I feel that destroying it has garnered more attention for TST than they would have received had it been left alone.
this post was submitted on 15 Dec 2023
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I noticed there wasn't a TST Lemmy community. The Satanic Temple is a modern satanic religion that aims to promote human rights and compassion. Check out their about page on their official website at https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/about-us. Note that this community is not an official affiliation. TST is also separate and not affiliated with the Church of Satan, who have a slightly different viewpoint of what satanism truly is. Dunno what to post in here, but maybe some will search for this and take part. Hello!
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Given that one of their goals is to highlight unfair treatment on religious basis, I'm sure they are delighted that someone illustrated their point.
That's the point.
The ~~church of Satan~~ Satanic Temple doesn't care about idol worship.
But one religion REALLY REALLY DOES.
The church of Satan and the Satanic temple are two very different organisations.
Ah you're right! I got them confused. Thanks!
Understanding that requires intelligence, something I would never accuse them of
He’s from Mississippi? Did he drive 12 hours just to go break the display?
That's what being brainwashed by fucking propaganda will do to a person...
Reich wing media is a cancer on society.
Conservatism in general. The entire concept of protecting the past from an improved future is asinine from the start.
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The meth was probably driving.
His aunt-sister drove him.
That's aunt-sister-wife to you!
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The 7 Tenets are strong against right wing hate.
Imagine if doofus had fucked up a nativity scene. His ass would have been tazed several times, he'd be beaten, and the fundies would stop poking holes in wrapped condoms for half a second to be up in arms.
You could improve this by comparing it to someone beheading a statue of Jesus at the state capitol. I don't know if that has happened, but it would be more likely to elicit the response you describe.
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how is this not a hate crime? it was committed because of someone's membership in a protected class.
Simple, wrong class.
Because the whole point of conservatism and Christian Nationalism is that only the right people are protected by the legal system. Everyone else is beneath the law, denied rights and protections, and subject to retribution without cause and due process.
Conservatives fight to assure those not protected do not gain civil rights.
The white power movement fights to further reduce rights and protections, and narrow the set of those who qualify for them.
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Weak, pathetic, pussy-assed 'god' gets extremely butthurt and sends a pathetic paranoid delusional simp loser to break things.
This incident is proof that the judeo-christian god is a bedwetting loser.
Hey now, the Judeo-Christian god can't be a pussy-ass or get butthurt. Both of those require existence 🥁 Bang-on about the delusional losers breaking shit though lol.
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Interesting though it's just a mischief charge, if I trashed their Jesus garbage you know DAMN well I'm swimming in hate crime charges.
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Whenever I hear the phrase Criminal Mischief, I always imagine an old cartoon criminal tip toeing around and up to no good.
Yeah, it's absurd. Don't you think that if this guy had vandalized a Christian or Jewish display that he'd get more than "criminal mischief"? This is a hate crime.
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Religious hate crime
Republicans sure do love doing hate crimes
KCCI has reported that 35-year-old Michael Cassidy of Lauderdale, Mississippi, was charged with Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree. He has since been released.
What a special snowflake, that one. Bless his heart.
No hate(crime) like christian love.
After hearing about this thing, I've decided I'm making myself a Christmas Baphomet decoration for my house.
Some of us just can't Christmas this year.
Solstice celebrations, however...
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I like how he knows that the founding fathers didn't really mean what they said about the first amendment and all that. I hope the temple sues.
shocked they actually arrested him. will be even more shocked if he gets anything close to the punishment he earned
A 4th degree misdemeanor is nothing! I doubt if someone messed up a Jesus Nativity set they would get that
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“This morning, we were informed by authorities that the Baphomet statue in our holiday display was destroyed beyond repair. We are proud to continue our holiday display for the next few days that we have been allotted.
Interesting choice and use of the words “informed” and “proud”. Really makes it sound like whoever said this sees it as a net-positive.
Part of their mission is to expose hypocrisy, and vandalism does work to that end. Particularly if the vandal in question is Christian.
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