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THE FAR RIGHT WON'T ACCEPT LAS VEGAS KILLER WAS A CHRISTIAN WHITE MALE
Newsweak ^ | Oct. 4, 2017 | ALEXANDER NAZARYAN

Posted on 10/06/2017 11:51:32 AM PDT by PROCON

The killer was a white guy, a Christian by birth if not belief. He was not radical, just a crazed man given the means by the gun lobby to terrorize innocent concertgoers in Las Vegas on Sunday night, shooting to death 59 of them. Stephen C. Paddock was, by all accounts so far, an ordinary American. That is what most terrifies the right.

And so, some on the far right have convinced themselves that Paddock could not be what he seems, what the authorities say he is. They say facts—alternative facts, perhaps—will inevitably reveal the truth, even as mainstream media outlets do everything they can to skewer that reality, so as not to offend the sensibilities of coastal elites.

This is how America grieves and mourns in 2017.

The lack of certitude about Paddock was conveyed by President Donald J. Trump himself, who on Tuesday was asked if the 64-year-old killer could have been a member or supporter of the Islamic State group (ISIS). There is no evidence whatsoever that that was the case, and although ISIS did attempt to take responsibility for the attack, this was almost certainly what Politico called “the terrorist organization's desire for publicity.”

The FBI has said ISIS is not responsible for the attack. Senator Richard M. Burr, who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee, similarly asserted that "it doesn't seem to have a terrorism nexus."

And if some international organization were directing Paddock, Trump would have surely known as much from the President’s Daily Briefing, which would have given him a clear overview of terrorist activity around the world.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Local News; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: antichristian; lasvegas; lvinvestigation; mandalaybay; nazaryan; paddock; paddockbio; paddockmotive; shooter
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
Christian by birth

There is no such thing, for sure.

41 posted on 10/06/2017 12:17:42 PM PDT by donna (I am thankful and enjoy my safety in America where honorable men protect women from Sharia Law.)
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To: PROCON
The killer was a white guy, a Christian by birth if not belief.

Nobody but nobody is a Christian by birth!

42 posted on 10/06/2017 12:18:11 PM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: PROCON
If he was a Muslim, it would be a Lone Wolf attack.
Otherwise, all Christian White Males are to be held responsible.
Funny how that works.

43 posted on 10/06/2017 12:19:00 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: TankerKC
ISIS Claims responsibility; the left won’t accept it.

The right/NRA doesn’t claim responsibility; the left won’t accept it.

Ar this point, this guys blabbering is about as useful as any other conspiracy theory.

The vitriolic hatred towards American Christians in particular and Real men in general just oozes from this guy.

Playing to the nutcase base.

44 posted on 10/06/2017 12:22:20 PM PDT by PROCON (#MAGA)
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To: PROCON

And Benghazi was a spontaneous reaction to a YouTube video; and San Bernadino and Ft. Hood were just work place violence from disgruntled workers who ‘snapped’, and the Orlando gay bar was just a right wing homophobe......

These people are so predictable. Were it not that these incidents were such tragic, horrific events, I would say they are comical in response.


45 posted on 10/06/2017 12:23:11 PM PDT by grayhog
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To: PROCON

The far Left won’t accept that the killer wasn’t the neo-Nazi right-winger they so desperately want him to be, so they just make this stuff up. “Christian by birth if not belief” means that he wasn’t a Christian, which might be one reason that people other than lying leftists don’t accept him as one. Trotsky was Jewish “by birth” and so was Ayn Rand, who loathed him; both were atheists. Adolf Hitler was Catholic “by birth” which didn’t seem to help the Catholics he threw into the camps very much. This whole line of argument is ridiculous.


46 posted on 10/06/2017 12:23:17 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: PROCON

...An islamist facilitator, as are all criminals, really.


47 posted on 10/06/2017 12:26:30 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: oldbrowser

Agreed, to a point. There are some leftists who are believing Christians. I have known a few. But there are also people I would call former Christians or cultural Christians. I insist on having the adjectives there because to cede “Christian” to mean anybody who is not specifically some other religion, is to allow the left to take control of the term, as they have with so many other ones. I’m not giving this one up.

I wonder — did they use this meme when one of their own — James Hodgkinson — did his deed? They could claim white and male for him, but not Christian -— his wife said he wasn’t religious and never went to church.


48 posted on 10/06/2017 12:29:10 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: DiogenesLamp

I don’t have it in front of me now, however it was the same.


49 posted on 10/06/2017 12:32:09 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media and Shariah Socialism.)
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To: PA Engineer
He was an active registered Democrat in Florida. He started his gun buying spree during the election in 2016.

Significant if true. Do you have a source?

50 posted on 10/06/2017 12:32:49 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: PROCON

So, Christian has become an ethnicity then? I can work with that.


51 posted on 10/06/2017 12:33:23 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: PROCON

Re: THE FAR RIGHT WON’T ACCEPT LAS VEGAS KILLER WAS A CHRISTIAN WHITE MALE

That’s not serious.

First of all, I have never met a white Christian Conservative who even thinks about being white, although I acknowledge that such people do exist.

Most important, one of the central principles of being a white Christian Conservative is that each human being is an individual and that each individual must take full responsibility for his own decisions.

Bottom Line - any random jury of 12 white Christian Conservatives would find Stephen Paddock guilty of mass murder, sentence him to death, and would not lose a minute of sleep on the day of his execution.


52 posted on 10/06/2017 12:33:50 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: PROCON

He hated country music. He drank and gambled and didn’t go to church. Are you saying he was a Baptist?

Just kidding. Seriously there is absolutely nothing to suggest in any way he was a Christian.


53 posted on 10/06/2017 12:34:00 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: PA Engineer

Re: He was an active registered Democrat in Florida.

First time I’ve heard that.

This is from a news source you trust, right?


54 posted on 10/06/2017 12:36:44 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: Olog-hai

Re: Now the dog returns to his vomit.

That is LOL wickedness!


55 posted on 10/06/2017 12:40:21 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: windsorknot

But...

He.....

Identified as a:

1) Arab
2) Muslim
3) Terrorist


56 posted on 10/06/2017 12:42:59 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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To: PA Engineer
He was an active registered Democrat in Florida.

No, he wasn't.

Just because they make up stuff doesn't mean we can.

57 posted on 10/06/2017 12:45:14 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: utahagen

But the terms you state which we know to be true are not relevant in the eyes of this foreign sounding writer and his ilk if they believe otherwise.


58 posted on 10/06/2017 12:45:33 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Smoke does not mean fire when someone threw a smoke grenade.)
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To: DiogenesLamp
Do we know that this is the same Stephen Paddock that was the Las Vegas gunman?

There are two Stephen Paddock's registered to vote in Florida. Both have different ages and different middle initials.

Not the same guy.

59 posted on 10/06/2017 12:46:36 PM PDT by Drew68
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