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Date: July 06, 2022 11:31PM
I've visited the monument several times. It's like a mini version of Stonehenge.
The stones were erected in 1983 by a local marble and stone company and paid for by a mysterious "Mr. R.C. Christian" -- thought to be in reality Ted Turner.
Ever since, religious fundamentalists have denounced the monument as "possessed" or "satanic." I'm not surprised that someone has actually gone and finally done it.
This isn't funny any more.
The rhetoric is not just "rhetoric" any longer.
People are being killed, and artistic and cultural sites are being destroyed.
All because religious fanatics want to stir up their followers for their own ends.
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/06/1110210885/georgia-guidestones-monument-damaged-explosionThe site received renewed attention during Georgia's May 24 gubernatorial primary when third-place Republican candidate Kandiss Taylor claimed the guidestones are satanic and made demolishing them part of her platform. Comedian John Oliver featured the guidestones and Taylor in a segment in late May. McCarthy said right-wing personalities including Alex Jones had talked about them in previous years, but that "they sort of came back onto the public's radar" because of Taylor.
"God is God all by Himself. He can do ANYTHING He wants to do," Taylor wrote on social media Wednesday. "That includes striking down Satanic Guidestones."
The monument had previously been vandalized, including when it was spray-painted in 2008 and 2014, McCarthy said. She said the bombing is another example of how conspiracy theories "do and can have a real-world impact."
"We've seen this with QAnon and multiple other conspiracy theories, that these ideas can lead somebody to try to take action in furtherance of these beliefs," McCarthy said. "They can attempt to try and target the people and institutions that are at the center of these false beliefs."
https://www.onlineathens.com/story/news/state/2022/07/06/georgia-guidestones-blown-up-what-we-know-explosion-damage-elbert-county-elberton-ga/7824534001/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXzKPst743cEdited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/06/2022 11:54PM by anybody.