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Harry Monroe

(2,935 posts)
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 02:43 PM Oct 2013

Burning Cross Mishap Leaves Florida Racist With Burns Over 50 Percent Of His Body

Burning Cross Burns Racist
Karma is a bitch, yes she is. The perfect example of said bitchiness is the fact that when a Florida racist was erecting a burning cross, he set himself on fire, resulting in second degree burns over 50 percent of his body. According to neighbors, Ron Nielson, 50, of Palm Bay, was erecting the display with his wife when he lit himself on fire by accident, says Yvonne Martinez of the Palm Bay Police Department. Nielson was apparently carrying the cross and some candles onto his lawn when the incident occurred. Martinez said:

It started as some kind of prank, apparently, and involved a wooden cross. We don’t know if he was trying to light the cross or the candles but when he did, his clothes caught fire.

A prank? Now that’s rich! Last I checked, a Halloween prank would be, say, toilet papering someone’s home. Or egging neighborhood cars. Immature, and inconvenient to the owners of the homes and cars, but hardly sinister. However, burning crosses are definitely sinister, considering that these were what the Ku Klux Klan left in the yards of African- American families in the deep south in times past. This was no prank. This was a cruel, hideous display by a racist gone wrong. Or, in the eyes of people who see it for what it was, gone right.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/10/18/burning-cross-burns-racist/


Gotta love how Karma works!!!!

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Burning Cross Mishap Leaves Florida Racist With Burns Over 50 Percent Of His Body (Original Post) Harry Monroe Oct 2013 OP
Ha ha. n/t leeroysphitz Oct 2013 #1
Sad. Iggo Oct 2013 #2
Karma can be painful, indeed, it seems. MineralMan Oct 2013 #3
+1... groundloop Oct 2013 #9
Jesus sending a sign. Hoyt Oct 2013 #4
I reject the pessimistic tone of the article Orrex Oct 2013 #5
What a moran. Archae Oct 2013 #6
This is what I call Divine Justice. OregonBlue Oct 2013 #7
Gives a whole knew meaning to "you're toast" nt BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #8
This asshole deserves at least an COLGATE4 Oct 2013 #10
Burning crosses are a symbol of hatred. Baitball Blogger Oct 2013 #11
oops, somebody just got smiter librechik Oct 2013 #12
Darwin candidate Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2013 #13

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
3. Karma can be painful, indeed, it seems.
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 02:58 PM
Oct 2013

I hope this person recovers from his injuries, as well as from his prejudice. Perhaps one will stimulate the other.

groundloop

(11,519 posts)
9. +1...
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 03:46 PM
Oct 2013

I was thinking of "Instant Karma's gonna' get you..." when I read this article. Especially

Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you off your feet
Better recognize your brothers
Everyone you meet

Orrex

(63,216 posts)
5. I reject the pessimistic tone of the article
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 03:04 PM
Oct 2013
he set himself on fire, resulting in second degree burns over 50 percent of his body.

It would be more uplifting to say that he didn't have second degree burns on almost half of his body.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
10. This asshole deserves at least an
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 03:47 PM
Oct 2013

Honorable Mention for the 2013 Darwin Awards. Of course, he may still qualify...

librechik

(30,674 posts)
12. oops, somebody just got smiter
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 04:15 PM
Oct 2013

Smote? That's a horrible thing to happen to anyone, no matter how seemingly deserving.

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