https://twitter.com/cindy_w_brandt/status/1066541349497843713 Looks like missionary is the top vote within five minutes of polling 😂 So let's start there. First, before I get mansplained, I'm a missionary convert, grew up in missionary community, studied missions in grad level, was career missionary for 5 years.

Although loss of life is always sad, we cannot let reverence keep us from talking about important things, especially when it may the thing that could have PREVENTED this death. Tell the story to expose what's problematic in the missionary mindset - talk about it. It's the time.

What he did was reckless, harmful to the tribe (potential genocide), and sadly harmful to himself to the point of death. But it is also the logical fruit of many teachings within the missionary community.