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jberryhill

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2. "Someone has just turned these people into victims"
Fri May 22, 2020, 12:12 PM
May 2020



Someone lawfully owns a gun. They decide one day to walk down the street pointing that gun at other people and threatening to shoot. In fact, every now and then, they fire the gun and kill someone.

I decide to put a stop to it by coming up from behind, taking the gun, and running off with it.

They are now the victim of the theft of their gun.

We could use more victims like that.
"Yep, nice church ya got there..." CaptYossarian May 2020 #1
"Someone has just turned these people into victims" jberryhill May 2020 #2
Or maybe they were fishing for victimhood, and decided to use dynamite . . . hatrack May 2020 #3
That's my guess as well. Self-inflicted theatre and/or insurance money. Nt lostnfound May 2020 #26
Just like Westboro Baptist in Topeka,Ks just "happened" to catch fire.......... Bengus81 May 2020 #48
Unless they Did It Themselves For Insurance, Sir The Magistrate May 2020 #4
My thoughts went there too bucolic_frolic May 2020 #9
I agree. Sounds too manufactured, too setup, too deliberate. Perhaps done as a means to... SWBTATTReg May 2020 #11
No knowledge of this church SheltieLover May 2020 #15
Yes, but would those stupid people burn a church for opening? yardwork May 2020 #34
same here gopiscrap May 2020 #18
My first thought UpInArms May 2020 #24
Yep. That was my first thought. Cirque du So-What May 2020 #12
Agreed. MicaelS May 2020 #32
Also my immediate thought. Or a false flag intended to create discord. yardwork May 2020 #33
Yeah...look at that crappy carpet in that picture Bengus81 May 2020 #49
Check the preacher's hands for spray paint and accelerant. Grokenstein May 2020 #5
I disagree -- it's difficult to get spray paint on hands that NCjack May 2020 #13
At least no lives were lost in the fire DBoon May 2020 #6
hmmm... smells fishy to me. not_the_one May 2020 #7
Very true Angrybob2001 May 2020 #14
Welcome to the party, Angrybob2001 not_the_one May 2020 #53
Inside job! Vinnie From Indy May 2020 #8
It's TxVietVet May 2020 #10
There's a saying: "You're not helping!" n/t SpankMe May 2020 #16
Were they behind on the mortgage? Canoe52 May 2020 #17
God's will. Texaswitchy May 2020 #19
Considering they couldn't spell "Hypocrite" correctly,I'm gonna go with a right-wing kook... AKing May 2020 #20
Hmmm...this one is real tussle. roamer65 May 2020 #21
The minister of the church is white ehrnst May 2020 #41
Lack of tithing makes pastor desperate? Solly Mack May 2020 #22
A Democrat would know how to spell hypocrite. maxrandb May 2020 #23
By your logic, a Democrat should know how to spell "influx" as well. Jedi Guy May 2020 #51
Since I consider those fleecing Fundy churches as toilets maxrandb May 2020 #52
Disquieting EAB May 2020 #25
Stay on the high road? bluecollar2 May 2020 #29
Cons are trying to kill us, there is no road at all... Eliot Rosewater May 2020 #45
This is your first post on DU. yardwork May 2020 #35
Was it Rev. Lovejoy? Initech May 2020 #27
False flag FreepFryer May 2020 #28
Hitler/Poland comes to mind....n/t bluecollar2 May 2020 #30
The spelling makes me think it was them. marble falls May 2020 #31
To respond to responses... EAB May 2020 #36
Assuming the assertions above are true that this is a black church ... mr_lebowski May 2020 #37
It's got a white minister ehrnst May 2020 #40
Hence my caging based on another comment, I didn't know either way ... mr_lebowski May 2020 #46
I agree - particularly considering some oddities in the minister's recent past. (nt) ehrnst May 2020 #47
there was a false flag attack on a radio station that Hitler used as an excuse to invade Poland muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #38
Thank you! EAB May 2020 #43
They Left a Corpse Or Two On The Scene, Sir The Magistrate May 2020 #44
I have to wonder, did the building need some expensive repairs? ehrnst May 2020 #39
Looks as though the minister doesn't stay in one church very long... ehrnst May 2020 #42
Bring in the investigators and accelerate sniffing dogs........... Bengus81 May 2020 #50
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