Right wing weirdness. Focus on the Family praises Ted Bundy (Yes, the serial murderer)

[ck4829]

It’s not every day that you wander over to Focus on the Family’s Citizenlink website and see a headline blaring “ Bundy Was Right,” but that is exactly what you’ll find there today as Focus marks the 20th anniversary of James Dobson’s infamous interview with one of America’s most notorious serial killers:

"Twenty years ago, Dr. James Dobson sat down with Ted Bundy, one of the most notorious serial killers in American history. The interview took place on the eve of Bundy’s execution in a Florida state prison.

"My purpose in going on Glenn’s show is to discuss the reason why Bundy chose me for his final interview when every major news anchor at every TV network was jostling for an exclusive with him,” Dr. Dobson said. “Bundy wanted to talk about the role media violence and particularly violent, hard-core pornography had played in his years-long killing spree, and he knew the mainstream media wouldn’t report that story.”"

Of course, Bundy was also a remorseless, manipulative psychopath … so perhaps his outreach to Dobson and his efforts to blame his 30-plus murders on pornography ought not to be taken at face value (Not to mention investigators could never find any link to pornography).

http://rightwingwatch.org/content/things-you-don%E2%80%99t-see-everyday

James Dobson and Focus on the Family, Bundy was a monster, and he didn't stop being a monster just because he was about to be executed. He chose to leave his legacy with you, his murderous legacy... with you guys. That should tell you a lot right there.

[underpants]

1. Forgive me but at the time porn was in theaters still, right?

there were no VCR's yet so if you had a burning desire to see porn you had to buy a ticket in public and then go sit in a dark room with other people with similar interests....right?

Yeah Dobson line yourself up with Bundy :eyes:

[sweetpotato]

6. Magazines - don't forget the magazines. nt

[jobycom]

2. I wonder what Dobson thinks of the serial killers who blame God or mention religious upbringings.

Jeffrey Dahmer, Robert Yates, Bruce Lee... The standard FBI profile of a serial killer is a loner who spouts Bible versus, and the psych profile often finds a strict religious upbringing with heavy sexual repression.

Bundy himself was active in church groups as a teen, and was an active Republican in college, even managing a campaign office for Nelson Rockefeller. And he was a psychology major. One suspects his interview with Dobson was more of a last minute dig at what he imagined liberals to be than a confession or a warning. He was a Freeper, in other words.

[Zuni]

3. I had a feminist teacher in community college who also spouted this stuff

I remember her talking about Bundy claiming pornography was responsible for his killing.

She was of the old school feminist crowd who believe that all pornography was designed to subjugate women.

[madrchsod]

4. at one time dobson was selling "son of sam" cassette tapes

Berkowitz claimed he was "saved" then began selling his tapes through dobson`s website. even if you are a serial killer if you find the lord, dobson will make a buck off of you...

[blogslut]

5. At the time, Bundy had run out of appeals

..and was desperately looking for anything to buy himself some more time. Every instance when Bundy was captured, they never found one bit of pornography on his person or among his possessions. Dobson was the last sucker, willing to listen to Ted Bundy feed him a bunch of lies.

[mitchum]

7. The meeting of two manipulative sociopaths...I hope they soon meet again

[DemBones DemBones]

8. Saying "Bundy Was Right" about pornography is NOT praising Bundy.

There are other things to criticize Focus on the Family about but it's lame to claim they praised Bundy.

It's possible Bundy was feeding Dobson what he thought he wanted to hear, it's also possible Bundy believed pornography caused him to become a serial killer. It obviously does not have that effect on everyone or virtually every man in America would be a serial killer. I don't think snuff films are defensible, though, on any grounds.