We know what the Left and the MSM would say if the victim was, say, a Muslim handing out Islamic literature or a homosexual handing out "gay" propaganda on the street. They'd summarily judge it a "hate crime" and call on the government to bring yet more legislation forth to further "protect" those belonging to the same group as the victim (but when the victim is a Christian... listen, oh, listen to the silence of the Leftist lambs).
Count on the Radical Left to dismiss the possibility of a Christianophobic hate crime (when has the Left ever gotten angry when a Christian person was attacked in any way while doing something Christian-oriented?) and claim it's just a "random attack" by an "excluded, poor, minority person" or something. Before they learn any facts, probably.
This is worse than some store refusing to use the word "Christmas". Much, much worse, but radical Leftists will poo-poo the whole thing as "nothing extraordinary", confirming their true feelings towards Christians. I doubt Leftists could care much less.
KITCHENER, Ont. - The brazen daylight slaying of a 74-year-old man as he delivered Christmas cards was committed with an "edged weapon," police said Monday as neighbours paid tribute to a man they called a friendly, peace-loving victim of a brutal and senseless crime.
Police were searching for a man they say attacked Hunter Brown just steps from his home Saturday before fleeing the scene on foot, leaving his victim to die in a neighbour's driveway, a pile of undelivered Christmas cards on the ground next to him.
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"People are angry. I wouldn't call people scared. Everybody wants to know what happened and why this happened."
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"The description of Mr. Brown is one of likely the ultimate neighbourhood friendly fellow and is attacked in a senseless unprovoked manner,"
One thing is without a doubt: The individual who murdered Mr. Brown in cold blood is an evil individual.
I call on the government to add Christianity to the "hate crimes" protection-list. Surely, we can agree that when people are attacked for being Christian, the attackers should automatically get stiffer sentences, just like when, say, "gays" are attacked...
Also, the schools must be forced to teach tolerance of Christians, in addition to teaching tolerance of the other specific groups they focus on. In fact, we should have our schools teaching tolerance of everyone, every group, not just a select two, three or five special groups. Everyone deserves equal treatment and respect, after all. Why not simply teach tolerance of all people? Why not, indeed? It's not fair that only a couple of special groups get all the postitive attention from the state apparatus while everyone else is abandoned to fend for themselves!
UPDATE:
Sketch of suspect released; second attack possibly involved same perp; perp uttered hateful slurs against God during attack... STORY & SKETCH OF ATTACKER HERE.
So at this point it appears that the murder and a possibly related attack were commited by an individual who was atheist and who hated people who believed in God... hated them enough to actually kill or try to kill them.
The other attack didn't even result in injuries, as the would-be victim fought off the evildoer. Unfortunately, Mr. Brown was unable to defend himself, being elderly. What a coward the murderer is, preying on defenceless, kindly older folks... such evil hath he wrought...
Perhaps this case will help raise public awareness of the threat posed by left-wing extremists, particularly those who are atheist and who hate people of faith, particularly Christians. Radical left-wing ideology can actually lead to serious violence and we must crack down on this to send a message...
Again, it behooves one to demand of the government that people of faith be granted protections via new "hate crimes" legislation, bringing their level of protection up to where, say, homosexuals' protections already are. Everyone must be equally protected from hate and violence, after all, and to only protect some but not others is to take away the human rights and dignity of the unprotected, relative to the specially-protected...
We can't have left-wing extremists going around attacking and murdering people who believe in God. We must take strong measures to send the message to society that such violence against believers will NOT be tolerated.
Oh, and, as I've said before, don't expect the Left as a whole to care at all about hatred and violence against believers, unless they're believers in Allah, of course...
