RE: The Absurd GOP
May 8, 2023 at 5:03 pm
(This post was last modified: May 8, 2023 at 5:04 pm by Fake Messiah.)
Texas lawmaker who suggested God is responsible for mall mass shooting wants more guns at shopping outlet
Freshman Republican Rep. Keith Self, 70, whose congressional district includes Allen, Texas, served in both the Army Special Forces and Army Rangers. A Christian nationalist, far-right extremist, and 2020 presidential election denier, Self was endorsed by twice-impeached and criminally-indicted ex-president Donald Trump, along with his disgraced ex-National Security Advisor Mike Flynn, also a far-right Christian nationalist, and a QAnon supporter.
Asked Monday morning if he knew why the gunman targeted that outlet mall, Rep. Self told Fox News,"I don't know, we can speculate on it."
"But I will tell you this: I believe the policy of that mall is a no-gun zone. So one of the things we've got to consider is not having these soft targets," he said, suggesting there should be more people there with guns. "I was in the military for 25 years and I will tell you soft targets are where criminals go."
https://www.rawstory.com/texas-lawmaker-...ng-outlet/
Freshman Republican Rep. Keith Self, 70, whose congressional district includes Allen, Texas, served in both the Army Special Forces and Army Rangers. A Christian nationalist, far-right extremist, and 2020 presidential election denier, Self was endorsed by twice-impeached and criminally-indicted ex-president Donald Trump, along with his disgraced ex-National Security Advisor Mike Flynn, also a far-right Christian nationalist, and a QAnon supporter.
Asked Monday morning if he knew why the gunman targeted that outlet mall, Rep. Self told Fox News,"I don't know, we can speculate on it."
"But I will tell you this: I believe the policy of that mall is a no-gun zone. So one of the things we've got to consider is not having these soft targets," he said, suggesting there should be more people there with guns. "I was in the military for 25 years and I will tell you soft targets are where criminals go."
https://www.rawstory.com/texas-lawmaker-...ng-outlet/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"