Holocaust Museum Shooter's Son Slams Dad's 'Cowardice'

[Danascot]

"For the extremists who believe my father is a hero: it is imperative you understand what he did was an act of cowardice," Erik von Brunn wrote. "To physically force your beliefs onto others with violence is not brave, but bullying. Doing so only serves to prove how weak those beliefs are. It is simply desperation, reminiscent of a temper tantrum when a child cannot get his way. Violence is a cop out; an easy answer for an ignorant problem."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7826285&page=1

[Mari333]

1. wow good kid.

good for him.

[Taverner]

3. "I cannot express enough how deeply sorry I am it was Mr. Johns, and not my father..."

"...who lost their life yesterday."


WOW!

:thumbsup:

[checks-n-balances]

12. That was profound, although I wonder what this offspring's age is

since the father is 88 years old...which is neither here nor there to your point, of course.

Regardless, I really appreciate his truthful and insightful remarks, and I'm sure he's quite horrified about this.

[Crunchy Frog]

13. He's 32. n/t

[checks-n-balances]

15. Thanks for the info.

That's what I get for not reading the actual article in the link - my bad.

[Merryweather]

2. The apple clearly fell far from the tree

Poor guy. I can't begin to imagine what it must have been like living with that evil SOB, but I am glad that he somehow managed to be a really decent human being, in spite of his awful dad. If I could give him a hug, I would. :hug:

[slay]

6. Looks like it flew off the tree and into another time-zone

Good for him - I'm sure it was indeed rough. :hug:

[Cha]

10. Another

Planet!

[BlooInBloo]

20. In the immortal words of Samuel L....

The kid "ain't the same fucking ball park. It ain't the same league. It ain't even the same fucking sport."

[Cha]

22. The kid got

lucky.

[tabatha]

4. To physically force your beliefs onto others with violence is not brave

.... much like the Iraq war.

[JuniperLea]

5. "...violence is not brave, but bullying. Doing so only serves to prove how weak those beliefs are."

Wow... I can only imagine the horrors this man faced growing up. Thankfully he seems to have a terrific grasp of reality, unlike his father.

This took some courage.

[gratuitous]

16. Bullying?

Oh well, I'm sure the son was just talking about his father. Certainly no application of those words to any other situation could possibly be construed. That is, I'm pretty sure he was just talking about his father. Mostly sure. Sorta sure. Hmmmm.

[JuniperLea]

17. Go ahead...

It's ok to think beyond the post... you're right.

[jmondine]

7. Amen, Bubba

[medeak]

8. I pray Faux News reports Eric statement

my family has been destroyed by the hatefilled rhetoric family members listen to on that horrid channel

[tavalon]

18. Pray indeed but don't hold your breath

We would like to keep you around.

[Cha]

9. I am so glad to see this!

The people who scrubbed his writings off the net must think so too.

[Toucano]

11. Sometimes the fruit *does* fall far from the tree.

Or maybe it rolls away, as in my case. :)

[BlueIris]

14. Yep; that about sums it up. nt

[tavalon]

19. I just went and read that mans statement

He is a far better man than his father ever was.

[cali]

21. I know what you mean, but that's damning with faint praise.

[surrealAmerican]

23. Beautiful statement.

It's nice to know that hate is not genetically predetermined.

[UTUSN]

24. I'll kick this. n/t

[UTUSN]

25. Sorry, son, but you should have filed for Guardianship a long time ago. n/t