People say the dumbest things when talking about a tragedy

[proud2BlibKansan]

Just saw the minister of one of the victims on CNN. He was talking about the man who was killed and he said 'He had some heart issues. And we knew he was going to die some day. So this is probably for the best.'

:wtf:

Being murdered is for the best? Better than heart disease??

Then he went on to say he is advising his church members to keep politics out of this. That's not helpful.

Good grief. Keep this minister away from me if I am ever sick.

[The Magistrate]

1. Translated, Ma'am: The Minister Thinks Shooting Democratic Politicians Is A Good Thing....

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. I believe that is the correct interpretation, Sir

Seriously, a minister who calls murder a blessing? Jesus is weeping.

[begin_within]

2. How long until one of them says, "It was God's will."

[Jamastiene]

8. Westboro Baptist Church, way ahead of ya.

They already released a press statement yesterday. I won't link to it, but you can imagine.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Probably already have

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

3. Next he'll say he took one for the team

What a jerk.

[Duer 157099]

4. Sounds like Mawmaw Bush

Fuckin' idiots.

[Kurovski]

5. Yeah. Babs says: Katrina real improvement to so many lives.

You got that right, Duer.

[Mimosa]

6. Wish you had a link to that.

But OTH, that kind of idiocy is a good reason NOT to watch TV 'news.'

[Arrowhead2k1]

7. WTF?

People from Arizona never cease to amaze me...

[reggie the dog]

9. look at kansas

up north.....westboro chruch and all, they are THANKING god for this gunman....

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. Phelps humiliates Kansas on a daily basis

[reggie the dog]

16. reagan was from illinois

we are humiliated in most states quite often

[xchrom]

10. somebody take his pulpit away from him. nt

[TBF]

14. On facebook I've seen a lot of bizarre comments like "both sides do it" -

regarding the hate speech ... we've got to remark on that whenever we see it. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with that.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. My response to that:

Well at least Sarah's political career is over.

Then if they ask what I mean, I post a link to her map with the crosshairs.

[TBF]

17. Spot on - I'm using Ed Stein's cartoon today as my response

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. Excellent

[tavalon]

19. Well, as a minor defense of the man,

those of us who deal with death and the impact on families actually take training in right and wrong things to say and when to say nothing, just listen. We take them yearly, just like CPR and so we are less likely to say those oh so stupid things that were actually saying to make us feel less uncomfortable. He may not have had adequate training nor an intuitive sense of what to say or not to say.

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. Minor defense accepted

I am willing to give him a slight pass cause he was talking to CNN and not the man's family.

[lunatica]

20. He probably said the same thing about Christina Green

She was gonna die some day anyway, so.....