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Republican U.S. Rep. Dana Rorhabacher talks about ISIS and 'fanatic Christian terrorists'
Raw Story
12 Feb 2015 at 16:51 ET
Where’s the outrage, Fox? GOPer compares ISIS to ‘fanatic Christian terrorists’ who lynched blacks
Republican U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (CA) on Thursday broke with a large number of his GOP colleagues and said that he had no problem defining both the radical Islamic group ISIS and Christians as “terrorists” if they deserved the label.
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“What do you call Christians who behead blacks, castrate blacks, throw fire bombs in churches, killing innocent children?” the caller wondered. “All because we’re black. Why don’t you all call Christians radicals?”
“Actually, you’re talking to some guy who has used that phrase,” Rorhabacher replied, explaining that he had grown up in North Carolina in the 1950s.
“And I’m fully aware that we had people who were — thought of themselves as Christians, who were carrying crosses, burning crosses, who were brutalizing and terrorizing America’s black population,” he continued. “And I agree that there are a lot of people that deserve the criticism that you just made, but it’s not me.”
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“I lived in North Carolina in the 1950s, and it was very clear that you had a terrorist group in the United States, who were claiming to be dedicated Christians, who were out terrorizing the black people of this country.”
“And, yeah, they excused themselves with Bibles and crosses all the time. Yeah, they were Christian terrorists — fanatic Christian terrorists. Yeah, they were.”
Republican U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (CA) on Thursday broke with a large number of his GOP colleagues and said that he had no problem defining both the radical Islamic group ISIS and Christians as “terrorists” if they deserved the label.
<snip>
“What do you call Christians who behead blacks, castrate blacks, throw fire bombs in churches, killing innocent children?” the caller wondered. “All because we’re black. Why don’t you all call Christians radicals?”
“Actually, you’re talking to some guy who has used that phrase,” Rorhabacher replied, explaining that he had grown up in North Carolina in the 1950s.
“And I’m fully aware that we had people who were — thought of themselves as Christians, who were carrying crosses, burning crosses, who were brutalizing and terrorizing America’s black population,” he continued. “And I agree that there are a lot of people that deserve the criticism that you just made, but it’s not me.”
<snip>
“I lived in North Carolina in the 1950s, and it was very clear that you had a terrorist group in the United States, who were claiming to be dedicated Christians, who were out terrorizing the black people of this country.”
“And, yeah, they excused themselves with Bibles and crosses all the time. Yeah, they were Christian terrorists — fanatic Christian terrorists. Yeah, they were.”
Link: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/wheres-the-outrage-fox-goper-compares-isis-to-fanatic-christian-terrorists-who-lynched-blacks/
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