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BumRushDaShow

(160,323 posts)
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 07:44 PM Yesterday

Citing Charlie Kirk murder, Tennessee pastor demands removal of 'Hate Has No Home' signs

Source: Scripps News

Posted 9:14 AM, Sep 20, 2025


A pastor, citing the murder of political activist Charlie Kirk, has called for his neighbors to take down their “Hate Has No Home Here” signs, claiming those messages endorse political violence against people like him.

Yet, at the same time that he called upon his critics to tone down their rhetoric, Andrew Isker escalated his own language, angrily demanding vengeance against those he perceives to be his political enemies.

"When you accuse someone of preaching hate, they are saying I hope somebody puts a bullet in your neck. That's what that means," Isker claimed in a live podcast Friday afternoon. "I hope every scumbag journalist is shaking in his boots right now."

As Scripps News Nashville first revealed, Isker is leading an effort to establish a Christian nationalist community in Jackson County, Tennessee, about 90 minutes northeast of Nashville.

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/life/faith-and-religion/citing-charlie-kirk-murder-tennessee-pastor-demands-removal-of-hate-has-no-home-signs



These people are truly sick.
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Citing Charlie Kirk murder, Tennessee pastor demands removal of 'Hate Has No Home' signs (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP
Guess he flunked logic class. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #1
And should have flunked bibull college. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #3
You don't need to have a degree to become a pastor in the USA. Wednesdays Yesterday #10
Sure, and those people or I (dunno bout you) should also have flunked bibull college. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #11
A pastor in favor of hate and "christian nationalist". Fits. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #2
AND, exempt from paying taxes! 70sEraVet 15 hrs ago #33
That doesn't make a bit of sense. Srkdqltr Yesterday #4
Not to me, either. The first poster mentioned logic and I agree..what kind of logic comes to his conclusion? Deuxcents Yesterday #7
These moron pastors have made hate part of their tenets mdbl Yesterday #5
Oh, they recognize it. They make more money off an angry mob/flock. PSPS Yesterday #9
Paranoia mac56 Yesterday #6
I would like to see him establish a Christian nationalist community. Norrrm Yesterday #8
It's why that Christian dream of 1000 years of peace after they slaughter everyone travelingthrulife 15 hrs ago #36
Up is down and down is up berniesandersmittens Yesterday #12
So he prefers "Hate has a home, here" mzmolly Yesterday #13
Faux Christian. Timeflyer Yesterday #14
BEYOND sick!! InAbLuEsTaTe Yesterday #15
The pastor just confessed to preaching hate. Wiz Imp Yesterday #16
Hate has a home with that "Christian nationalist" IronLionZion Yesterday #17
The pastor would prefer hate has a home? dlk Yesterday #18
Not the onion nt Javaman Yesterday #19
'Christian Nationalists' are neither Christian nor nationalist..... Jack Valentino Yesterday #20
Irony Is A Forgotten Thing With These People DallasNE Yesterday #21
What parts does he disagree with? Retrograde Yesterday #22
These words from the Scripps article stand out for me: Collimator Yesterday #23
I read an article where many ministers and priests BlueKota 15 hrs ago #37
Did this pastor just narc on himself or something? nt SouthBayDem Yesterday #24
Doublethink pat_k Yesterday #25
MOFA sounds like a great idea ! Of course, everyone will confuse it w/Mofo ... but that just adds a twist of humor. nt eppur_se_muova 22 hrs ago #31
That's certainly an expletive that has escape my lips on occasion in reaction to 47 regime insanity! (nt) pat_k 21 hrs ago #32
Trump mentioned Orwell's name during his Windsor Castle dinner speech. Then he burst into flames. Timeflyer 14 hrs ago #38
Yes! He should have! Poof!! pat_k 2 hrs ago #45
This is one of two possible things. mn9driver Yesterday #26
What? tclambert Yesterday #27
And Charlie Kirk taught him that empathy is bad. travelingthrulife 14 hrs ago #39
This is The Onion, yes??? PLEASE tell me this is The Onion. niyad Yesterday #28
So, his religious belief Bettie Yesterday #29
Warped minded. Solly Mack 23 hrs ago #30
Sigh lonely bird 15 hrs ago #34
Doesn't sound like the Christianity I was taught! BlueKota 15 hrs ago #35
Oh, please. The person who created the phrase coffeenap 12 hrs ago #40
1984 is this weirdo's playbook. Clouds Passing 12 hrs ago #41
Projection Parzival72 12 hrs ago #42
and they wonder why people are losing their religion. Emile 12 hrs ago #43
IDK, here's an idea, he could make it all even steven and post a sign that AmandaRuth 8 hrs ago #44

Wednesdays

(20,754 posts)
10. You don't need to have a degree to become a pastor in the USA.
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 08:11 PM
Yesterday

You or I could start our own storefront church, just need to file paperwork and have enough $$$.

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,525 posts)
11. Sure, and those people or I (dunno bout you) should also have flunked bibull college. . . nt
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 08:13 PM
Yesterday

Deuxcents

(24,075 posts)
7. Not to me, either. The first poster mentioned logic and I agree..what kind of logic comes to his conclusion?
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 07:59 PM
Yesterday

mdbl

(7,379 posts)
5. These moron pastors have made hate part of their tenets
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 07:57 PM
Yesterday

and they don't even recognize it. As Dump would say, Sad!

Norrrm

(3,004 posts)
8. I would like to see him establish a Christian nationalist community.
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 08:05 PM
Yesterday

When you finally get a utopia of like-minded people, they will soon split into two main groups of true believers. The main examples would be politics and religion.

Envision power plays and control of the flock.

Freedom of religion. Free to follow our rules.

travelingthrulife

(3,279 posts)
36. It's why that Christian dream of 1000 years of peace after they slaughter everyone
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 08:33 AM
15 hrs ago

in the end times, makes me laugh.

These people are so stubborn and irrational they would not last 5 minutes into that peace before they are shooting each other.

berniesandersmittens

(12,563 posts)
12. Up is down and down is up
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 08:20 PM
Yesterday

They take "everyone is welcome" and "hate has no home" as personal insults. The same people, who are so insecure in their own faith, that they stop using the rainbow. cause...gays.

Next they'll be trying to ban "love thy neighbor".

Wiz Imp

(7,275 posts)
16. The pastor just confessed to preaching hate.
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 08:57 PM
Yesterday

A sign that says 'Hate Has No Home' accuses nobody of anything. It's just saying the person who posted the sign rejects hate.

By accusing the signs of accusing him of preaching hate, he is inadvertently admitting he is in fact preaching hate. Of course, then he had to go ahead and prove it by saying "I hope somebody puts a bullet in your neck". Nothing says "I'm not preaching hate" like hoping people you don't like are murdered.

What a disgusting evil person.

DallasNE

(7,874 posts)
21. Irony Is A Forgotten Thing With These People
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 10:20 PM
Yesterday

And this is exhibit A. Then call someone a “scumbag” without realizing that is a classic form of hate.

Retrograde

(11,282 posts)
22. What parts does he disagree with?
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 10:40 PM
Yesterday

Does he think Black lives don't matter? That science isn't real? Women aren't human? Some humans aren't legal?

And he has the nerve to call himself a Christian.

Collimator

(1,973 posts)
23. These words from the Scripps article stand out for me:
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 10:48 PM
Yesterday

"[In a video posted on X], Isker derided what he described as 'many foolish Christian leaders' who have urged people to follow the words of Jesus to love their enemies and to turn the other cheek.
'This great evil must not be tolerated.
It must be rooted out and eradicated,' he insisted."

Okay, let me get this straight-- quoting Charlie's Kirk's uncharitable rhetoric is mean and disrespectful to Kirk's memory, but quoting Jesus' words of peace is dangerous and evil?


Dude, why are you so set on calling yourself a Christian if the words of Jesus Christ offend you to such a degree?

BlueKota

(4,629 posts)
37. I read an article where many ministers and priests
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 08:37 AM
15 hrs ago

have received complaints from some of their church members that their preaching is too woke, after they've read passages from the New Testament. 🤦‍♀️😮

pat_k

(11,786 posts)
25. Doublethink
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 10:57 PM
Yesterday

So, does that mean "Hate Has a Home Here," is a message Love?

That's right up there with "War is Peace," "Freedom is Slavery," and "Ignorance is Strength"

Doublethink:
The ability to "know and not to know," "to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them". It involves the conscious ability to forget things that are no longer convenient or truthful, and then to recall them when needed, only to forget them again. This includes the act of forgetting the act of forgetting itself. Perhaps my favorite example is when the Party suddenly changes its enemy during a Hate Week rally. The crowd instantly accepts the new enemy and is ashamed for having produced signs for the old one. This shows their ability to "forget" what they just knew and accept the new narrative immediately.

Next on the agenda for the 47 regime: Ministry of Truth

Who's on board with MOFA? (Make Orwell Fiction Again!)


eppur_se_muova

(40,042 posts)
31. MOFA sounds like a great idea ! Of course, everyone will confuse it w/Mofo ... but that just adds a twist of humor. nt
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 12:43 AM
22 hrs ago

pat_k

(11,786 posts)
32. That's certainly an expletive that has escape my lips on occasion in reaction to 47 regime insanity! (nt)
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 02:02 AM
21 hrs ago

Timeflyer

(3,427 posts)
38. Trump mentioned Orwell's name during his Windsor Castle dinner speech. Then he burst into flames.
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 08:42 AM
14 hrs ago

Or he should have.

pat_k

(11,786 posts)
45. Yes! He should have! Poof!!
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 08:41 PM
2 hrs ago

I didn't even think about that when John Stewart showed the clip of the little speech someone wrote for him.

mn9driver

(4,773 posts)
26. This is one of two possible things.
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 11:08 PM
Yesterday

1. A dangerous mental illness. He’ll end up doing a mass shooting while complaining we made him do it with our secret hate rays.

2. Taking advantage of the weak minded. Probably for monetary gain. People who do this usually attach themselves to someone else’s circus in order to increase money , power and influence.

I’m guessing this POS is following option 2..

tclambert

(11,173 posts)
27. What?
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 11:14 PM
Yesterday

Opposing hate means supporting violence? Lucky those people didn't have a sign that supported "Peace and Love."

Bettie

(18,876 posts)
29. So, his religious belief
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 11:32 PM
Yesterday

is that hate is a good thing? That's what it seems like.

Ah, neo-Christianity, the religion of hate.

BlueKota

(4,629 posts)
35. Doesn't sound like the Christianity I was taught!
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 08:23 AM
15 hrs ago

🤷‍♀️ It's too bad they can't find a deserted island some where, where they can establish their own society far, far, far, far away from the rest of us. Then they and the rest of us could have peace.

Although I am sure they'd find multiple excuses to create new divisions amongst themselves.

coffeenap

(3,276 posts)
40. Oh, please. The person who created the phrase
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 10:55 AM
12 hrs ago

and the poster is someone we know. He did it as a favor to a child. People in the neighborhood loved it and began distributing copies to everyone. My husband was one of the first to post it on his streetside office front door--it was an uplifting, unifying moment! There is nothing but kindness behind this project--the languages on the original were those that were spoken in his niece's classroom. Unfathomable that it could be seen as a threat to anyone, sigh.

Parzival72

(17 posts)
42. Projection
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 11:31 AM
12 hrs ago

This is classic psychological projection. He is projecting his own hate and desire to harm his perceived "enemies" onto others.

AmandaRuth

(3,191 posts)
44. IDK, here's an idea, he could make it all even steven and post a sign that
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 02:48 PM
8 hrs ago

says "hate has a home here".

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