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Originally Posted by blankall
1. Freedom of religion and association is a fundamental part of any free society.
2. When you target a specific religion, it creates fear in the members of that religion. Children, families, etc..
3. People have their guard down during religious ceremonies.
This is much worse than a random public shooting. There's a reason why almost every human rights group includes measures against targeting people for their religion, in addition to refer, sexuality, etc..
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This has nothing to do with religion. The same could be said about people who prefer to frequent gay clubs and their communities, or viewers of Batman movies, or children attending school.... They were all comfortable in a place they should feel safe with a community of people who shared their values or interests or experiences.
It's sad people where attacked, and its sad that this attack was clearly motivated by religion. But no more so than other attacks motivated by bigotry or delusions of grandeur.