Christian exodus to South Carolina: Excellent LTTE's in Greenville News.

[DemoTex]

Print and online editions:

TODAY:
Christian Exodus not welcome here

After reading your lead story of July 12, I find it curious that a newspaper that considers itself mainstream would give exposure and implied legitimacy to a small group of religious wackos who want to gather up a whole bunch of similarly inclined neo-puritans from all over the country, and move here with the intentions of transforming South Carolina into a fundamentalist theocracy. And, on top of that, this so-called "Christian Exodus" group even considers treason (secession) an option to further these goals. Do we really want these people here trying to deprive the rest of us of our freedom?

Whatever happened to the days when the religious extreme-ists built walled compounds in isolated locations and did their thing without interfering with everyone else's lives? (At least until or unless the authorities learned they were abusing their children.)

Since these people don't appreciate the freedoms guaranteed in our Bill of Rights, they should consider leaving the United States entirely. Maybe they could settle in Afghanistan, where the populace is already used to the Taliban and wouldn't really notice the difference. Or perhaps Guyana, in South America. I understand that there's a vacant place that used to be called Jonestown, which might suit their needs.

Jesus, please protect the rest of us from your followers.

Greenville

http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050725/OPINION/507250303&SearchID=73215331037564


YESTERDAY
We'll not abide a theocratic takeover

To the members of Christian Exodus: (Greenville News article, July 12) You will be given a warm welcome in your new neighborhoods in South Carolina, and in our churches, and in our schools, our businesses, even our polling places, but you will also quickly learn that South Carolinians don't take kindly to strangers coming in and telling us what to do.

Yes, we are conservative, but we are also well-settled politically, very patriotic and hardly ripe for some theocratic takeover. You (all three of you) will do better to work for change and, if necessary, secession in Pennsylvania or California, or wherever else you come from, and leave us alone...

Taylors, SC

http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050726/OPINION/507260325&SearchID=73215330697833

Fundies, we have our share of the religiously insane here in Upstate South Carolina. Greenville is, after all, the home of Bob Jones "University".


George Bu$h .. Bringing "End-Times" to a fundy church near you!

[Sweet Freedom]

1. "all three of you" Bwa-ha-ha /nt

[oneighty]

2. As a long time

and former resident of South Carolina I caution the migrating Christians to bring a lot of money. You will need it in low wages right to work non-union conservative South Carolina where most every thing you own will be taxed each and every year.

And soon you may be cursing the God that brought you there.

And good luck.

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[leesa]

4. In their dream world there will be no taxes. They will manage to survive

on the faith-based public teat, or so they think.

[AllyCat]

10. The Fundie Mormon freaks out in Utah call it "bleeding the beast"

and happily take state and federal handouts to pay for their broods of children.

[XemaSab]

13. Bleeding the beast

like a bloodsucking parasite on the back of society.

Have they no sense of perspective that they themselves are the reason that other people hate the welfare state that they have to pay taxes to support?

[cosmik debris]

19. And one of their groups is trying to colonize Texas

Baptist vs. Mormons in a no-holds-barred tag team match. I will have to get ringside seats.

[meow2u3]

16. There'll be taxes, only they won't call them taxes

These fundie nutjobs will call them.....drumroll, please....tithes!

[raccoon]

7. Abso-friggin-lutely, oneighty,

what you said about employment in SC, low wages, lots of taxes.

There's not a plethora of jobs in the area either, especially not jobs with benefits.

[woodsprite]

3. I absolutely LOVED that first letter!

I was just thinking this same thought the other day. This country is big enough for all of us. Why do the extremists, ON BOTH SIDES, insist on telling others how to live. I'm forced to believe it's because they're unsure they're right and need to feel superior for validation.

I just want my old country back and I want these criminals to be removed from our government and made to do the time for their crimes.

[Dhalgren]

6. Just out of curiosity, who are the "extremists" on the "other side"

who "insist on telling others how to live"? I am unfamiliar with who would be an equal but opposite "extremist" to these fundie whack jobs. Thanks in advance...

[Bill McBlueState]

9. I'm also curious

I'm sure one can cite various extremist groups that are more or less leftist and try to tell others how to live. But: None of those groups have their man in the White House.

[NaturalHigh]

12. PETA, ELF, and ALF

come to mind. According to PETA, I'm a murderer if I eat a hamburger.

[XemaSab]

14. There are a lot of people

in Northern California who will treat you like a murderer if you buy conventional produce.

[woodsprite]

15. That's exactly the kind of Extreme I was thinking about. n/t

[jojo54]

5. This was attempted before in 1987

I had posted a thread about this story yesterday after reading about it in the PA Inquirer. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4185105&mesg_id=4185105

Credit to Ezlivin for this info-they converged on Pittsburgh but it didn't last longer than 2 years. Seems S.C. doesn't want them either!

Bwwaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaha.

:bounce:

[spinbaby]

8. They were in Pittsburgh?

Thank goodness there weren't enough of them to notice.

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. Excellent letters. I hope they represent the majority of South Carolinians

[jmowreader]

17. South Carolinians are like Idahoans

Both are conservative.

But like Idahoans, you don't come in from out of nowhere and tell a South Carolinian how to live his or her life.

Y'know, there are huge tracts of land in Texas we could pick up for a song. Check this shit out: some evil lib'ruls buy the fundies 15,000 acres in Texas that abut the international border. We name it Gilead. (None of the fundies will understand where that name came from.) We allow the fundies to go in and turn Gilead into their own little theocracy. Naturally, all the people who hate freedom will flock to Gilead.

Then we go on Free Republic, Hannity.com and Lucianne.com and announce that Gilead is financing itself by serving as a conduit for drug trafficking and illegal immigration. :evilgrin:

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. *lol*

[DemoTex]

20. Kick for the night shift!

:kick:


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