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"Convert them or kill them"? With that philosophy, you should JOIN them! (Original Post) napkinz Sep 2014 OP
The religious extremism is America is far more than any existential threat half a world away. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #1
yep! napkinz Sep 2014 #2
kick napkinz Sep 2014 #3

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
1. The religious extremism is America is far more than any existential threat half a world away.
Wed Sep 3, 2014, 06:48 PM
Sep 2014

America's home grown extremists are already here, some hiding, some proudly ranting, and most just yelling at the TV tuned to Fox permanently.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
2. yep!
Wed Sep 3, 2014, 06:55 PM
Sep 2014
Tea Party Candidate Says It's OK To Stone Gays To Death

By Ed Mazza
06/12/2014

Scott Esk, a Republican Tea Party candidate in Oklahoma, got into a debate on Facebook last summer in which he advocated killing homosexuals.

“I think we would be totally in the right to do it,” Esk wrote in comments uncovered by Oklahoma journalist Rob Morris. “That goes against some parts of libertarianism, I realize, and I’m largely libertarian, but ignoring as a nation things that are worthy of death is very remiss.”

When pressed, Esk added: "I never said I would author legislation to put homosexuals to death, but I didn’t have a problem with it."

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The Raw Story notes that in other Facebook posts, Esk has said that laws punishing gays should be instituted locally so people "can decide for themselves whether they want to live in a particular community based in part on how things like this are dealt with.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/11/scott-esk-stoning-gays_n_5486678.html






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