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struggle4progress

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3. Lafayette shooter had history of right-wing web postings, erratic behavior

Wed Jul 29, 2015, 11:47 AM

Jul 2015

By Ralph Ellis, Michael Pearson and Ed Payne, CNN
Updated 12:55 PM ET, Mon July 27, 2015

... He left a trail of erratic behavior.

His last known major legal problem came last year when he was evicted from the house he owned in Phenix City. Heath Taylor, sheriff of Russell County, said Houser returned to the house and vandalized it by pouring concrete down the plumbing and tampering with the natural gas lines, including the one that ran to a fireplace inside.

"If you'd turned it on it would have blown [flames] out," Taylor said.

He was arrested on arson charges in the 1980s when he was accused of hiring a man to set fire to office of a lawyer who represented pornographic movie theaters, according to the Ledger-Enquirer newspaper in Columbus ...

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/24/us/louisiana-theater-shooter/

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Rusty Houser hated women. He learned that at church. [View all] cleanhippie Jul 2015 OP

Yes, the more strident apologists here skepticscott Jul 2015 #1

A look back into the life of John 'Rusty' Houser struggle4progress Jul 2015 #2

Lafayette shooter had history of right-wing web postings, erratic behavior struggle4progress Jul 2015 #3

Lafayette shooting: Gunman ID'd as "kind of a drifter" struggle4progress Jul 2015 #4

I am really quite sick of your ablist bullshit. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2015 #6

Perhaps you could benefit from a reading comprehension course: I simply posted struggle4progress Jul 2015 #7

Spare us the disingenuous innocence routine. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2015 #8

I think that when all one has to offer is a continual Google Gish Gallop, dignity is the least cleanhippie Jul 2015 #24

Lafayette Shooting Adds Another Angry Face in the Gunmen’s Gallery struggle4progress Jul 2015 #5

It is google gish gallop day here in the religion forum. Warren Stupidity Jul 2015 #9

I wonder if the dishonesty ever actually tweaks their conscience Promethean Jul 2015 #11

Cognitive Dissonance - mr blur Jul 2015 #12

There are no facts in the OP, only suppositions galore. kwassa Jul 2015 #15

Some chronology struggle4progress Jul 2015 #10

How long has he been a member of the baptist church? Lordquinton Jul 2015 #13

So might fucked up brain chemistry. Leontius Jul 2015 #18

Impeccable diagnosis, Dr. Rogers. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2015 #19

You also can't find religious belief as a mental disorder in there either but Leontius Jul 2015 #20

Please show me where I have said anything of the sort. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2015 #22

DSM-V, "religious and spiritual problems" AtheistCrusader Jul 2015 #23

You're awfully quiet, Leo. Here, let me help you out. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2015 #25

You're wasting your time. Leo doesn't respond when busted fabricating reality. cleanhippie Aug 2015 #27

Or if the response warrants more than one or two sentences. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2015 #28

"But it’s possible to remain a Southern Baptist in mostly good standing while somewhat questioning" Lordquinton Jul 2015 #14

Exhibit A: “The Mansplainingest Mansplainer Who Ever Internetted.” muriel_volestrangler Jul 2015 #16

And, what does this prove in relation to Houser? kwassa Jul 2015 #17

Fred posted it as an example of the Southern Baptist attitude to women (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jul 2015 #21

I don't know what he learned at church but I know what he DIDN'T learn from Jesus Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #26

Some adherents to Abrahamic religions have a warped interpretation of the original sin Major Nikon Aug 2015 #29

So what's the non warped version? Lordquinton Aug 2015 #30

Well, less warped version(s) anyway Major Nikon Aug 2015 #33

I don't think original sin can be made to not be warped Lordquinton Aug 2015 #34

It's an ethical basis Major Nikon Aug 2015 #36

Who was Rusty Houser, the alleged Louisiana movie theater gunman? struggle4progress Aug 2015 #31

Thanks for proving out skepticscott Aug 2015 #32

It's strange, isn't it? Here's a guy who shot a bunch of strangers. And then some people struggle4progress Aug 2015 #37

No one is trying to explain all those other things skepticscott Aug 2015 #38

So where's your links about mental illness and violence? Lordquinton Aug 2015 #35