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Burning Cross Burns Racist
Karma is a bitch, yes she is. The perfect example of said bitchiness is the fact that when a Florida racist was erecting a burning cross, he set himself on fire, resulting in second degree burns over 50 percent of his body. According to neighbors, Ron Nielson, 50, of Palm Bay, was erecting the display with his wife when he lit himself on fire by accident, says Yvonne Martinez of the Palm Bay Police Department. Nielson was apparently carrying the cross and some candles onto his lawn when the incident occurred. Martinez said:
It started as some kind of prank, apparently, and involved a wooden cross. We dont know if he was trying to light the cross or the candles but when he did, his clothes caught fire.
A prank? Now thats rich! Last I checked, a Halloween prank would be, say, toilet papering someones home. Or egging neighborhood cars. Immature, and inconvenient to the owners of the homes and cars, but hardly sinister. However, burning crosses are definitely sinister, considering that these were what the Ku Klux Klan left in the yards of African- American families in the deep south in times past. This was no prank. This was a cruel, hideous display by a racist gone wrong. Or, in the eyes of people who see it for what it was, gone right.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/10/18/burning-cross-burns-racist/
Gotta love how Karma works!!!!
leeroysphitz
(10,462 posts)Iggo
(47,565 posts)Kind of.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)I hope this person recovers from his injuries, as well as from his prejudice. Perhaps one will stimulate the other.
groundloop
(11,522 posts)I was thinking of "Instant Karma's gonna' get you..." when I read this article. Especially
Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you off your feet
Better recognize your brothers
Everyone you meet
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Orrex
(63,224 posts)It would be more uplifting to say that he didn't have second degree burns on almost half of his body.
Archae
(46,345 posts)OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)BluegrassStateBlues
(881 posts)COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)Honorable Mention for the 2013 Darwin Awards. Of course, he may still qualify...
Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)Period.
librechik
(30,676 posts)Smote? That's a horrible thing to happen to anyone, no matter how seemingly deserving.