Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tweets "reap what you sow' verse after mass shooting at LGBT club

[DesertRat]

Last edited Sun Jun 12, 2016, 12:03 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Houston Chronicle

Hours after approximately 50 people were killed at a Florida LGBT nightclub in what federal officials are investigating as an act of terrorism, the Lieutenant Governor of Texas is receiving backlash after tweeting a verse from the Bible.

About 7 a.m. Sunday Dan Patrick tweeted a photo with the words of Galatians 6: 7. The verse reads, "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows."

The Twitterverse circled the tweet, commenting that it was inappropriate and insensitive considering the context of the day's events.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/article/Texas-Lt-Governor-Dan-Patrick-tweets-reap-what-8076147.php

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Petition to impeach Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
https://www.change.org/p/texas-state-house-impeach-lieutenant-governor-dan-patrick-for-his-support-of-mass-murder-in-orlando

[Feeling the Bern]

1. they don't even attempt to fake humanity anymore.

insults fail me.

[villager]

3. they have no humanity left with which to make the attempt. nt

[3catwoman3]

103. Exactly. One would have to know at least...

...a little something about being a decent human being in order to fake it.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. Religious zealots have no borders.

[Buzz505]

84. Yes they have no limits.

A Texan using the Bible to condone hate, not anything new there.

[Cary]

53. They are a dangerous ideology

Which is exactly why WE must defeat them.

[AlbertCat]

81. In hysterics....

...... because religion LOST their war on gays, and is now freaking out.

[HassleCat]

2. I'm in trouble, then.

I ate oysters last week, and I wore mixed fabrics just yesterday.

[treestar]

40. [phone]

I always want to ask them why is there only one rule of the Old Testament they care about.

[Agnosticsherbet]

4. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is not insensitive. he is an obscene pile of shit.

[d_r]

5. well i hope

he reaps what he sows

[Iggo]

6. Howcome the people who preach homophobia or easy access to guns never have to reap what they sow?

[CherokeeDem]

7. I have no words....

for these vile creatures who have no humanity in them.

I am not a religious person but today in my own way, I pray for these victims and hope those who loved them will not be subjected to the filth spewed by vermin like Patrick.

[Wellstone ruled]

8. This is the Game changer folks.

This club use to be a hangout for tons of Disney Employees years ago. Both Gay and Straight.

[renate]

98. I'd have thought Sandy Hook would have been the game-changer

Even with a horror of this magnitude, the feeling of "I'm so fucking tired of this" comes almost as instantaneously as sorrow. The NRA wants us to become inured to mass murders, to feel defeated and to start waiting for the next one even before any discussion can start.

[Wellstone ruled]

100. To many Politians are beholding to the Gun Lobby and

in that lies the problem. Not anti gun,we have one for varmints and protection when camping,never had to take it out of the case in thirty plus years. There has to be a system in place and like yesterday to weed these Mentally screwed up folks out of society and get them help. I know that is a reach.

[merrifield]

9. He's absolutely right!

You allow unlimited, assault type weapons into our society and yes, you will get these kinds of mass killings. Why do people act surprised when this happens?

[DesertRat]

21. That's not what he meant in his tweet and you know it. nt

[merrifield]

62. Of course I know it.

But you sow lax gun-worshiping laws and forego any kind of sane gun control and this is what you reap. What's hard to understand about that?

[lancer78]

79. Sane gun control

would not have prevented this. The shooter was licensed and everything.

[AntiBank]

63. he might have well sent that atrocious "wages of sin is death" shit

he was NOT talking about guns in society

[kairos12]

10. What a disgusting, vile individual.

[6chars]

11. Any way to get him out of office?

Absolutely sick.

[DesertRat]

30. Petition to impeach

https://www.change.org/p/texas-state-house-impeach-lieutenant-governor-dan-patrick-for-his-support-of-mass-murder-in-orlando

[SusanCalvin]

42. Oho. I see he deleted it.

Too late, Danny boy.

[still_one]

12. No question about it, the republicans choose the right candidate, Trump. He represents exactly

what the republican party is today

[BlueCaliDem]

52. Yep. And the *only* reason he's not being accepted into the fold (publicly) is because he's

unapologetically public about the true nature of the racist, bigoted, hateful, xenophobic and autocratic Republican Party of today - and the Republican Party of today is the Party of Trump and all his ugliness.

[tabasco]

14. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is a terrorist sympathizer and should be impeached immediately

If the government and people of Texas do not act immediately to remove this terrorist supporter from office, the federal government should initiate action to remove this terrorist supporter from office.

[treestar]

41. Trouble is he has to be impeached by the same people who elected him

More or less.

[LittleGirl]

15. WTF? no other words...eom

[MattP]

16. So he's all for the hate crime?

What a piece of shit

[Hissyspit]

20. That's exactly what he said.

[hrmjustin]

17. I hope twitter suspends his account.

[askeptic]

18. Islamic State appreciates your endorsement, Lt. Gov Patrick!

It shows how religious fundamentalism really has the same aims, regardless of the religion involved - oppression and hate.

How I wish there were an entity that could deliver judgement to judgemental pukes like this.

[tabasco]

19. Insane Nazi fucker would gladly institute genocide of homosexuals and others

that his terroristic mind does not approve. The federal government needs to investigate this terrorist sympathizer and prosecute him for civil rights crimes.

[Firestorm49]

22. Another Texas Dumb Ass.

What a moron. I guess these days that you can't expect much else from a Republican Texas politician. After all, they have bestowed upon us the likes of Greg Abbott, Louie Gomert and Rick Perry. Tell me, is this the same dumb ass attitude you have toward all of the children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary?
The stupidity that comes from the mouths of adults is staggering.

[davidthegnome]

23. If a man indeed reaped what he sowed...

Dan Patrick would be choking on those words right now as a true, just God, would fucking obliterate his ass. What a sick sack of shit. Angry doesn't begin to describe how those words make me feel.

[rdking647]

24. as a texas resident i have a message for patrick

fuck you ,you hideous piece of human excrement. If there is a god he would have nothing but disgust for you. you are an embarrassment to humanity. resign now and crawl back into your cave

[DesertRat]

25. Petition to impeach

https://www.change.org/p/texas-state-house-impeach-lieutenant-governor-dan-patrick-for-his-support-of-mass-murder-in-orlando

[narnian60]

72. This Texan definitely agrees with you.

[Odin2005]

26. Evil POS.

[Paladin]

27. This is EXACTLY the response I'd expect from Dan Patrick.

Even by Texas Republican standards, he is a piece of shit. He is a long-time Limbaugh wannabe on AM hate radio, where he has repeatedly expressed his wish for government via far right-wing theocracy. He has a history of mental problems for which he has received treatment. And he probably still has a clear opportunity to be the next governor of Texas.

[SusanCalvin]

43. This is what happens when people don't vote.

(And when the vote is suppressed.)

These assholes are elected by a small fraction of a small fraction.

[Paladin]

56. Amen. (nt)

[SusanCalvin]

28. ASSHOLE. nt

[Gothmog]

29. Dan Patrick is a homophobic religious nut case

I was so disappointed when Patrick defeated Dewhurst and then defeated Leticia van de Putte. Patrick is an embarrassment to the state of Texas

[Spazito]

31. What a vile man....

I have no words to adequately describe the loathing I feel for him.

[Tanuki]

32. 3 of the GOP presidential candidates spoke at a forum organized by a "death to gays" advocate.

They are among many witnessing the horrific reaping from the seeds of hatred they have sown.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/16/opinion/campaign-stops/ted-cruz-and-the-anti-gay-pastor.html?_r=0


"EARLIER this month, in Des Moines, the prominent home-schooling advocate and pastor Kevin Swanson again called for the punishment of homosexuality by death. To be clear, he added that the time for eliminating America’s gay population was “not yet” at hand. We must wait for the nation to embrace the one true religion, he suggested, and gay people must be allowed to repent and convert.

Mr. Swanson proposed this at the National Religious Liberties Conference, an event he organized. Featured speakers included three Republican contenders for the presidency: the former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.

Mr. Huckabee later pleaded ignorance. Yet a quick web search will turn up Mr. Swanson’s references to the demonic power of “the homosexual Borg,” the unmitigated evil of Harry Potter and the Disney character Princess Elsa’s lesbian agenda.

Mr. Cruz apparently felt little need to make excuses. He was accompanying another of the featured speakers at the conference: his father, Rafael Cruz — a politically connected pastor who told a 2013 Family Leadership Summit that same-sex marriage was a government plot to destroy the family.

On Saturday, father and son traveled to Bob Jones University in South Carolina to join a Rally for Religious Liberty. Among the speakers was Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, who has called L.G.B.T. activists “hateful” and “pawns” of the devil.".....

[rladdi]

35. And several Republican candidates attended conventions by the Religious Right group that call for

the murders of Gay people a few months ago. That was on TV.

[rladdi]

33. It is interesting that Florida Gov. R. Scott was a charged FELON in TX and the

GOP moved him to Florida to run as Governor and he won. They hide his background in Florida.

[scottie55]

34. A Piece Of Shit For Jesus

Intolerance = death.

Of course there is not a single Republican with enough brains to realize this simple fact.

[OverBurn]

36. What a piece of shit!

[sufrommich]

37. Disgusting asshole. Fuck him and his NRA buddies.nt

[Zynx]

38. Let's not have differences between stripes of liberals blind us to our true political foe.

The merchants of hate on the far right know no basic sense of decency.

[Laurian]

39. These hateful "Christians" make me sick and I say

this as a lapsed Christian who cannot stand the intolerance I see and hear from so many. If Christianity cannot reflect love and tolerance, it's not what I once believed it to be.

[DesertRat]

51. Me too

[Liberalagogo]

44. Oh Dan

You've ALREADY earned your special Blue Ribbon corner in Hell. Why are you trying for extra credit?

[randr]

45. Sadly the children and family of the hater

will reap the most sorrow in time.

[yardwork]

46. FUCK HIM.

[redwitch]

47. The irony of this.

The Hell they believe in is reserving a special spot for "Christians" who mock God by hating their fellow humans for their sexuality. May peace and healing and the outpouring of love for the victims give some small measure of comfort to the loved ones left behind. Dan Patrick will reap what he has sown.

[retrowire]

48. Everyone.

From now on, if you hear ANYONE claiming that the victims of that shooting got what they deserved, you tell that person that they are siding with ISIS.

Don't let them protest and say, "No! I'm Christian!" You tell them, "Funny, for a Christian, you seem to have a shit ton in common with ISIS right now!"

[DesertRat]

49. exactly right. nt

[drm604]

50. Supporting terrorism?

Maybe Homeland Security should be investigating this guy.

[QC]

54. According to Mr. Patrick's own reading of scripture, he is an adulterer,

as he is divorced and remarried.

According to his own literalist approach to scripture, the proper punishment for his sin is stoning.

I'm just saying.

[RandySF]

55. I was about to call Dan Patrick a pis.

But I remembered that a pig is actually a noble creature.

[calimary]

57. Well, then, reap what YOU sow, pal.

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Wouldn't it be nice if the next election results in Texas did NOT go the way he wants?

[Scruffy Rumbler]

58. I want an hour alone with this asshole... we'll see what he reaps....

[TimeToEvolve]

59. christians are just as bad as these ISIS motherfuckers! JUST AS BAD!

faith is for the moron

[cstanleytech]

60. Well now the bureaucratic felcher peanut gallery have started to chime in, joy.

Wonder how long it takes Trump to join in with this guy and chime in with his two worthless cents?

[maindawg]

61. Hes right

After some 25 years of hate radio since they eliminated the fairness doctrine this is what we reap. We are a divided society. The republicqn party has been feeding their base with hate , hate for minorities , hate for poor people hate for anyone who is not a fellow hate filled bigot. They have vgiven safe haven for the bigoted ignorant white male. You may identify this murderer as a minority. They will all scream Muslim terrier,but it's just a white guy who hate gay people because that's what our media preaches.
I'll say that again, hate is what our media preaches. Teaches and shoves down our throats.
Yes we reap what we sow. When we sow the seeds of hate, we get mass murder.

[Eugene]

64. I don't have the words to call this sick, evil mother****er.

And a supposedly responsible leader posted this.

I was afraid that some right wing nut job would do this.
Sadly, Dan Patrick has lived down to that expectation.

[chapdrum]

65. Typical Republican venom.

From the family values crowd.

[Equinox Moon]

66. Radial religious extremism.

[Hekate]

67. Jesus Wept. John 11:35

[Hekate]

68. Mark 12:31 Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater....

[narnian60]

73. +100

[Amimnoch]

69. Signed.

Left the comment:

No public official, especially someone in the executive capacity should continue to serve when issuing a back handed condoning of a mass murder on US soil. Impeach him.

[Hekate]

70. Jesus said not one word about homosexuality. He had a lot to say about loving others.

Matthew 22:36-40
King James Version (KJV)

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

[rockfordfile]

71. The Conservative Christians basically support what happen

Not surprised by what a republican bigot said.

[GulfCoast66]

115. By my definitions my Mother

Is s conservative Christian. She believes the whole saved thru grace thing and that if you are not a Christian you are going to hell. It is why I do not tell how my thoughts have evolved over the years. No need to upset her.

But I assure you she does not agree with this POS.

My sister is in the Arts and has many gay friends who Mother welcomes into her house.

So do not confuse all conservative Christians with political conservative Christians. Mother thinks her main obligation is to love others.

Oh, and for the first time since Reagan she is voting Democratic...can't stand trump😄

And wants a female president.

Have a nice evening

[caballojm]

74. At least the giant pile of steaming turd was honest about his feelings.

The only thing the rest of the NRA-owned Republican a-holes will do is try their best to appear upset and then cut and paste the usual and utterly useless "thoughts and prayers" across their social media accounts.

[GETPLANING]

75. Dan Patrick actually said he opposes the 1st Amendment.

On the Frontline special "The Texas Promise," about the state of Texas continuously cutting funding to its own school system, there is a segment where a group of BAPTIST ministers are speaking to Dan Patrick and Greg Abbott about how taxpayer funding going to parochial schools violates the 1st Amendment, and how they are concerned that it will be challenged.

Dan Patrick say, very frankly, "Well, I think taxpayer money SHOULD go to parochial schools."

Shame on the state of Texas for electing these religious fundamentalist charlatans.

[47of74]

76. Dear Mr. Patrick. Fuck you.

Jesse Chapter 1, Verse 1.

[keithbvadu2]

77. Dennis Hastert sowed his child molesting ways and he reaped

letters of support from his fellow republicans.

[heaven05]

78. with the hate the RW is agitating

this fool is no surprise.

[IronLionZion]

80. FBI should investigate LT Governor Dan Patrick

as a suspected supporter of terrorism against citizens of the United States on US soil. Sounds like he is providing aid and comfort to mass murderers.

[shenmue]

82. Exodus 20:13 Thou shalt not kill.

[Ishoutandscream2]

83. That young man who started this petition is my former student

Jerritt, "JP", Lyday. He is a liberal Christian. One of the finest young men I have ever been associated with. I taught with his mother, who is also a liberal Christian. JP is a teacher, and he also is a drummer with the Ft. Worth band, Un Chien. I am so proud of him.

[jpak]

85. Clearly an ISIS sympathizer - take his gunz

yup

[Jeb Bartlet]

86. And this piece of human filth

calls himself a "christian". Typical comment from a typical scumbag Republican.

[Not Sure]

87. If you're not from Texas and this is your first brush with Lt Dan...

...this isn't a slip or an accidental admission, he's like this all the time. He is an unapologetic asshole. Strike that: assholes don't deserve to be lumped in with the same lot as that scumbag. He proudly represents every hateful characteristic of the prototype self-righteous, ignorant racist, paternalistic, religious zealot you imagine when you think of Texas. He is the antithesis of light: he is a void which darkens all that is great, innovative, forgiving, creative, loving and welcoming about Texas. He is the living embodiment of the hateful caricature you don't actually believe exists. Our sinister cynical slimebag of a governor is reasonable and gracious by comparison. Lt Dan makes atheists hope for an afterlife so the evil fuck can burn for eternity suffering without the relief of a spiritual end. That he would identify with and align himself with the purely evil fuck who murdered so many hours ago is no surprise to those who are acquainted with him. I hope the blowback and suffering that is coming Lt Dan's way is in direct proportion to the love and healing and hope the best of humanity is currently offering up to the victims and families of the victims of this villainous and cowardly act of hatred. May the merciless and jealous God Lt Dan worships find no favor in his blasphemous misappropriation of His word. May God instead comfort the murdered and those left behind to grieve.

And just to be clear, in case I didn't come right out and say it, fuck Texas Lt Governor Dan Patrick.

Hugs to the victims and their families and friends and acquaintances and all those inspired and loved by them.

[Duppers]

89. Great description and post.

[Duppers]

88. Only 3,118 signatures on the petitionso far...

Should be 200,000 by now.

What an insensitive, cruel, unChrist-like, assholy dirtbag.

[keithbvadu2]

105. "unChrist-like"?

Political Christians.

Not Christians of faith.

[Duppers]

108. Cannot say "unchristian" because we know

too many Christians think gay should be dead! Yes, I think it's that BAD.

"Christian of faith"?!! Hahahaa. Too many of THEM are just like the Texas lieutenant governor.

"Christ" was supposedly a very compassionate person, unlike too many Christians of today.

Years ago, my southern Baptist "christian" mother said gays deserve to die from AIDS!! As an old atheist, my relationship with her has been very strained for many decades.

So, I hope you understand why I used that term now. It was a slap at "them."

Don't give me the "no a true Scotsman" argument.

[keithbvadu2]

112. 'Wee' seem to agree - with different words.

[MrModerate]

94. Texas. n/t

[uppityperson]

95. He was, he is, he deleted it

[DesertRat]

101. He was. He has a history of anti-lgbt crusades

[Evar]

91. Why no major newspapers endorsed Dan Patrick for Lt. Govenor

Lt. Governor Dan Patrick received no endorsements from major newspapers. Now the world knows why. He is unable to separate his religious zealotry from his government job.

[KatyMan]

97. He was a lousy sportscaster too. N/t

[Manifestor_of_Light]

111. yes he was a lousy sportscaster.

I remember too. Channel 11. KHOU. CBS affiliate. I always turned him off. Because I don't give a Fuck about him or sports.

[MrModerate]

92. You mean a vile cretin holds one of the top posts in Texas? Who knew? n/t

[BlueMTexpat]

93. Total POS

he is!

[Purveyor]

96. Signed and delivered. eom

[Siwsan]

102. So, the Lt. Governor of Texas has aligned himself with terrorist ideology

[Zambero]

106. One small step

That 's all that now remains, for advocating that radical Christian extremists act in the exact manner that the individual in Orlando did. If "reaping what one sows" is God's will as bestowed on the victims ("sinners&quot in Orlando, then how can it be interpreted otherwise?

[hamsterjill]

104. Total jerk.

He's learning from Trump by saying anything first, and then taking it back.

It doesn't work. The hatred in him is obvious.

So embarrassed to be a Texan. I extend my thoughts and prayers to ALL in Orlando.

[freebrew]

107. TOS here...

prevents me from posting my thoughts.

Just as well, I suppose.
Hateful, disgusting rhetoric from this ass, should not be tolerated.

Sick, f****ing bastard.

[daleo]

109. He sounds like an ISIS sympathyser

Perhaps he should join them, if he likes their philosophy so much.

[truthisfreedom]

110. Republicans: BLAME THE VICTIMS.

It's always the victim's fault when you're a repuke.

[LeftishBrit]

113. Sick!!!

So he agrees with fundie terrorists? And someone elected him???

[ck4829]

114. Traitor!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

116. What an asshole!!

Sorry but there's no other way to put it.

[Skittles]

117. Dan Patrick is a hateful piece of SHIT

[smirkymonkey]

118. What a sick f**k!

[Miles Archer]

119. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: proof that Fred Phelps died in 2014, but his spirit lives on

This really was a Phelps move. The timing, the wording, the only thing missing is Patrick holding a "GHF" sign.

[bullwinkle428]

120. Rumor has it Trump called Patrick and told him to tone it down!

[Stevepol]

121. Actually Patrick is right.

You do "reap what you sow."

If you invade a country, blow up the homes, killing women, children, reducing the cities to rubble, killing a million people thru the indirect as well as direct effects of the war, and setting it on a firm path toward complete obliteration, you sometimes inspire the survivors to think occasionally about "revenge." It's a messy part of life in the earth, but as Patrick said, "You reap what you sow."

[sarcasmo]

122. Kick