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Charleston Murderer: a Drug-abusing National Socialist

Charleston Murderer: a Drug-abusing National Socialist

The man charged with massacring nine churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, and shocking the rest of the world with an incomprehensibly vicious act of evil, has been variously described as a monster, a racist, a terrorist, a hate criminal, a neo-Nazi, an anti-Semite, a druggie, and more. Beyond that, a “manifesto” attributed to the alleged killer, Dylann Roof, 21, exposes the author of the screed as an anti-American collectivist race-monger obsessed with superficial characteristics such as skin color who harbored a bizarre wish to spark a “race war.” Ironically, though, despite agitation and hate spewing by some race mongers, the drug user’s massacre of innocent Christians brought many Americans of all races together across South Carolina and beyond like never before. In other words, Roof failed. ...
Alex Newman

The man charged with massacring nine churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, and shocking the rest of the world with an incomprehensibly vicious act of evil, has been variously described as a monster, a racist, a terrorist, a hate criminal, a neo-Nazi, an anti-Semite, a druggie, and more. Beyond that, a “manifesto” attributed to the alleged killer, Dylann Roof, 21, exposes the author of the screed as an anti-American collectivist race-monger obsessed with superficial characteristics such as skin color who harbored a bizarre wish to spark a “race war.” Ironically, though, despite agitation and hate spewing by some race mongers, the drug user’s massacre of innocent Christians brought many Americans of all races together across South Carolina and beyond like never before. In other words, Roof failed.

The June 17 slaughter at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church claimed nine victims who were attending a Bible study. Among the Christian worshippers identified as murdered: Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd, 54; Tywanza Sanders, 26; Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., 74; Sharonda Singleton, 45; Myra Thompson, 59; Ethel Lance, 70; Susie Jackson, 87; and DePayne Doctor, 49. Also fatally gunned down was the church pastor, Clementa C. Pinckney, 41, who served as a South Carolina state senator. One other victim was reportedly wounded by gun-fire but survived. Family and friends of the victims described them as good, loving Christians, and as an illustration of that, some relatives publicly forgave the man accused of murdering their loved ones.

During a court hearing for Roof in which he said he was unemployed, the judge gave victims’ families an opportunity to address the alleged perpetrator. Sobbing and holding back tears, some told Roof they forgave him despite what he had done, and that Christ could forgive him, too. “I forgive you,” said one family member. “You took someone very precious away from me; I will never talk to her ever again, I will never be able to hold her again, but I forgive you. Heaven have mercy on your soul.” Another victim’s family member said that Roof’s attendance at Bible study meant he could still ask God for forgiveness. One more declared that “hate would not win.”

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