Posted on 07/13/2019 11:15:35 PM PDT by House Atreides
Willem Van Spronsen, 69, of Vashon Island, Washington, attacked an ICE Detention Center in Tacoma earlier today with incendiary devices and while armed with a rifle. He was killed in a shootout with police.
The Seattle Times reports that Van Spronsen was involved in previous protests and violence at the center, and was described by a friend as :
Deb Bartley, a friend of Van Spronsen’s for about 20 years, described him as an anarchist and antifascist, and believes his attack on the detention center intending to provoke a fatal conflict.
“He was ready to end it,” Bartley said. “I think this was a suicide. But then he was able to kind of do it in a way that spoke to his political beliefs … I know he went down there knowing he was going to die.”
She and other friends of Van Spronsen got letters in the mail “just saying goodbye.” He also wrote what she referred to as a manifesto, which she declined to discuss in detail but predicted would be taken by authorities….
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Well, he was only 62 when that video was made.
So he could have gotten better.
I’ve been stuck in a rut myself. But only since about 1982.
There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
I would say that the attacker qualifies on at least five and maybe all seven of the things that God hates.
Hate is not a wrong thing.
We should hate bad things.
We should not hate without cause.
But as David would say, “Is there not a cause?”
You should see all the little would-be commies and foreign trolls cheering this dead AntiFa-terrorist-moron on that video.
One comment by someone else made me laugh to tears. But you have to scroll way, way down for it.
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