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WarGamer

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6. I'm uncomfortable with the comparison to the Heydrich assassination.

Reply to canetoad (Reply #4)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:07 PM

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Over 5000 people were killed in retaliation... including hundreds of children.

One of the worst retaliatory massacres in history.

And that's without getting into the fact that Mormonism had zip zero nada to do with the motive for Tyler Robinson.

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I think the burning of the church was a message (Michigan) [View all] canetoad Monday OP

Christian on Christian crime JustAnotherGen Monday #1

If you have credible evidence that Sanford was "angered by the shooting of Kirk", then post it. Bernardo de La Paz Monday #2

Theory, Bernardo canetoad Monday #4

I'm uncomfortable with the comparison to the Heydrich assassination. WarGamer Monday #6

I agree with you canetoad Monday #20

It's tribalism.... WarGamer Monday #22

Not speculaton: fact that Sanford & Nazis did similar thing. It's factless speculation he was moved by Kirk's killing. Bernardo de La Paz Monday #9

He did target a Mormon church, not just a church. The timing merits speculation 617Blue Monday #8

There is no dispute he hated mormons. As to timing, who knows, and yes it is only speculation. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Monday #13

Bernardo, the OP was clearly speculating and discussing an idea. Irish_Dem Monday #11

+1000 BeerBarrelPolka Monday #14

I have no beef with the theory on connecting church fires; it is based on observation. The speculation on Kirk's Bernardo de La Paz Monday #15

Science is based on getting feedback for one's theories. Irish_Dem Monday #17

Science is based on facts & observations. Speculation can inspire science but is not a THEORY & not science per se Bernardo de La Paz Monday #18

This is not correct. Irish_Dem Monday #19

Speculation inspires (starts) science but is not science. Bernardo de La Paz Monday #23

As a big fan of history and one who has read books on the topic and stood at the spot of the assasination in Prague... WarGamer Monday #3

It was a far right lunatic, but Vogon_Glory Monday #10

Part of the problem of these run of the mill psychopaths Prairie Gates Monday #5

No, the old ghosts aren't dead. Mormon persecution is reviving Vogon_Glory Monday #7

I agree the shooter was sending a big message. Irish_Dem Monday #12

..unrelated to the assassination of James Jesse Strang thomski64 Monday #16

Haven't heard about that canetoad Monday #21