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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:38 PM Original message |
Neighbors: Accused shooter everyone's friend, hated Christianity |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. I call shenanigans. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. I'm right there with you. But watch out for the media whitewash. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Or, that he had a "perfectly reasonable explanation" for his actions. n/t |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 04:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
49. Why's that? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why would someone who hated christianity attack UNITARIANS??? |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That's what I was wondering as well. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. There's no requirement to believe in the divinity of Christ. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I'm a Unitarian |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Heck, some Unitarians are pagans. And some are from the |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. As we like to say . . . |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
64. Ditto |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. A Few Do. We Have Buddhist UUs, Jewish UUs, Agnostic, Atheistic |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Exactly what I was trying to figure out |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
77. Long history of killing people who talk about peace: |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 05:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
50. That's what I was thinking. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 05:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
51. Some folks equate *anything* other than strong atheism with Westboro-esque fundamentalism (nt) |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
54. Yep, I'm a UU and I'm an atheist. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #54 |
78. As an atheist |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
59. Bingo....doesn't add up at all! n/t |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
71. I worked at a Ren Fair at a Universalist Church and most of its congregation were Wiccan! :) |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. So, he shot up a UU church? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. More in keeping with what he was ALLEGEDLY angry at. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. How do you figure? |
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Island Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Most people have no idea what |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. One guy said the shooter was angry at Christian churches, but it wasn't the shooter. n/t |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
57. You're challenging the rationality of someone who was obviously irrational |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
60. lower chance of meeting up with an armed member of the congregation? |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. A person who walks into a church, a rest home, a cafe or a school... |
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Care (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. Help, Not Punishment |
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exothermic (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Both would be better. |
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Care (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Why Punish Someone Who Needs Help? |
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Island Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. So the guy who committed murder |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Deleted message |
TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. "Everyone is a victim" is the kind of slogan right wingers wrongly attribute to liberals. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Ding! Ding! |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Do you feel the same compassion for child molesters? Some people who murder are not just troubled.. |
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Care (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Do You Believe The Man Was Not Troubled? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Most people in society are troubled. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. If we had a decent health care system in this country he might have gotten help before he killed. |
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Care (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. He Should Never Be In Prison |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I don't believe a word you've posted. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Holy crap dude, are you reading my mind? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. No, just giving voice to what I know many have to be thinking. |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #42 |
63. Needless to say, he's gone now. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 07:38 AM Response to Reply #36 |
52. No kidding. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #52 |
68. the Pizza was delivered!! |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #68 |
79. Damn, wish I could get a pepperoni |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Why don't you just drop that "handwringing liberal" bullshit pose? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Every liberal I know is ball buster. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #45 |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #31 |
69. Uhhh... |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. His chances of getting out are far lower if he were sent to a hospital.. nt |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. I believe you. Know why? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. If that's true, then how sadly, horribly ironic that he chose a |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. Forgive me for not buying this... |
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blueatheart (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. same here |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 08:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
56. Yeah I don't buy it either.nt |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. Who fucking cares. Like it is a political issue. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. (cough)bullshit(cough) |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
32. makes no sense at all |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. Maybe he went to Catholic school. n/t |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
41. "There must be Religion. Otherwise the poor would murder the rich." - Napoléon Bonaparte - |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
48. Interesting, He also made a comment to a nieghbor that the Bible was full of contradictions. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
53. Moron. He definitly picked the wrong denomination to shoot up. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #53 |
70. Maybe he just wanted to cover all of the bases |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
55. So he decided to attack Unitarians?? |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
58. My guess is that he hates gays and that's why he chose a UU church |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
61. As usual, the intial report has it completely wrong... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Ugh |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
62. If he had a problem with "Christians" why did he go to a non Christian church? |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
65. Fanaticism isn't limited to the fundies. nt |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
67. Press Conference: He hated the Liberal bent of this church. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #67 |
72. Well, that sucks |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. He wrote a 4 page letter, so we will get to read his thoughts eventually. |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #67 |
74. What a shock. He wasn't a murderous atheist after all. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. They Probably Bought His Shells For Him |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Yes, it appears that his friends were likely prejudiced assholes, too |
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