A pastor, citing the murder of political activist Charlie Kirk, has called for his neighbors to take down their “Hate Has No Home Here” signs, claiming those messages endorse political violence against people like him.

Yet, at the same time that he called upon his critics to tone down their rhetoric, Andrew Isker escalated his own language, angrily demanding vengeance against those he perceives to be his political enemies.

  • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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    9 days ago

    revelations contains an account of how it happens. it was included in the holy bible to help provide guidance about how to recognize it early since it happens with every religious/moral doctrine about once a century. the deepest joke played on reality is the warning being misinterpretted and used as justification to do what is being warned against.

    see also:

    • israel’s genocide against the palestinian people
    • nihilism being used to justify war and destruction when the true conclusion of nihilism is that we chose to create morality and we don’t need god to be good people
    • the existence of slaver churches at all, using abrahamic teachings that originated as instructions on how to resist enslavement to justify enslavement
    • the misinterpretation of Loki as humanity’s enemy in the house of Odin
    • others, i’m sure, these are just the ones i know best