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Behind the Aegis

(53,959 posts)
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 05:51 AM Jun 2019

Man threatens to 'kill every gay person I can' at St. Louis PrideFest, report says

Source: CNN

Missouri man has been arrested after threatening to "kill every gay person I can" at PrideFest in St. Louis, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which cited court documents.

Edward Terry of Overland, Missouri, was charged on Tuesday with making a terrorist threat after he sent an email to one of PrideSTL's parade planners saying he would "come to pride fest with my guns to kill every gay person I can before I kill myself," according to the paper.

The manager of PrideSTL contacted the FBI, and authorities tracked the email back to Terry through his cellphone, according to the Post-Dispatch. Terry told police he created the account using the name of a woman he once lived with, the paper reported.

CNN has reached out to police and the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney to independently confirm.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/20/us/st-louis-pridefest-threat-charges/index.html



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Man threatens to 'kill every gay person I can' at St. Louis PrideFest, report says (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Jun 2019 OP
Where the hell does this kind of hatred come from; I just don't get it! democratisphere Jun 2019 #1
I had same reaction d_r Jun 2019 #2
It's being taught by right wing mnhtnbb Jun 2019 #3
Some of it comes from the pulpit. Arkansas Granny Jun 2019 #4
Oh yeah. Farmer-Rick Jun 2019 #13
Thats why I quit church too. Totally intertwined with Repub lican party. nt raccoon Jun 2019 #19
Likely has roots in fringe evangelical churches like this one... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #5
Bet the preacher loves his ham sandwiches greymattermom Jun 2019 #11
SPLC has a number of churches it lists as hate groups AllyCat Jun 2019 #12
Thanks, I'll check it out. nt raccoon Jun 2019 #20
However, most Christian churches rely on the teachings of the New Testament. pazzyanne Jun 2019 #14
That's the reason I used the term "fringe". KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #18
"Where the hell does this kind of hatred come from?" Botany Jun 2019 #6
Or outright self-loathing Fritz Walter Jun 2019 #7
The person who shot up the Pulse Nightclub in Florida was a self hating gay too. Botany Jun 2019 #8
Also a member of a religion that requires killing gay people. n/t Odoreida Jun 2019 #10
Religion. n/t Odoreida Jun 2019 #9
This creep should NEVER be released from jail BUT bluestarone Jun 2019 #15
White dipshit looking Trump voter--slap on the wrist. Brown skin person making terror threats Bengus81 Jun 2019 #16
Only thing missing is the banjo. tavernier Jun 2019 #17
How much you wanna bet this guy is pro-life? IcyPeas Jun 2019 #21
Perfect Specimen phandancer917 Jun 2019 #22
Not all Americans are socially and morally evolved. nt Progressive Jones Jun 2019 #23

mnhtnbb

(31,392 posts)
3. It's being taught by right wing
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 06:29 AM
Jun 2019

Evangelical "Christians".

The only people you ever hear criticizing or complaining about LGBTQ or families kicking out their gay children are the Evangelical fundy nut jobs. They learn the hatred at church and the Bible Belt states--which includes Missouri--are filled with these churches.

Farmer-Rick

(10,185 posts)
13. Oh yeah.
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 08:29 AM
Jun 2019

I live in rural TN. I use to attend a local church. Not that I believed the fairy-tales about a virgin and a god being sacrificed. I just liked getting together with people. But when the RepubliCON talking points began to be preached from the pulpit, I complained. I complained over and over again. I got into argument with others and the preacher. Then after about the 30th time explaining to the preacher why his sermon was wrong and then getting into an argument with the old man behind me over it. I just quit going.

Yeah, they preach hate and bigotry and intolerance and cruelty from the pulpit and they are proud of it. They were relieved that I stop going. I think I was like their dirty conscious. They didn't want to hear it.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
5. Likely has roots in fringe evangelical churches like this one...
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 06:44 AM
Jun 2019

(typical one in Tennessee)

ALL SCRIPTURE BAPTIST CHURCH

Link: https://allscripturebaptist.com/

Right on their home page in plain view:

Homosexuals

We believe that sodomy (homosexuality) is a sin that is against nature. A person will only burn in their lust toward the same gender if they have been given over to a reprobate or rejected mind. God said homosexuality should be punished with the death penalty, as set forth in Leviticus 20:13. No homosexual will be allowed to attend or join All Scripture Baptist Church.

Taking that as a warped moral justification, combine it with a right-wing rage web site or blog and guys like this fellow are the result. Not saying any particular church is to blame, but most likely these doctrines get passed around on the internet and become amplified along with a huge dose of hate into what we see in the CNN article.

All the churches, as expected, will completely deny any responsibility.

KY.........

pazzyanne

(6,556 posts)
14. However, most Christian churches rely on the teachings of the New Testament.
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 08:54 AM
Jun 2019

The Old Testament provides history up until Jesus comes on the scene. I attend a New Testament based church that teaches post-Christ ideology. Please do not include all Christian churches in with evangelicals and their teachings. Thank you.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
18. That's the reason I used the term "fringe".
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 01:35 PM
Jun 2019

I was raised in the old-fashioned Baptist church in the 50s/60s and there was never any such doctrine mentioned then, although we didn't even know what "gay" meant. I think almost all persons would have been welcomed in that church. However, everything was segregated back then (schools, churches, etc.). My how times have changed.

Besides, in today's world, Jewish theological authorities have basically conceited that the Old Testament is mostly myth - based on their own archaeological research.

KY.....

Botany

(70,516 posts)
6. "Where the hell does this kind of hatred come from?"
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 06:47 AM
Jun 2019

Talk radio, Fox News, the internet, generational stupidity, & their pastors."

Also some comes from that they might have "gay feelings" too and this is
the way they try to hide it from the world.

Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)
7. Or outright self-loathing
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 07:51 AM
Jun 2019

The email included the phrase "...before I kill myself."
I'm not a mental health professional, but that seems like a clue right there.

Botany

(70,516 posts)
8. The person who shot up the Pulse Nightclub in Florida was a self hating gay too.
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 07:59 AM
Jun 2019

As an old straight white guy I figured out "the gay problem" years ago and that
is I don't have sex w/men. Problem solved.

Bengus81

(6,931 posts)
16. White dipshit looking Trump voter--slap on the wrist. Brown skin person making terror threats
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 10:12 AM
Jun 2019

Locked up for 20 years..........

phandancer917

(145 posts)
22. Perfect Specimen
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 04:12 PM
Jun 2019
https://old.reddit.com/r/beholdthemasterrace/


Seriously, people like this are one of the reasons why I am an Atheist. I simply cannot believe any supreme being would approve of this....and if they did --- fuck them too,
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