These 11 wonderful people

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  1. tiggerthewing Avatar
    tiggerthewing

    Those poor people. What a terrifying way to die. And for what? So that the President of the United States can get cheers at a rally, by lying about Jews, plus other Middle Easterners and starving refugees.

  2. Ben McGorrigan Avatar
    Ben McGorrigan

    Another horrible, disgusting tragedy. Elderly people shot down while privately engaging in a peaceful ceremony. Another domestic terrorist act not recognised as such.

    Obama wasn’t perfect and the precursers to Trump emerged on his watch. But this Obama quote should be repeated ad nauseum:

    “Let’s be clear: At some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries,”

    When that reckoning with guns will come, i have no idea.

    But i can at least imagine a post-Trump future in which the USA remembers that it’s a nation of immigrants and a melting pot and that the whole world is richer for that.

  3. iknklast Avatar
    iknklast

    In a related note, I heard last night that the shooter will face stricter penalties for killing people while engaged in acts of worship. Say what? Why is engaging in acts of worship considered more of a protected activity than, say, going to the grocery store? Or a gay bar? Or a concert? And why didn’t I hear about this when the black church was shot up?

    It is a tragedy, but let’s not pretend it would be less of a tragedy if it happened at, say, a community center or a government office, or anywhere else. Shooting someone in the bathroom should be considered as high a crime as shooting someone at prayer.

  4. Acolyte of Sagan Avatar
    Acolyte of Sagan

    Unlike his boss, Mike Pence is a deeply religious man, so he wouldn’t insult the memory of the Jewish dead, would he?

    US Vice-President Mike Pence faces controversy after a cleric whose views are shunned by mainstream Jews led prayers for victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.

    Rabbi Loren Jacobs appeared at a Republican rally in Michigan where he described Jesus as the Messiah and did not name the victims of the attack.

    [……] Others criticised the fact that Rabbi Jacobs had not named the victims but had instead read a list of Republican candidates for the forthcoming midterm elections

    Oh!

    It was the Rep. candidate, Lena Epstein, who invited the cleric, but it was Pence who opened the rally and introduced Jacobs to lead the prayer, and Pence just has to know what Messianic Judaism is.

    Well, a prayer’s not a prayer unless it has Jesus in it.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-us-canada-46029972

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