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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Sat Jun 20, 2015, 10:08 AM Jun 2015

He shot up a prayer meeting...

I can't wrap my head around that... That is Hitlerian geocidal levels of hate.


I used to go to prayer meetings. They are pretty cool...If you have a problem or want something to happen you write it down on a piece of paper and the pastor mentions it from the pulpit. When I lived in Orlando I had a friend, a Puerto Rican physician, who was one of the most spiritual and compassionate people in the world. He was already overworked and getting on in years but he wanted to open a free clinic to serve the uninsured. I asked the pastor to pray for them.


I don't know how much we can infer from these acts...I have met more than a few racists , homophobes, and anti-semites in my life. There was no love lost for the targets of their hate but none of them, well maybe literally a couple, wanted to kill them.

Love is the answer. I refuse to hate.

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pintobean

(18,101 posts)
3. Bullshit
Sat Jun 20, 2015, 11:46 AM
Jun 2015

He's likely facing the death penalty, just like he would be had he used any other type of weapon. No one has the right to kill innocent, unarmed people who pose absolutely no threat.

spanone

(135,843 posts)
4. yea, he could have stabbed nine people or maybe drowned them real quick...yea bullshit
Sat Jun 20, 2015, 02:35 PM
Jun 2015

don't worry, i'm sure your guns are safe

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)
5. I hear that more people are killed in bathtubs then by guns, wonder why he didn't bring a tub
Sat Jun 20, 2015, 02:43 PM
Jun 2015

there? It is odd, with them being so dangerous and all.

just in case

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