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VA_Jill

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19. Those are emphatically NOT Christians

Mon Dec 1, 2014, 09:39 PM

Dec 2014

Call them "Christianists" if you have to identify them with that part of the religious spectrum. You wouldn't have a problem with using the term "Islamists" to denote radical Muslims, would you?

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Police: Austin shooter belonged to an ultra conservative Christian hate group [View all] Kingofalldems Dec 2014 OP

No one could have predicted that. Scuba Dec 2014 #1

Now it's official. We had a DUer insinuate that since Austin Kingofalldems Dec 2014 #3

... Scuba Dec 2014 #4

There were a whole lot of folks on twitter pimping that, too.. Blue_Tires Dec 2014 #29

Bad link? Nothing in that thread about Austin or McQuilliams (nt) muriel_volestrangler Dec 2014 #37

Nope, trolls. Scuba Dec 2014 #38

Are you calling el_bryanto a troll? muriel_volestrangler Dec 2014 #40

I didn't call anyone a troll. I merely pointed out that trolls exist here and elsewhere. Scuba Dec 2014 #41

No, you didn't "point out that trolls exist here and elsewhere"; you linked to a DUer's post muriel_volestrangler Dec 2014 #42

OK, I can see why you came to that conclusion. It was my intent to link to the OP not El Bryant's .. Scuba Dec 2014 #43

holy shit that is HUGH! snooper2 Dec 2014 #56

Yikes! There are more of them..... Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #2

I wonder if the local paper will be as thorough in investigating this cult as they Baitball Blogger Dec 2014 #6

Or the... BronxBoy Dec 2014 #10

Why, what has any member done? Or are you just generally frightened of scary black folk? Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #31

Dude.... BronxBoy Dec 2014 #36

Me too! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #39

Sorry about that, but some would agree with the non sarcastic version. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #44

No worries... BronxBoy Dec 2014 #51

KKK under another name mb999 Dec 2014 #30

A Christian hate group......... wandy Dec 2014 #5

�If you look at what he did, he terrorized a city, he�s just an American terrorist..." herding cats Dec 2014 #7

So, first lone wolf attack is not by ISIS, but by Christian religious hate group? Isn't that special? Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #32

Well, I wouldn't exactly say it was the first attack by a RW Christian extremist. herding cats Dec 2014 #49

I read the comment section, there is an excellent one there, which reads, in part: Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #52

Calling the Christian Identity types "Christians" seems like an insult to Christianity starroute Dec 2014 #8

Ooh, god made him one smart superior guy... Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #14

This does not surprise me Gothmog Dec 2014 #9

He looked real cute in that hat Kennah Dec 2014 #11

the hat is weird enough....WTF is going on with tha shir? VanillaRhapsody Dec 2014 #27

Adorable cap sleeves! Coventina Dec 2014 #45

Yet police continue to view TRoN33 Dec 2014 #12

Ammosexual IrishEyes Dec 2014 #26

Christian Hate Group? That would in truth read Anti-Christian Hate Group. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #13

Agreed. ISIS would then be an anti-Islamic hate group....I hope folks get that. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #33

What Police Dept. did he work for? easychoice Dec 2014 #15

Christian Hate Group is an oxymoron. Or maybe just morons. TNNurse Dec 2014 #16

"Let me die" secondvariety Dec 2014 #17

Christian hate group. blkmusclmachine Dec 2014 #18

Those are emphatically NOT Christians VA_Jill Dec 2014 #19

Uh, Islamists are Muslims....there is no such word as "Christianists". My spellchecker insists. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #34

Sure they are...They are probably literally following their holy book unlike most people snooper2 Dec 2014 #46

Who are you to judge? LannyDeVaney Dec 2014 #55

christian hate group???? heaven05 Dec 2014 #20

after reading the replies heaven05 Dec 2014 #21

ah, the Bible... Enrique Dec 2014 #22

Thanks. Kingofalldems Dec 2014 #23

Own it, Wingers! AnnieBW Dec 2014 #24

Cue the excuses... ANewEra Dec 2014 #25

No doubt he acted alone, nothing to look at or see here, move along everyone Scootaloo Dec 2014 #28

Christ Almighty vs Allah Ackbar seveneyes Dec 2014 #35

NOTE: this is a "Homegrown American extremist..." After all the word "Terrorist" is ONLY used for diabeticman Dec 2014 #47

The police chief in Austin called him a terrorist. There's a mention of it in the article above. herding cats Dec 2014 #53

And that who I was ranting about the media as well but it said "who austin POLICE are CALLING diabeticman Dec 2014 #54

This one lays soundly at the feet of our wimpy media herding cats Dec 2014 #57

But we can't call them terrorists, or the Republicans throw a hissy fit. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #48

Has Limbaugh called him a 'leftist' yet? louis-t Dec 2014 #50