Religious freedom to oppress other religions.
Not sure you read the article. He took a plea deal and took a lesser charge.
Have you dead the article? That religious asshole basically got off without any serious consequences.
He beheaded a statue… I don’t think they should ruin his life over it.
They should also not encourage him and others to keep doing that.
Exactly. I think it was fair for what he did
He received a misdemeanor conviction.
Which is a mild slap on the wrist, if at all.
You think minors crimes should be punished harshly? Nothing of value was destroyed. Nobody was hurt. What do you think the punishment should have been?
Nothing of value was destroyed.
christians would be going bonkers if a nativity or crucifix were destroyed.
why do you have two sets of standards?
I have one set of standards.
Would you say the same if it was a Christian display?
Wouldn’t care either way. As an atheist, why would I care why sky god it is?
Religious freedom for me but no one else. The christian way.
I thought it was open season on stautues of evil
What exactly is evil that Satanists believe in?
Satan, literally the worst possible evil to exist. Its in the name, Satanist.
According to Christians, not Satanists
Satan is from the Christian mythos. If a cult started worshipping the swastika and making swastika statues, would thay be okay?
The swastika never stopped being used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
Bad example.
What example of evil would you use? The confederate flag maybe? That actually sounds lile a good one.
Hmm, let’s see… Yeah, that’d be okay.
You really had no idea where the swastika came from, did you?
You also don’t understand the purpose of the satanic church.
I dont make it a habit to research nazi symbolism, no.
I would argue that christians, specially white male christians are the worse evil to exist. Far more death and suffering has been caused in the name of Christ than in the name of satan.
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What did Satan do that was so evil?
Oh that’s adorable!
These articles fail to point out the reason the Iowa Capitol has a satanic display is because it also has a christian display.
The Satanic Temple exists only to proposition the government to allow the Temple to do similar things they allow christians to do. They don’t proposition the government to do anything unless a christian group has done it first. If what they’re doing upsets you–that’s the point. The idea is to show how the government shouldn’t be allowing any form of religious displays or religious arguments.
Also, it gets pointed out all the time, but members of the Satanic Temple don’t actually worship satan. Their name and symbols are simply meant to offend christians.
Time to knock over some crosses and Jesus statues.
Forcing the prosecutors to drop the hate crime is a huge victory for Cassidy and for religious freedom.
Dude is going get a small fine, no jail time, and the charge is being expunged. Now had it been a satanist beheading a Jesus statue, would things have gone this same way?
Yes.
Depends on the jurisdiction at the very least
That’s true, but we know the jurisdiction in question.
Why not link to the original source?
“… we were able to back the prosecutors into a corner …Forcing the prosecutors to drop the hate crime is a huge victory for Cassidy and for religious freedom”
It’s funny how taking a plea bargain equates to “forcing the prosecutors” and then claiming it is a victory for religious freedom.
It’s funny how taking a plea bargain equates to “forcing the prosecutors” and then claiming it is a victory for religious freedom.
It isn’t a victory for freedom of religion. It is nothing more than a plea deal. He took the lesser sentence to avoid potentially losing in court.
I am not a fan of the plea system because it allows for abuse but it is the system we have in place.
Hate crime? What kind of a crime can someone commit absent of all motivated by ill will or hate? There is no universal recognition of such a thing exists. The absence of violent does equate to a peaceful environment.
If a starving homeless person steals a granola bar, were they motivated by ill will, or were they motivated by hate?
Tell me, since you seem so confident.
You are using the specific example of a homeless person for emotiobal manipulation purposes of normalcy bias.
And you’re using absolutes and complaining when given examples you don’t like. As somehow homeless are a “cheating” for you, less see some other examples.
- Feed pigeons in the city is a crime in many locations. No ill intent or hate
- Growing and consuming certain plants (marijuana for example) is a crime in many locations. No ill intent or hate
- Painting the street is a crime. No ill intent or hate
- Reporting crimes committed by the government is a crime. No ill intent or hate.
- Being gay…
- abortion…
- fighting authoritarian regimes…
Do you want me to continue?
In country where anyone is caught with drugs has their head cut off in ooen public. Anyone caught in the act of homosexuality is publicly hung. A mother who attempts to have her child killed, she herself is killed. You can never fight authoritarian regimes until you decide that it’s better for you to die or be killed in the fight than to let the regime continue. Forget about North America, forget about Europe, pay attention to other places where national governments are holding weekly executions in 2024 for citizens not obeying government mandates.
That’s a very interesting deflection. Care to address my point?
I did address it, like you advocating for indiscriminate homocide but not discriminate homocide, only indiscriminate homocide you support.
It seems English is not your first or last language, given your comprehension and way of “speaking”.
I didn’t advocate for any of this. Those are examples of things that can be crimes in many places, and do not have ill intent or hate.
