Catholic Leader: I Wasn't Saying That I 'Literally' Wanted Liberal Professors Shot

[DonViejo]

TOM KLUDT – MARCH 14, 2014, 2:49 PM EDT

The leader of the Catholic organization who said earlier this week that liberal academics should be "taken out and shot" is willing to admit that he messed up.

In a statement provided to TPM, Austin Ruse, the head of the the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (or "C-FAM&quot , expressed regret for his inflammatory comments, which he said were "not intended to be taken literally."

I deeply regret and apologize for using the expression "taken out and shot" on the Sandy Rios Show this week. It was not intended to be taken literally. I have dedicated my life and career to ending violence. I regret that these poorly chosen words are being used to attack my friends at American Family Radio and American Family Association.

While hosting the radio show earlier this week, Ruse reacted angrily to the news that Duke University freshman Miriam Weeks was performing as a porn star to pay her way through school.

more:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/austin-ruse-liberal-professors-shot-apology

Background info:

Catholic 'Human Rights' Leader Wants Liberal Professors 'Taken Out And Shot'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024662902

[fascisthunter]

1. This Guy Doesn't Talk like a Person who Dedicated a life to "Ending Violence".

[sharp_stick]

2. All I'd like to say to him

is come and get me fuckwad.

I truly despise these gutless armchair toughguys. He could use a swift kick in the nether regions, I know it would make me feel a lot better.

[PowerToThePeople]

3. He needs to be taken out and fired... from his job. eom

[unblock]

4. because that expression is all lovey-dovey if taken metaphorically?

take away the inciting violence aspect and it's still a completely inexcusably rotten thing to say.


quite typically, the apology is telling: what he regrets is that his words are coming back to haunt him and his "friends at american family radio and american family association".

[jberryhill]

5. He meant it in the sense that Jesus did