribalenvy/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180491929.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation.
Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program JazzGuitar72343 Fans 14 hours ago (10:34 PM)It surely hasn't required that one be a social phychologist, or rocket scientist, to see the unintended and violent rconsequences of misinformation from the media and well funded "family" oriented groups in America. Cooler heads must prevail, are you listening WBC, and the hate rheteoric and mongering must stop. This is one of the best articles for common sense and truth in reporting I have read. All, the religious and non-religious alike, those who advocate peace and those for war against differences, and the fence sitters must take heed of those words.
Mr. Krattenmaker, your article is beautifully worded and sensibly patterned for human understanding. I hope your posting of this article in USATODAY got the positive responses it so richly deserves.JazzGuitar72: It surely hasn't required that one be a social phychologist,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/JazzGuitar72/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180395390.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation.
Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERzevonia276 Fans 14 hours ago (10:20 PM)Sorry Mr Krattenmaker, but I think Tony Perkins believes that only liberal rhetoric is reckless and leads to violence. I'm sure he thinks his rhetoric is just the truth and doesn't understand why anyone would think it reckless. I also believe that Mr Perkins thinks violence against gay people is what they ask for by being "sinners". I don't really see him changing his position any time soon.zevonia: Sorry Mr Krattenmaker, but I think Tony Perkins believes thathttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/zevonia/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180392828.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… qwerpa15 Fans 15 hours ago ( 9:16 PM)"Starting now, can we all please watch our words?"No, I won't self-censor myself because you don't like what I have to say. Politically active free-market fundamentalists, i.e. Republicans, are using the same Big-Lie tactics pioneered by Nazi information-minister Goebbels. Is that imagery too "violent" for you? Too bad, because it's the truth.
There is nothing "promising" about Perkin's words. He fights for his cause any way he can. He thinks he can make progress by silencing his critics. No, you cannot stop speech; you cannot silence it nor would you want to any more than you would want to squelch someone's feelings. If people have those feelings, they should be communicated and investigated, not swept under the rug.
Censorship _radicalizes_ speech. If, being from USA Today, you want a safe and comfortable world, then you have to do the hard work of ameliorating the crux of the problems, not play whack-a-mole on their outcomes forever. Gain the wisdom of Jesus. Love your enemies even as they are without the need to change them first. His words ring out clearly from the Bible, even today.qwerpa: "Starting now, can we all please watch our words?" No,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/qwerpa/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180379566.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation.
Loading comments… addisonsteele482 Fans 17 hours ago ( 6:47 PM)Biden's comment was not reckless rhetoric. In supporting the private prison industry, the GOP is supporting slavery. The industry is exploiting the exception in the 13th Amendment by which convicts can be forced into "involuntary servitude."addisonsteele: Biden's comment was not reckless rhetoric. In supporting the privatehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/addisonsteele/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180343995.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program Dan Dolan1121 Fans 17 hours ago ( 6:41 PM)Holy crap. You just included anybody from groups that you don't like in your last paragraph. Everyone KNOWS what Joe Biden meant, except for the republicans/baggers that blew it out of proportion as they ALWAYS do.Dan_Dolan: Holy crap. You just included anybody from groups that youhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Dan_Dolan/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180342439.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… thebigbikeran away to be a cowboy439 Fans 17 hours ago ( 6:41 PM)Pretty much all the LGBT folks and organizatoins I know have ZERO problem with organizations that " believe gay marriage is a bad idea" Certainly there are no organizations I know of advocating mandatory gay marriage, or mandatory religious sanctioning of same sex marriage. Where the line is crossed from "support of traditional marriage" to adamant and unyielding opposition to civilly recognized same sex marriage being available to those who wish to objurgation and obloquy directed at gay people for being gay. When that tone of language is moderated, when the "religious" objectors to same sex marriage, indeed, objection to the very existence of gay people, then we'll see and if AFA can do it FRC could.. unless they are in fact hate driven and hate promoting. oh yeah and talk to Fred Phelps too)thebigbike: Pretty much all the LGBT folks and organizatoins I knowhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/thebigbike/rhetoric-and-violence-in-the-culture-wars_b_1828234_180342409.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… new comment(s) on this entry — Click to refreshLoading comments… FOLLOW US 
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