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A very sad state of affairs. Was it really suicide? Why was he so upset about being identified as being Jewish? Is antisemitism that rife in the GOP?
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So right wing Christians love Israel, but Jews, not so much?
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Always, always, always turn rage outward against its source.
Don’t turn it against yourself.
People who say retribution and revenge don’t feel good or fix things just haven’t tried hard enough. Some motherfuckers have it coming, and it feels damn good to deliver it to them.
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Indeed. The Jews and Israel in particular are propped up by the teavangelicals because the teavangelicals believe that Israel is where Armegeddon must happen.
In return, Israel uses the dumbfuck teavangelicals as useful foils for continued American fiscal and military support.
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Something here just doesn’t add up.
Mental illness has to have been a factor on some level, but I keep wondering when the other shoe will drop.
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Only when they think they can embarrass the president!
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That is what is making this even harder to digest: one feels angry that there was a “whispering campaign” that possibly led him to commit suicide, but on the other hand, he was that despairing of being called Jewish so much he would end his own life? I don’t mean this to sound callous, but my first thought was, "What, he would have preferred being called a pedophile not but “a Jew”?
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Still not buying it.
People kill themselves because they’re ill and see no other way, or to punish themselves, often both. Rage would spark revenge, maybe, or determination - not despair. The entire brain path and brain chemistry is different.
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1)Yes, it was suicide unless these two women are lying.
2 )He was upset as being misidentified as Jewish because he feared it would destroy his political career and that anybody would try to hurt him in this fashion.
- And, yes, in Missouri, antisemitism is that rife among the GOP primary voters — at least, both Schweich and Hancock who were both in positions to know, thought so.
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Yep, I’d have to agree with you that Hancock is mentally ill. Most sane people aren’t that vile.
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“The account details just how troubled Schweich was by rumors he believed were being spread about his religion on the day he took his own life.”
This statement really sticks out. It isn’t just in relation to this story and the possible suicide by Mr. Schweich. The essence of this statement can be applied to so many Americans who somehow believe their way of life, their religious institutions are somehow sullied, demeaned or made un-whole all because of some outside force – namely same-sex marriage equality at the moment. Years past, it was inter-racial marriage equality; before that it was (for many of the more conservative) just plain equal treatment of blacks, Chinese, Jews, the Irish, etc. Either your “faith” in your religion is strong … or it isn’t.
It really sticks out to me just how thin-skinned (religiously-speaking) many humans can be. Yes, I even know some in my own life, namely family. It also sticks out to me how much weight it must carry to a good number of the “sheep” among us. Seriously, does it/would it really undermine what you believe about yourself, what you hold near and dear about what your soul, your character that you’ve spent years building and honing–your spirit, your essence–if other humans choose to partake in a whisper campaign? Children, youngsters, I can see–as many of them have yet to experience strong character-building travels, travails–but fully grown adults?
I still question if we are hearing all the details. I do have a difficult time believing this man was that sensitive about people whispering he might be/is Jewish. Would he have felt the same way if idiots whispered he might sacrifice goats every third full moon to appease Satan?
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While the guy’s decision to kill himself was tragic, I guess I have a hard time feeling much empathy when the guy was a member of a party that has continually sought to publicly suggest our President is a Muslim, Kenyan, or otherwise not a Christian or even American in order to damage him politically. I mean a “whisper campaign” that someone is a Jew is pretty freaking tame in the context of how the Republican party as a whole has behaved for at least the last 8 years.
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Sadly, anti-Semitism is more present in the GOP than many realize. A few years ago, he faced opposition from the far-right wing of the party, stating that Texas needed a Christian to lead the house. They also claimed that Straus’ Jewish faith also made me too moderate. This caused big blowback within the Texas GOP, and the opposition backed down, but it’s proof that it’s there.
It’s also easy to forget that Missouri has a lot more in common with Arkansas than the Midwest. To many residents of the state, the War Against Northern Aggression is still being waged.
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I read your post after I posted mine. You appear to have some answers. However, I’m really taken aback at how weak some people’s core beliefs must be. I don’t this as a swipe, just my observation.
I would give you 10 (Hearts) if I could!
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He couldn’t have killed himself just because his opponents were calling him Jewish. Something else is going to come out. Or else Missouri GOPers are haters-deluxe.
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**Horrible. Yet Rand Paul thinks American Jewry is going to go GOP. Sick.
This is one of the saddest stories ever–that a Republican candidate knew that no Christian Republican would vote for him if he happened to be Jewish.
Way to go, Missouri.**
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So, was Bill O’Reilly standing just outside when this took place?
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Having seen my wifes thoughts and actions change drastically postpartum, I now think who I am and what I think are a lot less under my control and more under the control of brain chemistry.
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