Subj : Re: "Cultural Terrorism"
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Fri Nov 04 2022 21:58:52

On 04 Nov 2022, Aaron Thomas said the following...
 AT>  JT> Every lynching and church burning is an example. The definition of
 AT>  JT> conservatism combined with the motives of the perpetrators proves it.
 AT> "Every" is not an example.

True. It's a whole lot of examples.

 AT> "Every" is not an example. I looked it up. There was a church burning in
 AT> Lake Worth, TX in 1999, but there was no suspect ever arrested
 AT> (according to Wiki) so there's no "conservative" involved in that one.

You have one unsolved church bombing as the basis that conservatives have
never bombed churches? You failed to mention that the fire started in an
external shed and was carried to the church by the wind.

The targets of church burnings have historically been churches with Black
congregations. There were burnings of black churches after Dylann Roof's
racist attack on a Black church in Charleston. There were Black church
burnings across the South in 1995 during a national debate over the
Confederate flag. And through history, there have been many more.

 AT> (According to Wiki) there was a series of fires (10) in east Texas in
 AT> 2010. 3 suspects were arrested. There's no mention of their political
 AT> beliefs. One of them was interviewed and said he was targeting churches
 AT> "because they were corrupt" and that he was under the influence of
 AT> prescription drugs during the crime spree. No mention of any of the 3's
 AT> political beliefs though.

I'll admit that drug-addled arsonists might be an exception to the rule, and
change by statement to "most" church bombings, especially those of Black
churches, have been committed by conservatives.

 AT> You're full of it. Whenever you post a message using weasel words like
 AT> "many, most, usually, etc," it's safe for the reader to disregard the
 AT> entire post.

No, it's because there are exceptions to every rule.

 AT> I get what you said about the KKK being "conservative" but the KKK isn't
 AT> actively participating in political violence, at least not any that the
 AT> media is able to find.

The KKK does not have the political power it once did. Historically, though,
they have been responsible for quite a bit of violence and death. While they
may not be as active today, other groups with similar ideologies are.

Jeff.

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