Re: On the killing of George Tiller
Jun. 1st, 2009 11:09 amPastor Dan from Street Prophets: Let me tell you one thing: whoever it was that shot George Tiller as he entered church this morning was no Christian.
Sara Robinson:
[L]ynchings typically occurred on courthouse lawns as a symbol that the mob had overridden the authority of the state and taken justice into its own hands. So what does it mean when right-wing terrorists start gunning down progressives in the pews of their own churches?
As she points out, two occurrences aren't a pattern. But it's still kind of alarming that we can even think about two different murders that took place in churches in the last year.
We are no longer safe, not even in our own houses of worship.
One could even amend that to read: we are no longer safe from domestic terrorism, not even in our own houses of worship.
Homeland security, my ass.
Sara Robinson:
[L]ynchings typically occurred on courthouse lawns as a symbol that the mob had overridden the authority of the state and taken justice into its own hands. So what does it mean when right-wing terrorists start gunning down progressives in the pews of their own churches?
As she points out, two occurrences aren't a pattern. But it's still kind of alarming that we can even think about two different murders that took place in churches in the last year.
We are no longer safe, not even in our own houses of worship.
One could even amend that to read: we are no longer safe from domestic terrorism, not even in our own houses of worship.
Homeland security, my ass.
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