If Mort Divine ruled the world

[Einherjar86]

More importantly he shows that both politicians didn't hesitate to talk directly about Muslims after the Christchurch terror attack and Jews at times when synagogues were attacked. There seems to be a clear effort to specifically avoid referencing Christianity here. "Easter worshipers" is just hilariously wordy and bizarre.

I think you're reaching.

Almost all news reports are acknowledging that this was retaliation for the NZ attacks, and "Easter worshipers" just specifies when/where the attacks occurred--i.e. Easter services. It's not wordy and bizarre, it's specific and informative.

And here's the report from fucking Vox:

Christians are a minority in Sri Lanka, and the majority of Christians in the country are Roman Catholic. Easter is one of Christianity’s holiest days, and many Sri Lankan Christians were worshipping at church when the attacks took place.

https://www.vox.com/2019/4/21/18509739/sri-lanka-easter-sunday-attacks-terrorist

No one's under the impression that this wasn't an attack against Christians.

 

[rms]

are all the muslims/dirty white libs from NZ now like "oh ok I see 8x as many people died in your attack maybe it's not so one sided and bad as we thought"?

 

[Krow]

My grandma is catholic and calls going to church on Easter.... “easter worship”

 

[CiG]

Almost all news reports are acknowledging that this was retaliation for the NZ attacks

How does that relate to the Tweets?

"Easter worshipers" just specifies when/where the attacks occurred--i.e. Easter services. It's not wordy and bizarre, it's specific and informative.

Reductionism. Not only do they say "Easter worshippers" in place of Christians, they also call it a holy day for many faiths in a Tweet specifically addressing a targeted terrorist attack against Christians. It's not just the bizarre and wordy replacement for Christians, it's also the way they dance around the subject in general.

And here's the report from fucking Vox:

https://www.vox.com/2019/4/21/18509739/sri-lanka-easter-sunday-attacks-terrorist

Okay?

No one's under the impression that this wasn't an attack against Christians.

No one said otherwise. If that were the case it wouldn't be noteworthy that they seem to be doing all they can to avoid mentioning Christians. It's that they know this was a massive attack on Christians yet aren't saying so as explicitly as the times there were attacks on other religious groups.

 

[Einherjar86]

How does that relate to the Tweets?

Are tweeters not informed by journalists?

Reductionism. Not only do they say "Easter worshippers" in place of Christians, they also call it a holy day for many faiths in a Tweet specifically addressing a targeted terrorist attack against Christians. It's not just the bizarre and wordy replacement for Christians, it's also the way they dance around the subject in general.

Reductionism? I could call yours speculation. Dance around that.

What else is an “Easter worshiper” but a Christian in any common reader’s understanding? If anything, their tweets are highlighting the victims’ Christian identity and religious motivations behind the attacks.

Okay?

Again, journalism informs social media.

No one said otherwise. If that were the case it wouldn't be noteworthy that they seem to be doing all they can to avoid mentioning Christians. It's that they know this was a massive attack on Christians yet aren't saying so as explicitly as the times there were attacks on other religious groups.

They are saying it. “Easter worshipers” is about as explicit and specific as you can get. It’s synonymous with Christian.

 

[CiG]

Are tweeters not informed by journalists?

Again, journalism informs social media.

Obama and Clinton are informed by journalists?

Reductionism? I could call yours speculation. Dance around that.

It is speculation.

They are saying it. “Easter worshipers” is about as explicit and specific as you can get. It’s synonymous with Christian.

Yes, it's synonymous (though not completely) with Christians yet they didn't say that: the point.

 

[Einherjar86]

There is no point! You just admitted they mean the same thing!

 

[CiG]

I've already said "Easter worshippers" is a wordy euphemism for Christians.

 

[Einherjar86]

Who. Fucking. Cares. Saying "Easter worshipers" achieves the exact same effect as saying "Christians."

EDIT: I'm sorry, not exactly the same--it pisses off a whole bunch of Christian snowflakes who feel they're being whitewashed out of existence in the liberal war on Christianity.

 

[CiG]

Christians and people who like to talk about the ideological oddities of the left.

 

[Einherjar86]

People who like to make mountains out of molehills. But I guess I should be sympathetic, since I think there are hidden messages in fictional books.

 

[CiG]

People who like to make mountains out of molehills.

Great way to sum up TDS.

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

Firefox complains and prefers "worshiper". For some reason we delete the double-consonants.

because for some words, the "doubling of the consonants" is a "vowel-sound-modifier" like "silent E"
if the doubling of the consonant isn't functioning as a vowel-sound-modifier, then firefox reads it as an unintentional double-tapping of a key, and therefore, a typo

 

[Dak]

Easter worshippers: People who worship Easter. I wonder who Easter is? Must be some new religion.

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

Easter worshippers: People who worship Easter. I wonder who Easter is? Must be some new religion.

this is what i was thinking the first time i heard the phrase

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

People who like to make mountains out of molehills

SJWs

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

 

[Dak]

A religion based on having babies? Now we're talking! (I did know about Ishtar BTW).

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

also
dec 25th was the day Gabriel told Mary she was getting impregnated today

we just ended up celebrating Jesus' conception-day (in middle of Hanukkah) instead of his birthday because the conception day was close to the day of the Winter Solstice which (at the time) was a major Holiday called Saturnalia

the actual birthday of Jesus is actually close to the Autumnal Equinox

 

[Einherjar86]

Easter worshippers: People who worship Easter. I wonder who Easter is? Must be some new religion.

Said no one ever.

also
dec 25th was the day Gabriel told Mary she was getting impregnated today

we just ended up celebrating Jesus' conception-day (in middle of Hanukkah) instead of his birthday because the conception day was close to the day of the Winter Solstice which (at the time) was a major Holiday called Saturnalia

the actual birthday of Jesus is actually close to the Autumnal Equinox