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    #1

    Terrorism in Orlando kills 20

    No - not "radical Muslums." I am waiting to see what kind of terrorism this is - it is, appaerently anti-gay, but will it be Christian terrorism, Conservative terrorism, or a case of mental illness, or what?



    From the article:

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    Re: Terrorism in Orlando kills 20

    Saw a news report that the gunman has been identified as Omar Mateen and another report about Islamic terrorist sympathies.
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      #3
      Re: Terrorism in Orlando kills 20

      From your link:

      When asked if the FBI suspected that the gunman may have an extremist leanings, including a possible sympathy with Islamic State
      I don't know where you are getting the idea that the shooter definitely, or even probably, wasn't a radical Muslim from. Didn't get that impression from any of the articles I've read, again, including the one you linked.

      Edit:

      Perhaps the article you linked was updated since you posted, and it did imply or state that before.
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        Re: Terrorism in Orlando kills 20

        Originally posted by thalassa View Post
        Saw a news report that the gunman has been identified as Omar Mateen and another report about Islamic terrorist sympathies.

        Oh crap. Xoxoxo

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        Originally posted by Denarius View Post
        From your link:



        I don't know where you are getting the idea that the shooter definitely, or even probably, wasn't a radical Muslim from. Didn't get that impression from any of the articles I've read, again, including the one you linked.

        Edit:

        Perhaps the article you linked was updated since you posted, and it did imply or state that before.
        Lay it on. Bad Karma incurred for thinking politics before compassion.
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          Re: Terrorism in Orlando kills 20

          Originally posted by B. de Corbin View Post
          Lay it on. Bad Karma incurred for thinking politics before compassion.
          I don't understand what you mean by this, can you clarify?
          Trust is knowing someone or something well enough to have a good idea of their motivations and character, for good or for ill. People often say trust when they mean faith.

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            #6
            Re: Terrorism in Orlando kills 20

            How awful for everyone who was there and their loved ones. The pro and anti gun people are going to be out in full force, and the white anti-gays will be a little confused due to the nationality of the shooter. Hopefully those two hatreds will cancel each other out.
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              Re: Terrorism in Orlando kills 20

              Originally posted by Denarius View Post
              I don't understand what you mean by this, can you clarify?
              I get bad Karma, for which I pay for wrong thinking. You delivered it. I accept as my due. That's all.
              Last edited by B. de Corbin; 12 Jun 2016, 06:05.
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                #8
                Re: Terrorism in Orlando kills 20

                Evidently it's starting to look like he's American but his parents are from Afghanistan. But it's still a developing story.

                Would add its 50 dead and 53 injured according to the latest report I read.
                Last edited by monsno_leedra; 12 Jun 2016, 06:56.
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                  #9
                  Re: Terrorism in Orlando kills 20

                  The rhetoric begins.

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                    #10
                    Re: Terrorism in Orlando kills 20

                    Originally posted by ThePaganMafia View Post
                    The rhetoric begins.
                    Screw the rhetoric. Death toll is up to 50, 53 critically injured, and is the worst mass shooting in U.S. History.
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                      #11
                      Re: Terrorism in Orlando kills 20

                      Well, the rhetoric is important because rhetoric inspires emotions, hate, and negative action. Changes in rhetoric dependent on the shooters background are also interesting.

                      So, Omar Mateen's parents have apologized and said religious ideology had nothing to do with the attack. He became angered several months ago when his three year old son saw two men kissing. He's from New York. He was also a notary in Florida and a security guard. Just what I have found via the Google.
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                        Originally posted by ThePaganMafia View Post
                        So, Omar Mateen's parents have apologized and said religious ideology had nothing to do with the attack. He became angered several months ago when his three year old son saw two men kissing. He's from New York. He was also a notary in Florida and a security guard. Just what I have found via the Google.
                        Hmm... Interesting. So "Omar" does not equal "Muslim terrorist"
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                          I'll be the one to say it--this is what happens when you like in a country that abhors civility and compromise and loves restricting every amendment of its founding ideals (sometimes in quite reasonable ways) but one. Whether extremism played a role in this or not, I'm willing to say a flawed view of religion's teachings most certainly did...and in that vein, it could just have easily been a Christian going coocoo.
                          Last edited by thalassa; 12 Jun 2016, 08:00.
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                            #14
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                            CNN mentioned that people were going in there to "clean up". I can't even imagine how traumatic that kind of thing must be, no matter how someone is trained.
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                              #15
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                              It appears that a planned attack was prevented at the Gay Pride rally in L.A.
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