SPLC: McVeigh Worship: The New Extremist Trend

[inanna]

June 27, 2017

In extremist circles, there appears to be a bump of interest in Timothy James McVeigh.

Yes, that Timothy McVeigh. The guy who used a Ryder truck to bomb the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, killing 168 innocent children and adults and wounding more than 600 others.

McVeigh was convicted of terrorism and executed just three months before those attacks.

His name and heinous crime are not forgotten, nor should they be, while there seems to be a growing admiration for McVeigh in some extremist circles. One militia honcho even likened McVeigh to Jesus Christ.

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https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/06/27/mcveigh-worship-new-extremist-trend


I have no words.

[TEB]

1. That is terrifying

How can you worship a person who killed innocent children and human beings.

[shenmue]

2. These pigs

[TEB]

5. Exactly friend

[jberryhill]

3. To be fair, any number of deities have purportedly done the same things

I'm aware of one popular deity who drowned pretty much everyone on earth except for one dude and his family. Unlike that deity, McVeigh's existence can be reasonably proven. So, score one for McVeigh over popular deity.

[Lucky Luciano]

7. Deplorables. need I say more? nt

[TEB]

8. Agreed

I can't believe these people neo nazis thinking he is Christ like he killed innocent children.

[Aristus]

4. It just proves that all of these uber-patriotic, hypermasculine, "Let's git ISIS!" types

are perfectly fine with terrorism, just as long as it comes with white skin and a crew cut.

[underpants]

6. Think of it, a gigantic bronze statue of Timothy McVeigh poised triumphantly atop a Ryder truck,

Think of it, a gigantic bronze statue of Timothy McVeigh poised triumphantly atop a Ryder truck,


My God!!!!

[erpowers]

9. Some People Are Just Misguided

For these people to see Timothy McVeigh as some type of hero is just crazy. To claim that he died for someone's sins even if the reference is not completely about Jesus Christ is just stupid. It is amazing how these people can be supportive of a guy who killed 168 children.

[alarimer]

10. I knew executing him would just make a martyr out of him.

Better if he had just rotted in prison.

[dalton99a]

11. Traitorous sick fucks