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Tennessee man cites church's liberal values as reason for shooting (barf)
Guadian ^ | 7.28.08 | Daniel Nasaw

Posted on 07/28/2008 10:18:13 AM PDT by trumandogz

A man who shot and killed two parishioners during a children's play at a Tennessee church yesterday attacked the congregation because of its outspoken socially liberal and gay-friendly beliefs, police said.

The 58-year-old unemployed engineer accused in the Sunday morning attack at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, was driven to bloodshed in part by his "stated hatred for the liberal movement" as well as his hatred for gays, said Knoxville, Tennessee, police chief Sterling Owen. "We're certainly investigating it as a hate crime."

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: churchshooting; culturewar; doublestandard; hatecrime; homosexualagenda; itsahardknocklife; jimadkisson; knoxville; shootingrampage; tennessee; unitarian
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1 posted on 07/28/2008 10:18:14 AM PDT by trumandogz
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To: trumandogz

In this case, Liberals will have to alter their view and favor the Death Penalty in this case while Conservatives will remain consistent and favor the Death Penalty for this murdering POS thug.


2 posted on 07/28/2008 10:20:24 AM PDT by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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He's NO conservative... just a deluded lunatic sociopath. I don't recall the MSM targeting people with any other philosophy for outright character assassination!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

3 posted on 07/28/2008 10:20:50 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: trumandogz

I agree with posters 2 and 3. And why is it a barf? If the chief is telling the truth about the note (and no reason to believe he’s not, as of now), that’s the way it is, and this nut can’t be blamed on a leftist ideology. Nuts come in all flavors, and some of them are going to have loony ideas on all sides. Deal with it.


4 posted on 07/28/2008 10:23:50 AM PDT by BohDaThone
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Are liberals now a protected class or is it because these Unitarians are “gay-friendly” that this is a hate crime?

Being pc requires so much twisting and turning. If you’re a conservative, you can just say “execute murderers” and you’ve covered every contingency. This guy’s a murderer, period. Execute him.


5 posted on 07/28/2008 10:24:06 AM PDT by Argus (Obama: All turban and no goats.)
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The libs and the MSM have salivated for years over the prospect of angry, white, christian, conservative terrorism against their pet immorality and perverted views of religion.

They will attempt to play this up as such as much as possible a such when the truth is, this was simply a diluded. depressed individual who snapped and became a murderer.

It has nothing to do with conservatism or traditional values, despite the upcoming best efforts of the MSM to the contrary.

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6 posted on 07/28/2008 10:26:42 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: trumandogz

He also said he was mad that his well fare was about to be cut off.


7 posted on 07/28/2008 10:28:44 AM PDT by coffee260 (coffee)
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Wow.
He’s awfully committed for a man who will soon be having LOTS of homosexual “relations’.


8 posted on 07/28/2008 10:29:02 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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Although it makes sense that he hated liberals since that is what he attacked, I do not necessarily believe that story. I noticed the police chief did not quote the note just gave his interpretation of it.

I would love to see exactly what he said.

9 posted on 07/28/2008 10:29:47 AM PDT by yarddog
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Could be a liberal disguised as a conservative in order to give conservatives a bad rap.

Loonies!


10 posted on 07/28/2008 10:33:32 AM PDT by Ben Reyes
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To: SJSAMPLE

One can only hope!


11 posted on 07/28/2008 10:33:41 AM PDT by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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To: yarddog

Nothing proven, but it sure fits together as plausible. And it should be condemned as thoroughly here as some of us would like moderate Muslims to speak out against their terrorists and terrorist ideology.


12 posted on 07/28/2008 10:34:14 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Travis McGee

Just a matter of time before it’s an SKS used for something like this.


13 posted on 07/28/2008 10:36:24 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Black dogs and bacon bombs.)
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To: Argus
Are liberals now a protected class

Anyone standing in a churchyard, post office, workplace, school or anywhere in the USA is be a protected class and should not have to fear being shot by a POS Thug.

14 posted on 07/28/2008 10:37:07 AM PDT by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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This guy is no more a true constervative than Timothy McVey was. Conservatives don’t commit acts of terrorism. I won’t believe this until the killer’s actual letter is released. It could be the sheriff is a liberal himself and is saying these things to smear conservatives.


15 posted on 07/28/2008 10:37:07 AM PDT by FFranco
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To: trumandogz
Crazy is as crazy does.
16 posted on 07/28/2008 10:38:10 AM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: FFranco
It could be the sheriff is a liberal

As I understand it, Eastern Tennessee is just chalk full of Liberal Sheriffs.

17 posted on 07/28/2008 10:39:13 AM PDT by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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How is this a hate crime? It is an attrocity and a vengeful act, but the people he killed and aimed at weren’t homosexuals or members of a protected class. Christians in and of themselves are not protected by hate crimes legislation.

Painting 666 and inverting crosses and stealing baby Jesuses aren’t considered “hate crimes” when churches are vandalized.

His anger, from this excerpt, appears to have been with church leadership which taught acceptance and celebration of sinful activities. So it could be construed as a difference of opinion in religious doctrine.

If a Baptist speaks out (non-violently) against the Catholic Church, is he guilty of hate speech?


18 posted on 07/28/2008 10:40:56 AM PDT by weegee (Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
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To: trumandogz

Killing the innocent is always wrong.


19 posted on 07/28/2008 10:41:13 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Boycott Washington D.C. until they allow gun ownership)
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I don’t care what the guy hated, he took a gun into a peacful gathering and killed in a cowardly manner.


20 posted on 07/28/2008 10:41:39 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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