The police investigation has only just begun, but a symbol used by some atheist groups was also spray-painted next to the church. Church members had loudly protested the stay-at-home order, suing the city and holding a demonstration at Walmart.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/us/mississippi-church-arson-coronavirus.html …
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The pastor, who had confronted city officials during the Walmart demonstration, was out of town at the time of the blaze, a police spokesman said.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/us/mississippi-church-arson-coronavirus.html …
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@AmericanAtheist, the group that uses the logo found at the scene, condemned the blaze. "I’m disgusted that anyone would associate a symbol of our community with something so incompatible with our values as atheists,"@NotNickFish said.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/us/mississippi-church-arson-coronavirus.html …Show this thread
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A photograph of the graffiti also appears to show an atomic symbol with an “A” in the center, which is sometimes used as a logo for atheist groups. Absolutely positively this was not done by atheist arsonists.
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99% of the time I roll my eyes and shake my head at “false flag” accusations, this is the other 1%
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it's not a 'false flag'. it's garden variety insurance fraud.
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And because they think we tag things with atheist gang signs.
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