Discussion: Connecticut Pastor Shot 3 Times In Possible Anti-LGBT Hate Crime

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A Hartford, Conn. pastor who preached tolerance for gays and lesbians may have been shot in an anti-LGBT hate crime, BuzzFeed News reported on Tuesday.

Wouldn’t that be better as “was shot in what may have been an anti-LGBT hate crime”?

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Better perhaps, but it wouldn’t have been TPM.

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Why is an orange?

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No, that makes it sound like he “may have been shot” during the occurrence of an “LGBT hate crime,” i.e., that we’re sure an anti-LGBT hate crime occurred and, during it, he may have been shot. That’s backwards, because there’s no question that he was shot…three times no less…just whether it was an anti-LGBT hate crime.

Because peanutbutter.

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The sentence may have been better had it been worded that way.

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Well…it’s what Conservative Tea Party Republican Jesus would do!

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And arugula.

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Please, please, please get a copy editor.

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Somehow I think the gunman would shoot the true Jesus for cozying up to tax collectors (Matthew) and sex-trade workers (Mary Magdalene).

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So true! And he certainly would NOT have thrown the ‘money changers’ out of the Temple during the Holy Days. He would have kicked out the poorest pilgrims and the sick for not pulling their own weight…and that would have made more room for the 1% who contributed more.
http://img.wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/jesuspoor.jpg

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No worries. Justice Roberts says we live in a post-racial (hate-filled, homophopic, arugula-phobic, etc) world.

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It’s all according to Jesus’s gospel of hatred and violence. The poor fellow was simply practicing his religious freedom.

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This source (among many) doesn’t support that MM was a prostitute… Pope Gregory I (400-500 AD) got that story going either through shoddy research or pure misogyny.

BTW Not bashing— Just offering information.

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And this is why Josh has no need to pay for a copy editor. So here many are willing to to do it for free.

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Damn. I feel for the Pastor and his friends and family, but mostly I grieve for all the Americans who now will have to suffer through 3 straight weeks of Fox news discussions about "the inherent violence of the Christian religion. Sure, they occasionally will say that we don’t yet know who the shooter was or what the motivation was, but, within seconds, they will be back to talking as if the shooter had been found and had confessed to committing the crime for reasons of faith.

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Ouch. I know Rev. Sealy-- a college student of mine years ago. A gentle, thoughtful person.

In his denomination, he’s certainly not the only person of “tolerance”, but there are equally certainly members-- and clergy-- who aren’t.

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The title says “possible”. Did you miss that?

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There’s another part of the story that’s missing here, and that’s that Hartford is in the middle of an epidemic of gun violence. Last year, a total of 19 people were murdered in Hartford, but there have been four shooting deaths here in just the past two weeks (really, the past 10 days). And the non-fatal shootings are happening more and more often as well – only ten minutes after the pastor in this story was shot, someone else was hit with gunfire. Hell, just this afternoon there was a nonfatal shooting at a car wash in town.

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Do you understand the connection between “possible” and “may have been”?

possible [pos-uh-buh l]
adjective

  1. that may or can be, exist, happen, be done, be used, etc.
  2. that may be true or may be the case, as something concerning which one has no knowledge to the contrary

You need to brush up on modal verbs in English.

Modal verbs

The modal verbs include can, must, may, might, will, would, should. They are used with other verbs to express ability, obligation, possibility, and so on. Below is a list showing the most useful modals and their most common meanings:

Modal	Meaning    	        Example
can	to express ability	I can speak a little Russian.
can	to request permission	Can I open the window?
may	to express possibility	I may be home late.
may	to request permission	May I sit down, please?
must	to express obligation	I must go now.
must	to express strong belief She must be over 90 years old.
should	to give advice	        You should stop smoking.
would	to request or offer	Would you like a cup of tea?
would	in if-sentences	        If I were you, I would say sorry.

http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/rules/modal.htm

You’re welcome.

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