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applegrove

(132,611 posts)
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 03:15 PM Nov 2023

School Board Member Vowed to Be 'Executioner for God'

School Board Member Vowed to Be ‘Executioner for God’

November 24, 2023 at 10:19 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 215 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/11/24/school-board-member-vowed-to-be-executioner-for-god/

"SNIP.........

A school board member in Tuolumne County, California “read in Revelations that I was going to be executioner for God and kill your children,” the Modesta Bee reports.

........SNIP"

Applegrove:

They've been taken for a psychiatric evaluation

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School Board Member Vowed to Be 'Executioner for God' (Original Post) applegrove Nov 2023 OP
Good grief! 3catwoman3 Nov 2023 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2023 #2
more... DBoon Nov 2023 #3
Thanks. applegrove Nov 2023 #4
That is deserving of a lot more than the one line story on Taegan Goddard... Geebus. hlthe2b Nov 2023 #5
Seems he's trying to land a gig with the Trump Campaign Kennah Nov 2023 #6
Obviously he needs to MyOwnPeace Nov 2023 #7
A true believer! He read it in the Bible... just like Mikey Johnson said to do. keithbvadu2 Nov 2023 #8
Archive link to full article RainWalker Nov 2023 #9
Unpredictable mental condition struggle4progress Nov 2023 #10
Or weird and pointless interpretation of a scriptural text. Igel Nov 2023 #14
Mom's for Liberty Nutjob? yankee87 Nov 2023 #11
Back to the dark ages. nt leftyladyfrommo Nov 2023 #12
If this guy really knew his Bible... TSExile Nov 2023 #13

Response to applegrove (Original post)

DBoon

(25,065 posts)
3. more...
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 03:29 PM
Nov 2023
A court filing details alleged threats by a Tuolumne County school board member to kill children and other people. Jason Vassar, 50, claimed to be the messiah and made racist and anti-government statements in documents reported Tuesday by the Union Democrat newspaper. Vassar serves on the Belleview Elementary School District board. It oversees a single campus for preschool through eighth grade about six miles west of Twain Harte. Vassar continues to be detained for a mental evaluation, the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office said. The district has begun the process for removing him from the board.

Read more at: https://www.modbee.com/news/local/crime/article282208913.html#storylink=cpy


Does he own any firearms?

hlthe2b

(114,201 posts)
5. That is deserving of a lot more than the one line story on Taegan Goddard... Geebus.
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 03:31 PM
Nov 2023

(not calling out the OP, just saying why I detest links to Goddard's worthless clickbait).

From the Modesto Bee: (He is detained for mental health evaluation)
--snip--


Portillo and another administrator met with Vassar on Oct. 30 to discuss his mental health, along with school board matters. After leaving, he sent them emails with a total of 93 pages of comments, some of them profane. The topics included COVID-19 in schools, the Antichrist and other biblical references, and complaints about communists and socialists. “I was kind of shocked to read in Revelations that I was going to be executioner for God and kill your children,” Vassar allegedly wrote. He also is accused of leaving a threatening voicemail with an administrator after being served with the restraining order. It required him to stay at least 1,000 feet away from the Belleview campus, students and employees. The same applied to the office of the county superintendent of schools, which provides various services to districts.


Read more at: https://www.modbee.com/news/local/crime/article282208913.html#storylink=cpy

MyOwnPeace

(17,593 posts)
7. Obviously he needs to
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 03:42 PM
Nov 2023

enlist the help of tRump’s lawyers!
All he is doing is talking about his job responsibilities- a part of his first amendment rights. Those mean school people act like they are trying to stop something that might not even happen!



(Glad there’s someone that’s not acting like some of our ‘fine’ chickenshit judges!)

struggle4progress

(126,446 posts)
10. Unpredictable mental condition
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 03:54 PM
Nov 2023

Alex MacLean Nov 21, 2023 Updated Nov 22, 2023

... court filings, viewed by The Union Democrat, include expletive-laden “manifestos” .. titled "Homework" and .. totaling 93 pages.

Vassar, 50, submitted the writings to Belleview District Superintendent-Principal .. after he left a meeting on Oct. 30 ..

Vassar .. claimed at the meeting to have been placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold a few days earlier after attempting to enter an Air Force base ..

In the .. manifestos, Vassar writes .. about perceived government conspiracies related to COVID-19 in schools, the Antichrist and other Biblical references, and grievances with various social and political groups. He also makes .. references to killing people and uses .. racial slurs ...

Vassar is required to stay at least 1,000 feet away from the Belleview School campus .. He also must surrender .. firearms ..

https://www.uniondemocrat.com/news/article_d4a1bba8-88ac-11ee-8056-e32f44005620.html

Igel

(37,568 posts)
14. Or weird and pointless interpretation of a scriptural text.
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 06:06 PM
Nov 2023

Had boss that said that his calling was to be "Lord High Executioner., and he'd thought that since entering college. And looked forward to maybe having the job "in the kingdom." He was in his early 50s at the time. Note that "the kingdom" hadn't occurred during his life, so the job never actually materialized.

Note that he died in his late 80s, more than 30 years later his rather surprising comment that gave pause, with nobody ever accusing him of so much as slapping his wife or kids, much less murder.

Now, his kids had more fear and less love for him when I knew him than seemed good, but that was true of my wife's family. But in the end, they accepted an uneasy stalemate with him and their mother, and family loyalty won out over fear. Not sure about "love". Same for my wife's family.

From where I stood, his kids were more hateful and manipulative than the wannabe "Lord High Executioner" ever was--not that he was pleasant, but his extreme unpleasantness me-ward was due to *their* weaponizing his attitude.

The LHE executioner was quickly absolved, offense at him was like being offended at the knife that cut off my finger tip as I quickly sliced carrots. Much harder forgiving his three kids. Much harder.

My father-in-law's family turned out to be much like the LHE's family, but posthumously. Sadly.

TSExile

(3,363 posts)
13. If this guy really knew his Bible...
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 04:34 PM
Nov 2023

...he would know that the Book of Revelation IS NOT PLURAL!!! Yeeeesh.

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