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Whelp --- this is exactly why we try to control the hatemongers on this site as well. Here, two of us have been slaughtered for standing up against such bigotry.
"Us?" Who is us?
Time to assess where you're going with this, doncha think haters?
What do you mean by "hatemongers?" Specifically
who are you referring to? Please provide a specific example of the
hatemongering you are talking about.
And what do you mean by "control?"
Control what? Are you talking about restricting free expression?
Sure, thanks.
"Us" means those of us who keep cooler heads while the emotionally unhinged venture forth with their unhingement --- such as the perpetrator in this story. Three bystanders who tried to keep those cooler heads and keep the peace were stabbed by the assailant, two fatally. That's what "two of us have been slaughtered" refers to -- Ricky Best and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche.
And then "hatemongers" refers to the readers right here on this site who spew the same kind of vitriol that Jeremy Christian did. For example
Marion Morrison who, in the thread about the Manchester bombing, posted "the solution is simple -- nuke Mecca". Even though the perp there had nothing to do with "Mecca" or Saudi Arabia--- and nor did anyone there, let alone the entire city he would vaporize, have anything to do with the bombing. Kind of like your bank swindles you so in retaliation you go kill your next door neighbor. That kind of unhingement.
Finally by "control" I mean back to number one --- putting out those flames of irrational hatred. Such as the three Samaritans on the train tried to do, or in the context of this board, deconstructing the fallacies that lead to the same hate.
I saw this story (the post you quoted was my original OP before threads got merged) as a glaring example of what the pattern those people are blindly following leads to. Jeremy Christian was in the same place before the event. I also pointed out later that John Houser, who a couple of years ago went into a Lafayette (LA) movie theater and started shooting people, had been a poster here.
It's important to connect dots. When someone's flashing all kinds of warning signs about where their head's at, it's best to pay attention. And if possible get them out of that place before it's too late.
Too bad somebody couldn't do that with Jeremy Christian don't you think?