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Tezzor
Jul 29, 2013
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...t-10038126.html

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The man arrested on suspicion of killing three young Muslims in North Carolina described himself as an “anti-theist” and criticised all religions online.

Police said 46-year-old Craig Stephen Hicks handed himself in to officers in Chapel Hill overnight in the wake of the deaths of 23-year-old Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad, 21, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19.

He has been arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree murder.

As tributes poured in for the young family, a Facebook page in Hicks’ name showed that he read paralegal studies at Durham Technical Community College and described himself as a supporter of “Atheists for Equality”.

A regular social media user, his last three posts were a cute dog video about the Pavlov effect, a viral advert for Air New Zealand involving mountain bikes, and a picture from United Atheists of America asking “why radical Christians and radical Muslims are so opposed to each others’ influence when they agree about so many ideological issues”.

Hicks’ pictures largely consist of images with text mocking religion and supporting atheism, but include images of himself and his wife at Disneyland, what he describes as his “loaded 38 revovler”, and himself separately on a quad bike and wearing a suit.

The shooting of the three Muslims has been widely condemned across social media, including by Richard Dawkins himself, who tweeted: “How could any decent person NOT condemn the vile murder of three young US Muslims in Chapel Hill?”

TV programmes liked by Hicks include The Atheist Experience, Criminal Minds and Friends, while he describes himself as a fan of Thomas Paine’s The Age of Reason and Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion.

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Effectronica
May 31, 2011
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Teh_Motherfucking_Zor with the timely commentary.

Tezzor
Jul 29, 2013
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Effectronica posted:

Teh_Motherfucking_Zor with the timely commentary.

It is actually quite timely in light of the very recent attempts by internet atheists to say their overwrought denunciations of Islam could never result in violence from the atheist community, as well as their general idiotic pretense that atheism cannot be a motivation for violence. Thank you for saying so.

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

Tezzor posted:

It is actually quite timely in light of the very recent attempts by internet atheists to say their overwrought denunciations of Islam could never result in violence from the atheist community, as well as their general idiotic pretense that atheism cannot be a motivation for violence. Thank you for saying so.

he was referring to the fact that there's already a thread about it.

R. Mute
Jul 27, 2011

i wonder what dick dorkins has to say about this

hepatizon
Oct 27, 2010
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3700154

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unlimited shrimp
Aug 30, 2008

Tezzor posted:

It is actually quite timely in light of the very recent attempts by internet atheists to say their overwrought denunciations of Islam could never result in violence from the atheist community, as well as their general idiotic pretense that atheism cannot be a motivation for violence. Thank you for saying so.
So like
Did he admit he did it because atheism, or is he just an atheist who committed a crime?

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