Owners of Supremacist Meeting Hall Say Blaze Was Set

[GiovanniC]

A Hampton Township furniture store that hosted meetings by a nationally known white supremacist was gutted by fire early today, but the store's owners say the blaze won't discourage them from spreading "the truth."

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State Fire Marshal Leonard Jaskulka said federal investigators were called because they're familiar with Wickstrom and his connection to the store.

Wickstrom calls himself a pastor and uses the Bible to teach that whites are God's true chosen people. He openly calls for the murders of Jewish people.

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[CO Liberal]

1. Couldn't Happen to a More Deserving Group of People

Guess they'll have to hold their meetings at RepubliKKKan Headquarters for the time being....

:-)

[benburch]

2. It's the firefighters I worry about

You gotta think about the guys who risk their lives putting out such a fire. Arson for political ends is never justified.

Period.

[denverbill]

4. You are making a rather big assumption here.

Yes, chances are pretty decent it was an opponent who set the fire, but it sure wouldn't be the first time a storeowner torched his own place to collect the insurance, or even to build support for his organization.

[struggle4progress]

14. Chances are that these thugs had just learned about the Reichstag fire ...

... and thought they could play the martyr by burning down their own meeting hall.

[Lin]

5. I hate when bad things happen to good places </sarcasm> <eom>

[DavidMS]

15. Theres another option...

white supremicists are known for liking pipe bombs and incendary devices. I wonder if an improperly stored device caused the fire?

[denverbill]

3. Why isn't he in jail? Advocating murder is a crime.

However, I do hope any Jews who are starting to become more right-wing pay attention to this. It's never a good thing to back reactionary right-wingers when you are part of a minority.

[Caution]

6. These guys oughta know

Has he set any minority churches or synagogues on fire recently? It's hard to be sympathetic to a scumbag like this.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

7. Well it's about time someone took care of this problem!!!

:bounce:

I'm celebrating:

:party:

[Rex]

8. Did they start the blaze themselves?

nt

[Carl Brennan]

11. I wouldn't doubt it.

[bluestateguy]

9. A full investigation must commence!

We have to know to whom the medal is awarded. ;)

[GiovanniC]

10. More From the Article...

The meetings have been suspended, but only temporarily, she said.

"The only way they'll stop that is to kill us," she said.

[Ganja Ninja]

12. Sounds like an insurance scam to me.

[boobooday]

13. Someone torched a Children's Holocaust Museum near here

They hate it when they have to reap what they sow, don't they?

Whites are God's true chosen people. :puke:

Was there an insurance policy? Just asking.

Here are two of the chosen ones. Stand in awe of their holiness:



http://www.wgoeshome.com

[Nevernose]

16. Think he'd sell furniture to Jewish people?

I mean, if the name on my credit card happened to be "Goldstein" or "Rabinowitz," would he still sell me a futon?

Just wonderin'.

[struggle4progress]

17. Arson not ruled out in storefront church blaze

A Monday morning fire that burned a controversial furniture store in Hampton Township may have been intentionally set.

An accelerant-sniffing dog hit on numerous spots around the front door of Marquiss Quality Furniture, 644 W. Center Road, on Monday afternoon, investigators said.
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