(November 6, 2017 at 12:15 pm)Aroura Wrote:(November 6, 2017 at 12:09 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: My post was specifically about the rhetoric used by the shooter. Sounds exactly like the kind of things some people say on this forum. Personally, I do not believe "hate speech" is a legitimate category; however, there are very many people on AF who will claim that similar speech directed towards gays and minorities encourage this kind of violence. If that is, the case, then those people should be concerned about extreme expressions of religious bigotry...exactly the kind that has been directed towards C/L in this thread.
What rhetoric? I have yet to see you provide a link for your claim. Again, what we see being reported is that he was a bible study teachers aide.
Several media sites are reporting now that people he was friends with on Facebook say he was always posting anti religious stuff, atheist stuff, saying religious people are stupid, etc.
That's directly contradictory to the other report floating around about him being a Sunday school teachers aid.
Looks like we just don't know yet what was up with that guy, but hopefully more reliable info will be comfirmed soon.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
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