An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
Utter Insanity!
Police: Church targeted because of liberal views
An unemployed man accused of opening fire with a shotgun and killing two people at a Unitarian church apparently targeted the congregation out of hatred for its support of liberal social policies, police said Monday.
This is insane! Literally insane. I’m none too fond of liberal ’causes’, but I’m not about to go shoot up a church who advocates for them.
“It appears that what brought him to this horrible event was his lack of being able to obtain a job, his frustration over that and his stated hatred of the liberal movement,” Owen said at a news conference.
This kind of thing seriously chaps my hide! There are jobs out there, the problem is, some folks think they are above doing the dirty work. As one who has cleaned toilets and scrubbed floors for a living in the past, a pay check is a pay check, and if it feeds your kids, do it! Not knowing the man, or his actual frame of mind, other than nuttier than the proverbial fruitcake, I can’t imagine that he was too good to wash dishes, or pick up garbage. NO ONE IS!
The Unitarian-Universalist church promotes progressive social work, including advocacy of women and gay rights. The Knoxville congregation also has provided sanctuary for political refugees, fed the homeless and founded a chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, according to its Web site.
I’m afraid I’ll have to disagree with the term “church” here. But that’s for another time. They could be practicing Wiccan rituals, but it does not give this POS, or anyone else the right to shoot, and kill, another human being. Self defense is one thing. Disagreeing with politic policies is something else altogether.
“He certainly intended to take a lot of casualties,” Owen said. “He had 76 rounds with him.”
Police said Adkisson carried a 12-gauge semiautomatic shotgun into the church in a guitar case, but it appeared no specific person was targeted. A search of his house also turned up a .38-caliber handgun, Owen added.
Owen said authorities believe the suspect had gone to the Unitarian church because of “some publicity in the recent past regarding its liberal stance on things.”
The one thing that seriously bothers me is there were children on the stage performing for the ‘congregation’. Was he planning on murdering children? Why didn’t the cops just shoot him. Say he tried to escape…..something! Save a lot of taxpayer money.
Unitarians have roots in a movement that rejected Puritan orthodoxy in New England. Although individual Unitarian churches can vary dramatically in outlooks, most congregations retain a deep commitment to social justice, which has led many to embrace liberal stances on the ordination of women, civil rights and gay rights.
I can understand the rejection of the “Puritan orthodoxy”. Dunking women to see if they are witches is a bit much. However, they seem to have rejected the Bible in its entirety. Still, there are NO excuses for this scum’s actions.
Disagreeing with someone’s political views is not a license to kill. Plain and simple.
