# Well, the America is Christian" bigots were out in force Saturday **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 11, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674 "2017-06-11T08:40:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/161 "2017-06-15T15:09:45Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > You really want to go there? Not to mention the entire Trump campaign was based on scaring conservatives in locations that would never be targeted by terrorists that big bad mooslims were coming to kill them. And Mexicans. Scary, scary mexicans. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/162 "2017-06-15T15:22:15Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Cite? Your existence. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/163 "2017-06-15T18:12:08Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Not to mention the entire Trump campaign was based on scaring conservatives in locations that would never be targeted by terrorists that big bad mooslims were coming to kill them. > > And Mexicans. Scary, scary mexicans. It’s not like it’s a Trump thing, really. For example, the town of Keene, NH argued its police force needed a surplus MRAP (basically a very heavily armoured all-terrain truck) [to defend its pumpkin festival from terrorist threats](https://youtu.be/KUdHIatS36A?t=437). That was circa 2014. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/164 "2017-06-15T18:27:10Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > MLK was affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, originally. After he was kicked out in 1961, his congregation was one of the founders of the Progressive National Baptists. [Splitter!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRvCwtLLV6I) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/165 "2017-06-15T18:35:44Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > It’s not like it’s a Trump thing, really. For example, the town of Keene, NH argued its police force needed a surplus MRAP (basically a very heavily armoured all-terrain truck) [to defend its pumpkin festival from terrorist threats](https://youtu.be/KUdHIatS36A?t=437). That was circa 2014. I can almost judge the shittiness of a police/sheriff’s department by wether or not they aquired those surplus vehicles. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/166 "2017-06-15T19:26:19Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Looks like it [passed](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/06/14/southern-baptists-are-about-to-vote-on-a-proposal-to-condemn-white-supremacy/), overwhelmingly. and, Southern Baptists embrace gender-inclusive language in [The Bible](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/southern-baptists-embrace-gender-inclusive-language-in-the-bible/529935/). ---
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/167 "2017-06-15T20:09:45Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > It’s not like it’s a Trump thing, really. For example, the town of Keene, NH argued its police force needed a surplus MRAP (basically a very heavily armoured all-terrain truck) [to defend its pumpkin festival from terrorist threats](https://youtu.be/KUdHIatS36A?t=437). That was circa 2014. I’ll bet no one thought to check what a Pumpkin Festival in Keene looked like. Here’s a clip: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHV01SV9sMk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHV01SV9sMk) ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/168 "2017-06-15T20:49:26Z")
> [@Tee](#): > > I’ll bet no one thought to check what a Pumpkin Festival in Keene looked like. > > Here’s a clip: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHV01SV9sMk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHV01SV9sMk) Are they foreign terrorists ? Furthermore, how does an armoured truck help with rumbunctious college kids ? Did they plan on just running them down like they were Native Americans protesting a leaky pipeline or something ? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/169 "2017-06-15T20:53:38Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > how does an armoured truck help with rumbunctious college kids One assumes it would be difficult to [overturn](http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-new-hampshire-pumpkin-riots-20141019-story.html). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/170 "2017-06-15T21:04:15Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > One assumes it would be difficult to [overturn](http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-new-hampshire-pumpkin-riots-20141019-story.html). 🙂 One assumes wrong. These things are very top-heavy and tend to flip on their own when taking turns at speed. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/171 "2017-06-15T21:09:52Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > One assumes wrong. These things are very top-heavy and tend to flip on their own when taking turns at speed. How about while moving at a walking pace, if at all? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/172 "2017-06-15T21:18:53Z")
One does wonder why [the armored truck never left its garage](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/pumpkin-festival-cited-terror-target-hit-drunken-riots-n229996). ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/173 "2017-06-15T21:19:16Z")
Whats their gas usage? Two hundred yards/gallon? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/174 "2017-06-15T21:27:55Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > One does wonder why [the armored truck never left its garage](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/pumpkin-festival-cited-terror-target-hit-drunken-riots-n229996). I’m tickled by this bit : > [@](#): > > The threat to the festival, the application noted, could “include the use of Radiological Dispersion Devices by terrorists,” adding that such “dirty” bombs are “much more likely than the use of a nuclear device.” The BearCat has radiation and chemical detection devices, and the application argued that no other vehicle in the county was capable of protecting, transporting and measuring such radiation. Yeah, it’s not like you could get a handheld geiger counter or nothing. Doesn’t count unless it’s 10 feet tall and RPG-proof. I mean, you know how college kids are - always with the suitcase antitank nuke mines :D. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/175 "2017-06-15T21:30:32Z")
Also this : > [@](#): > > Students used neither dirty bombs nor chemical weapons to attack police this weekend, relying instead on beer bottles, for which the BearCat apparently has no detectors. \ Seems like a design flaw to me !\ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/176 "2017-06-15T21:30:43Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Whats their gas usage? Two hundred yards/gallon? Imagine driving to work in a 747. It’s like that. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/177 "2017-06-15T21:33:49Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Are they foreign terrorists ? Furthermore, how does an armoured truck help with rumbunctious college kids ? Did they plan on just running them down like they were Native Americans protesting a leaky pipeline or something ? But look what they could be dealing with! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pX71mALOPKs/maxresdefault.jpg "Animal House (10/10) Movie CLIP - Enter the Deathmobile (1978) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX71mALOPKs&t=1m32s) ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/178 "2017-06-15T21:43:25Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > and, Southern Baptists embrace gender-inclusive language in [The Bible](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/southern-baptists-embrace-gender-inclusive-language-in-the-bible/529935/). Did they give Lots wife a name and refer to her as zee? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/179 "2017-06-15T22:33:12Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Cite? Travel ban that isn’t really a travel ban, depending on which Republican you’re talking to. Nothing but fear, that one. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/180 "2017-06-15T22:50:01Z")
The armored truck makes them feel like badasses instead of small town police. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674.md?page=10)