Chris Harper Mercer identified as Umpqua Community College shooter

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13. I should not even go here, but I have something to say

He described himself as a “lover, conservative, professional, intellectual, introvert" – and under his interests listed the “internet, killing zombies, movies, music, reading".

Harper Mercer also said he was “mixed race”, did not drink and was a “conservative, Republican".

I just had a recent conversation by phone with a guy who has been doing work for me (contractor) for many years. He's always been a little weird, but has always done very good work and tried to undercharge me because he knows how poor I am (and I need his help). I always pay him more than he asks for because I don't want to take advantage of his kindness.

But in the last few years he has gotten religion in a big way, and he has been very vocal about it. I informed him I'm an atheist and it doesn't deter him in the least because he's on a mission to heal and convert (very normal for a born again anything).

I've tried to ignore it, but this time is was just too much...yet I needed his help and I had to just keep quiet and try to stop him from talking.

On the phone he went on a rant about a lot of things, but one thing he said that really pissed me off was that men were not designed to stick their dick in the asses of other men. First time he ever revealed his homophobia to me, and it shook me. Instead of confronting him with something like "Well, are we designed to use our mouths on other's genitals?", and having a fight over it, I just told him I did not want to hear it.

Then when he came over to install the plumbing I needed done and before he left he started ranting about how the chemicals being dispersed in our air (contrails) were stopping rain here in America, so it would rain instead in Africa, where all these people were buying up land to grow crops to take control of the economy...OMG, I didn't even know how to respond. I told him he better not keep talking about crazy conspiracy theories, or we would just get mad at each other and he finally shut up and went home. I was trying to be kind to him, knowing he was stressed, because he just lost his dog last week.

How the hell do you deal with crazy people like this? This is what too many republicans are like. How did this happen? How did so many people in the US go nuts?