But he was just a white supremacist Trumpy. So there’s obviously nothing to see here.
Remind me: how many people have Antifa killed?
There is no moral equivalence.
Right-wing terrorism is the biggest current threat to our national security.
MAGA!
As a nation, we have to avoid linking the shooter with politics or right vs left. Just not a healthy path.
The loved ones of those injured or killed deserve the nation’s support and empathy. They could care less about the shooter’s ideology. All they know is the senselessness of their loss.
Need strict gun control. No reasonably minded nation should allow the purchase of these type of weapons.
As to this thread, the shooter became disconnected from reality. Healthy people don’t wake up, arm themselves, and randomly go kill people, unless they have lost their horizon in a big way.
Yes. It is terrorism, but not really. This shooter was not a trained soldier following orders from his/her terrorist group.
White nationalists are cowards, like Trump. They would get their asses kicked by al Queda or any European or Asian terrorist group. It would be an insult to real terrorists to include this shooter in that bucket.
This shooter was a lost soul. Guarantee his family saw red flags, but ignored them.
Congress has to take aggressive measures. Duh.
sees no hope for himself and therefore thinks of themself as a loser.
without prompting. It’s a terrible phenomena.
Politcally motivated violence against civilians by non-state actor.
Check, check, check.
Not much difference between this guy and Mohammad Atta - both lost souls, both deeply troubled, both inspired by pathological ideologies that give their pathetic lives meaning.
But Mohammad Atta would never recognize this kid as a “terrorist.”
Atta was not mentally ill. Atta was not masturbating on the internet like this kid when his Unite the Right posters replied “Testify, Dude” in reply to his anti immigrant posts.
Atta was a stone cold terrorist on the biggest scale. This kid was Short Season A ball.
Spiffy.
“Hispanics will take control of the local and state government of my beloved Texas, changing policy to better suit their needs,” the manifesto said. It added that politicians of both parties are to blame for the United States “rotting from the inside out,” but that “the heavy Hispanic population in Texas will make us a Democrat stronghold.”
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/03/us/el-paso-walmart-shooting.html
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His daughter and her husband are Jews.
The Jewish people see him as Pro-Israel.
Your later comments are logically ridiculous
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for what a kook did, he really needs to tone down his rhetoric. Closest recently to that was Haley.
The garbage that he spews day in and day out is just disgusting,
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It’s all right wing violence.
bully pulpit on a constant basis.
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let's try to avoid blaming Trump, Obama, whites, or otherwise. This shit sucks, plain and simple. There's no excuse for it.
He was shot before he could kill anyone.
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White supremacists, today: 20
Antifa, ever: 0
Nice try at moral equivalence.
They're terrorists, just like today's whacko and the Black Lives Matter assassin.
You can try to memory-hole leftist violence all you want. We remember.
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behind every rock there is a white supremacist
Pace yourself, kid, you've got another five years of this.
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Most rifles that look like AK-47 are knock offs from somewhere. Besides, a real AK-47 battle rifle is full auto and very hard to obtain legally or illegally in the USA. Kalashnikov USA did start manufacturing some semi auto AK-47s in the USA in 2015.
The AKs use a larger bullet than the ARs
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That is imported from Romania in the non militarized (ie. not full auto or 3 shot bursts) version.
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I can honestly say I think it is unfortunate they captured him alive. What information do they think they will get from this psycho that they don’t already know?
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the first to bring Trump in to this horrific situation. You are one disgusting individual in many ways
Yet you bots were all over him.
But I’m troubled by today’s youth. They are extremely troubled and we need to monitor their activities on internet sites. I know it violates their rights but we need to find a solution. Thoughts?
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Reports are that this guy traveled to El Paso to kill people.
Constant demonization of foreigners is going to have consequences, and inspire the unstable.
I guess the dead are just casualties of Trump’s war on immigrants. Most are probably Latino anyway. MAGA!
There's one person responsible for this, the shooter. Period.
I really can't see how your original post is at all helpful.
But, there are things that can be done.
1. Raise the age to acquire military style semi-auto rifles (I wouldn't care if they were banned, btw) This won't stop acts of violence, but would likely reduce the body count. Many of these acts are carried out by men under the age of 25.
2. Monitor online postings of extremist groups. Apparently it was known that he had posted a "manifesto" online. There were probably warning signs.
3. Mental health research. A shockingly high percentage of these acts happen by people either starting or stopping SSRI medications.
by these mass killers.
Contrary to the bro science and common misconceptions, pot makes young people more paranoid, more agitated, more confrontational. I have a large sample size from which to observe. I'd love to see someone or some group with the guts and money, investigate this aspect.
He makes me appreciate the ignore function.
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You'll thank me for this, someday.
I agree with you on a lot of things, but your stance on marijuana ain't one of them. In fact, this is the worst argument that you've ever brought up. Sorry.
Agreeing would call on you to change your behavior and give up something you enjoy and something you believe helps you. Human beings hate doing that. This is the same scenario that happens with every person who uses whatever drug we wish to discuss. A century ago, doctors prescribed whiskey and other alcohol to relieve pain and other symptoms and you can bet a line would've stretched all around San Diego with patients, truthfully, I might add, testifying how whiskey cured their pain.
And I don't suffer from paranoia, addiction, or any other "reefer sickness" you could think of. Sorry to disappoint.
Oh, and I'm interested to hear from you about my behavior. This should be good.
If that wasn't obvious, you may be proving my point.
One thing drug users are always stunningly accurate at doing is assessing their own faculties and health. They'll almost always give you assurances that all is well in this regard. Better than ever, actually.
Leaving aside the bro science, the actual science is clearer and clearer about the effects of that "plant" relative to psychosis and IQ in young people who have used starting at an early age, which is very common these days. Being of a more "advanced age," I hope you avoid those and the other effects. As a general rule, pumping carcinogens directly into your lungs is also a dumb idea.
quasi-psychoanalysis stunts that you tend to do.
I'll leave it at this, I generally use weed to fall asleep. In fact, I need no pharmaceutical sleep aids because of mj. Oh, and I don't smoke flower. I vape...yeah yeah, it's still bad for you...whatever! I'm sure you're the bastion of health. Get over it, bro. This is a stupid argument.
Apparently, that blessed plant hasn't positively affected your anger. Huh...go figure...
I'd rather you and I stay cordial. There's no reason for the "blessed plant" to get in the way of our blossoming friendship. Cheers...cough, cough, bubble bubble (bong hits sent in your general direction).
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You should write up your theories. Society needs this insight. Fight “bro science,” bro!
I look forward to your continued, learned insights on criminology and the operations of the human mind.
I created a drinking game a couple years back. Everytime I or someone else brings up skepticism about the harmlessness of marijuana, everyoine takes a swig at the first screech of "reefer madness!" We never have to wait long for nitwits and pothead losers to take the bait. Cheers!
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arrival of psychosis or exacerbates psychotic symptoms?
"Reefer madness! I'm an educated idiot who cannot formulate logical arguments, so I do this!!!"
Science is for losers.
Bupkis.
I've never gotten the slightest impression that you know what you're talking about with anything remotely related to science. You do realize that what you do professionally is not a science, right, bud?
Pardon me if I am not done laughing at it. Won’t be for quite a while.
And to repeat, since you don’t read: mass shooters are by definition sociopaths. That’s what a sociopath is.
Link: https://lmgtfy.com/?q=sociopath
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For that I despise him.
I don’t lay this on him though.
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