Why might someone have blown up the Georgia Guidestones?

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The controversial monument piqued the interest of conspiracy theorists and politicians alike

hours of July 6th the city of Elberton in rural Georgia was rocked by an explosion. Someone had damaged the nearby Georgia Guidestones, a landmark often called “America’s Stonehenge”. Authorities have since demolished the remnants of the monument because of safety concerns. A week after the bombing, no suspect has been identified; only a grainy video of someone apparently leaving an explosive device at the site has been circulated.

In the late 1970s a man using the pseudonym Robert C. Christian commissioned the Guidestones on behalf of a “small group of loyal Americans who believe in God”. Altogether the six granite slabs stood roughly 19 feet tall and served as a sundial and astronomical calendar. The stones were etched with messages in a dozen languages, including English and Babylonian cuneiform.

The Guidestones had long been shrouded in mystery and controversy. In 2008 and 2014 they were defaced with messages alluding to the “New World Order”, a conspiracy theory with anti-Semitic origins that claims that a group of elites is trying to control the world’s population. But the monument gained renewed attention earlier this year when a gubernatorial hopeful made destroying the “satanic” stones one of her campaign promises.

It is unclear whether the bomber of the Guidestones bought into such fantasies but it is troubling that politicians increasingly seem to. Beliefs in different conspiracy theories “tend to go hand-in-hand,” says Kelly Garrett, a professor of communications at Ohio State University. Questionable ideas are

in the run-up to America’s mid-term elections in November. Americans should worry more about their spread than whatever was written on Georgia’s spooky stones.

 

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Destruction done in bad taste.

That Republican woman that ran for the Governor of Georgia said that that if she became Governor she was going to demolish that Guidestone And a few months after she said that somebody bombed it That woman need to be investigated

Lies…the owners destroyed them intentionally. That isn’t even close to domestic terrorism. You guys really need to do actual journalism. It would be a great improvement.

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No need to explain. Everything satanic will be destroyed in this life or the next.

ugh. makes me sad. 😕 I really loved visiting.

Uuummm maybe cause it discussed killing enough people to bring the world population down to 500 million people. Literally the most evil idea on the planet

This is a small and overlooked story but I think when we look back it’ll be one odd little mile marker on the road to fascism.

They were written by Freemasons

Hmmm I wonder why

Hmmm empowered religious extremists come to mind....

whoever done this is trying to make a point, if i was investigating it not say it correct (FIB ,twitter algorithm). i would start at Eco warrior idiot level , that's were i would look , i will follow the story its a puzzle in a interesting sense

probably because of the line that claims humanity should be reduced to 500 million

Because the right-wing incels fear anything that Trump disapproves.

Ive been down the rabbit whole of conspiracy read many books about it, but nope the Georgia Guidestones are relevant in most conspiracy reeds , but trying to blow them up ,destroy them doesn't fit in to average conspiracy junky ,odd is odd

Lol

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So they can have a reason to remove it and dig up the time capsule underneath it

Of course, because whoever made the stones is not conspiratorial at all. Is a saint...😏🤡

To receive instruction of wisdom a wise man will hear and understand a proverb, and the interpretation thereof and there dark saying Ponder the feet of thy path.

These religious zealots are no ot even original

Crop circles

The question is... why was it demolished w/o a proper investigation as to what happened?

'Maintain humanity under 500M..' what does it mean? 🤔

Why someone might have not?

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