Active shooter situation reported in Christchurch, New Zealand

[Torillian]

o_O.Q said:

Torillian said:

I think my overall issue is that I believe there's a connection between people who fear monger about muslims and crazy people that shoot them. So I can't look at someone saying "If France doesn't get their shit together they'll be majority muslim" as totally unrelated to some crazy dickhead killing a bunch of muslims. It's similar to how I think there's a connection between someone calling an abortion doctor "baby killer" over and over again and some crazy asshole killing said doctor. I highly doubt that Candice's brief foray into this particular brand of conservative douchebaggery has had an affect on anyone really, but the general sentiment she's espousing, that muslims are coming to take over all the nice white European countries that need to protect their culture, is definitely to blame for what this dickhead did. 

atheists constantly claim that christianity needs to be destroyed for society to progress forwards

are you ready to put the blame of recent church shootings on to the atheist community?

If you could find me a shooter that shot up a church because they wanted to dismantle the institution of christianity I'm happy to consider the ramifications of such rhetoric. I think you know there's a much more direct line between people that shoot muslims and the fear mongering that occurs about them than atheists saying that the institutions of religion should be destroyed and people shooting church goers. If you can make that connection though I'm happy to consider it. 

This isn't about blame, it's about trying to get to the root cause of a problem rather than letting things end with "wow what a crazy bastard, guess we can't do anything about it". Whether that's gun control, mental health, or trying to curb the overly fearful rhetoric around the group that he shot up.