Democrat Drops MN State House Run After Tweeting 'ISIS Isn't Necessarily Evil' (startribune.com)

Posted by timothy on Monday November 16, 2015 @01:08AM from the inartful-phrasing dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Dan Kimmel, who works for U.S. Bank in its technology and operations section, dropped out of the race for a Minnesota House seat after unleashing a firestorm of criticism. The controversy erupted after Kimmel tweeted, "ISIS isn't necessarily evil. It is made up of people doing what they think is best for their community. Violence is not the answer, though." The tweet rapidly led to harsh criticism on twitter and spread from there. The DFL Party Chair issued a statement saying that Kimmel's "views have no place in our party. On behalf of the Minnesota DFL, I strongly condemn his comments. ..." The House Minority Leader for the DFL called for Kimmel to end his campaign. Kimmel issued a written apology and withdrew from the race.

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Re: Religion by Anonymous Coward · 2015-11-16 01:45 · Score: 3, Informative

Extremists of any dogma who use violence are wrong.
Fixed it for you, religion like any other dogma is what leads to the extremists views. When any authority lays down a set of principals that are believed to be true by a group of people. Then all others are wrong and if they dont accept it they must be punished in some way. It does not matter if the dogma is religious, (IE: Christian, Muslim, etc) or national pride (IE: Natzies, communism, socialism, or even Americanism)