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ashling

(25,771 posts) Fri Dec 11, 2015, 01:07 AM Dec 2015

'Christian' caught on camera throwing coffee and ranting at Muslims praying in a park [View all]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3353454/Woman-tosses-coffee-praying-Muslim-men-California-park.html?ito=social-facebook

Denise Slader, a California Department of Corrections employee, has been identified as the woman behind the Sunday incident

Rasheed Albeshari says his friends were praying in a Bay Area park that afternoon when Slader came up and started condemning their religion

A park ranger tried to intervene, but the situation escalated and Slader lunged at Albeshari for filming the exchange

Albeshari says Slader threw coffee and whacked him with an umbrella

The Alameda County District Attorney's Office is considering whether to press hate-crime charges against Slader

Slader is also under investigation by her employer

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3353454/Woman-tosses-coffee-praying-Muslim-men-California-park.html#ixzz3tzAoq2w1

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'Christian' caught on camera throwing coffee and ranting at Muslims praying in a park [View all] ashling Dec 2015 OP

"Brainwashed by hate" Major Nikon Dec 2015 #1

Nobody like that should be allowed into any position of the least power. Warpy Dec 2015 #2

Why the scare quotes? whatthehey Dec 2015 #3

"Scare quotes?" ashling Dec 2015 #4

The original has it like this: 'Born Again' Christian.... cleanhippie Dec 2015 #5

The original headline does not fit into the subject line ashling Dec 2015 #10

Except the quotes are misplaced. Conveniently so. whatthehey Dec 2015 #25

I understand, but your change changes the entire context. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #31

So we're not allowed to use quotation marks, even if we want to? Does being critical... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #6

That's not the bigotry, as I hoped would be clear whatthehey Dec 2015 #7

I see what your saying. I was taking the quotation marks as a remark about how the offender... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #9

Chisolm, that is what I meant by using the single quotation marks ashling Dec 2015 #11

Agreed, ashling. nt ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #14

And it's the fact that you have an inflated opinion of what is Christian behavior that's the problem whatthehey Dec 2015 #21

That was not my intention at all. Oh well, I guess someone will be along any moment now to... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #35

Just picture analogs and you may get the problem whatthehey Dec 2015 #42

"something quite un-Christian-like" trotsky Dec 2015 #17

You're completely missing the point. Christians are supposed to live their lives in a Christ-like.. ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #22

Someone's definitely missing the point. On that we agree. trotsky Dec 2015 #26

OFFS!!! Just say what you have to say and stop this dance. Also, are you defending... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #27

I'm trying to. trotsky Dec 2015 #29

The point is they SHOULD be coming from NOBODY whatthehey Dec 2015 #34

Well, no fucking shit! No one said it's a standard that holds only for Christians. God damn...SMH! ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #36

Then why the scare quotes saying she wasn't a real Christian whatthehey Dec 2015 #40

"this dance." What DUers do when confronted by far bigger problems. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #38

The problem is that I'm being accused of elevating Christians, and Christ-like, to a superior... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #41

Well actually the OP did that. You are just determined not to see an obvious problem whatthehey Dec 2015 #44

I understand. Some here like to noodle around in minutiae. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #45

But the scare quotes denote inversion not hypocrisy whatthehey Dec 2015 #30

"the bigoted internalization of Christian = better than the rest" trotsky Dec 2015 #32

Good idea. Hey, where are the women with my foot massage? jberryhill Dec 2015 #39

Since you did not see fit to respond to my reply to your ashling Dec 2015 #12

Are you perhaps just unfamiliar with the term? whatthehey Dec 2015 #18

Attacks by Muslims on innocent non-Muslims just might incite attacks in reverse. Shocked. SHOCJKED! WinkyDink Dec 2015 #8

Wtf? marmar Dec 2015 #13

WTF back. My words simply mean: "Who is surprisedf at this turn of events?" Are YOU? WinkyDink Dec 2015 #19

Yup! Because, as Jesus taught us: "Two wrongs are alright with me!" nt ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #16

I'm sure everyone here lives by that adage. These seem to many to be perilous times. IMO. WinkyDink Dec 2015 #23

I should have stuck with my first thought which was: "WinkyDink said that??" My apologies... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #24

The thing is, everyone knows, or ought to, that we have many "militias" just waiting for a "reason." WinkyDink Dec 2015 #33

Eye for an eye then? This should be our citizen's response? It's to be expected and her action not Person 2713 Dec 2015 #43

mr trump is inciting violence, isn't that illegal? spanone Dec 2015 #15

No, he is not. Find any Trump quote that calls for violence. Don't seek a heavy-handed govt; you WinkyDink Dec 2015 #20

let me ask Truprogressive85 Dec 2015 #28

I said nothing of the victims' behaviors, nor would I. I spoke of the killers', and why it is naive WinkyDink Dec 2015 #37

Praying in a park is violent? These people did nothing to give the attacker " a pass" due to Person 2713 Dec 2015 #46