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cannabis_flower

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31. Just a thought
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 03:35 PM
Aug 2016

Judging from their lack of nun looking habits and the fact that they lived together, do you think it could be a hate crime and the perpetrator thought they were lesbians?

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Two nuns killed in Mississippi [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 OP
Oh, how horrendous... hlthe2b Aug 2016 #1
How horrible. Ilsa Aug 2016 #2
Shades of El Salvador. forest444 Aug 2016 #3
Easy there, tiger. Brickbat Aug 2016 #4
I realize it's speculative - but then, so would chalking it up to an accident or natural causes. forest444 Aug 2016 #7
Sure CountAllVotes Aug 2016 #9
Where to begin. forest444 Aug 2016 #10
FReak show very anti-Francis since he espouses what those two nuns were actively doing. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #20
How is explaining the attitude of some people towards nuns bashing the sisters? dflprincess Aug 2016 #23
"...very likely far-right political motive" is a rather far cry from LanternWaste Aug 2016 #11
Yes, it's true Lulu KC Aug 2016 #12
You have objective sources supporting your allegation of the riskiness LanternWaste Aug 2016 #14
Just conversing here Lulu KC Aug 2016 #17
Also, decentralizing into the community-- Lulu KC Aug 2016 #15
that's the first thing that came to my mind also! gopiscrap Aug 2016 #24
I'm going to go with no on this one. a la izquierda Aug 2016 #30
Sad, sad, sad. nt No Vested Interest Aug 2016 #5
My first thought was how could this happen? Who would do this? Were they shot? stabbed? What? YOHABLO Aug 2016 #6
Stabbed in there home Lochloosa Aug 2016 #8
they did so much good juxtaposed Aug 2016 #13
Huge loss for that area. Kingofalldems Aug 2016 #18
Oh god, how tragic! smirkymonkey Aug 2016 #19
oh, my. : ( MBS Aug 2016 #26
.. riversedge Aug 2016 #16
I've got relatives all around there, some in law enforcement. I'm trying to find out any info. nolabear Aug 2016 #21
Here's a link to the local news story with more detail. nolabear Aug 2016 #22
Horrible. Lunabell Aug 2016 #25
They had a car; it was taken muriel_volestrangler Aug 2016 #27
Sisters of Charity are always poor Drahthaardogs Aug 2016 #28
I doubt their house had a sign on saying "Sisters of Charity" muriel_volestrangler Aug 2016 #29
Just a thought cannabis_flower Aug 2016 #31
Suspect arrested Crabby Appleton Aug 2016 #32
So probably not right-wing death squads just like in El Salvador? EL34x4 Aug 2016 #33
What makes you believe that? Unit 001 Aug 2016 #38
Just call it a crazy hunch. EL34x4 Aug 2016 #39
Really? Unit 001 Aug 2016 #41
Post removed Post removed Aug 2016 #42
This is not a subtle post geek tragedy Aug 2016 #44
I doubt they or their famiilies cared about their killers' political leanings.. whathehell Sep 2016 #51
Definitely a right winger as many DUers said. virgogal Aug 2016 #34
No far-right political motive? melman Aug 2016 #35
We don't really know the motive do we? ucrdem Aug 2016 #36
'They didn't have much' melman Aug 2016 #37
Maybe the motive is to cover up something Dreamer Tatum Aug 2016 #40
You've read To Kill a Mockingbird? ucrdem Aug 2016 #43
El Salvador...maybe it was an anti-gay hate crime...TKAM... Dreamer Tatum Aug 2016 #47
He has now confessed, but gave no reason. trof Aug 2016 #45
His travel to El Salvador will soon be discovered nt Dreamer Tatum Aug 2016 #46
never mind n/t ucrdem Aug 2016 #48
That doesn't inspire confidence in his guilt. ucrdem Aug 2016 #49
Slain nuns honored in funerals in Kentucky, Wisconsin mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2016 #50
it's just such a sad world ! trench777 Sep 2016 #52
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