The man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House held deeply religious and politically conservative views, telling a congregation in Africa two years ago that the U.S. was in a “bad place” where most churches didn’t oppose abortion.
Usual suspects
Oof, imagine being described as a “friend” of this tool.
Friends are honestly what stop people from doing things like this sooner.
What’s that from? Star Trek or some other unholy work of witchcraft?
Gotta wonder what part of “thou shalt not kill” is so difficult to understand for these people.
The murder-to-save-babies community is entirely faith-based
Abortion is wrong but assassination is fine?
Religious conservative nuts feel the same way about people who are in favour of abortion as many people in the US feel about health insurance CEOs.
From certain standpoints, assassinations appear acceptable.
The difference being that one side has some reasonable arguments for their point of view.
The problem with that is that every side believes they have reasonable arguments to kill.
Ah yes, what with all those bombings of maternity clinics by radical pro choice activists.
Never a day passes without one
“Reasonable”, unfortunately, is subjective. Just ask Rupert Murdoch.
No it is not. The unreasonable people like to claim that but that doesn’t make it true.
The fuck is this sitting at even votes for? Reason is not subjective. That line of thinking is how we lost our consensus reality.
because it’s not about being “pro-life”, it’s about controlling women’s bodies
I think the logic is “babies are innocent, these people have a choice and they made the wrong one.”
Of course! Because Jesus loves you!
And he needs money! He just can’t handle it so he needs more.
– Abbreviated George Carlin
Duh.
Christian conservatives are scary people prone to violence. They are ticking timebombs and it’s safest to avoid them as much as possible.
That’s because Jesus famously said: go forth and kill the people you disagree with.
Seriously, I can’t reconcile how those Christians can go to church every week and just completely ignore the teachings of the woke, antifascism, anticapitalism dude, you know… Christ himself.
Can somebody explain this to me? I genuinely can’t wrap my head around it.
Jesus didn’t want to be worshiped.
Every Christian goes against the teachings of Christ by default.
Having grown up catholic in rural Illinois, it’s just a case of mixed messaging and infiltration. Think of it like this:
You inherited a chili recipe—representing your morality and culture—from your parents. Growing up, you helped make it every week, so you know the flavors well. In your family’s version of chili, beans—symbolizing religion—were always the most important ingredient. Peppers—representing politics—were known, but they were more of a background note, never central.
Fast forward a generation, and a certain group starts promoting the idea that chili must be spicy. They want to sell their own particular kind of pepper—a harsh, punishing version of God—and they push this idea aggressively. They use people your parents trust, who already like spicier chili, to reinforce the message.
Suddenly, everyone around you starts loading their chili with these peppers because they’re told it’s the only way to avoid bland chili—blandness, in this case, representing hell. The fear of tasteless chili becomes a powerful motivator.
The most important thing for people, and by people I mean all of us at times, is in-group belonging. None of us are immune to that. We look to our peers for cues on how to behave and what to believe.
Some people consider like scientists and experts in-group, and trust them. Some don’t.
This need for in-group cohesion is more important than facts and figures. It’s more important than the text of some book.
So when all your friends and family are saying that Christianity means one thing, it’s unlikely you’re going to disagree.
Religion should be classified as a mental disorder. It’s delusional and often results in erratic, even dangerous, behavior.
If someone had shot the top MAGA leader in Minnesota you wouldn’t be blaming religion, even if they were as overtly religious as this guy.
Nice whataboutism.
Too bad that hypothetical is statistically unlikely, as the extremely religious are predominantly pro-MAGA by an overwhelming amount, to the point it could be readily argued that, if your hypothetical was true, it would be done in spite of their religious beliefs, not because of it.
That’s true, we’d be thanking religion.
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Trump presidential pardon incoming in 3, 2, 1…
Please stop spreading this. He will be charged by the state which would require the Minnesota Pardon Board to vote to pardon him. That’s the Governor, the State AG and the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court. 2/3 would be required to vote in favor of a pardon.
It’s a satirical joke. Not like this regime hasn’t been escalating in its practices of bypassing law and regulations already. What’s one more broken regulation for some convoluted reason which will get zero push back on?
It might have been intended as a joke but I, and I’m sure thousands of other Minnesotans, don’t find it funny. It also serves to normalize the behavior of America’s wannabe despot and spreads misinformation to those who don’t know better.
Responding to a polite request with some variation of “It was just a joke” speaks volumes.
Intent is different from impact; we may intend a comment in one way, but it may be interpreted by others differently. Importantly: we are responsible for the impact, not just the intent, of our words and actions.
If a man says he values life, then he better value all life. Otherwise he’s a liar
Christians have never had a problem with lying or murder. History shows this.
I’d say people in general.
Nazis lives don’t matter, otherwise you’re right
I can’t believe sleepy joe personally trained and planned this. The bumbling idiot super evil genius. And then the cops didn’t stop him at the house. Trump would have thrown a dirty diaper at the shooter and he would have exploded.
Don’t forget Obama sold him the guns and Hillary cleaned them.
And all the ammo and weapons were brought here by undocumented immigrants.
There’s stereotypes for a reason
shocker right?
