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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,455 posts)
Tue May 19, 2026, 08:19 PM 22 hrs ago

San Diego mosque shooters met online and left writings expressing hate, FBI says

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two teenagers who shot and killed three people in an attack on a California mosque were radicalized online where they first met and shared white supremacist views, according to authorities and writings they authored.

The pair “didn’t discriminate on who they hated,” Mark Remily, the lead FBI agent in San Diego, said Tuesday.

The writings, obtained by The Associated Press, include hateful rhetoric toward Jewish people, Muslims and Islam, as well as the LGBTQ+ community, Black people, women, and both the political left and right. Both express beliefs that white people are being eliminated, and one writes about mental health struggles and being rejected by women.

Investigators also found at least 30 guns, ammunition and a crossbow at two residences after Monday's attack in San Diego and were trying to uncover whether the shooters had broader plans, Remily said. The shooters, ages 17 and 18, killed themselves, police have said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us--islamic-center-shooting-054455739.html

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regnaD kciN

(27,703 posts)
6. Hasn't it been obvious over the past ten years...?
Tue May 19, 2026, 10:22 PM
20 hrs ago

If hatred wasn't the dominant emotion in this country, we would never have elected a man who ran on it.

electric_blue68

(27,326 posts)
9. I partly disagree. No doubt drumphf has stirred up all kinds of hatred since the get go....
Wed May 20, 2026, 01:12 AM
17 hrs ago

especially black people., immigrants of color, and women.
Because he has given "permission slips' for hatred it seems even more so.
And the swath of many Magats's hatreds are real.

Still there are more kind and caring people than them. Don't forget that.
It's "just" that they are louder.
.

Irish_Dem

(82,360 posts)
11. Yes Americans love hatred, racism, sexism, rape, treason, crimes.
Wed May 20, 2026, 06:09 AM
12 hrs ago

The more evil Trump is the more they adore him.

We become a nation of psychopaths just like Trump?

newdeal2

(5,611 posts)
3. RW media and Trump would have gone nuts had this been a different story
Tue May 19, 2026, 08:26 PM
22 hrs ago

Instead they will sweep this under the rug.

pfitz59

(12,937 posts)
4. I think 'angry incel' is a key factor here.
Tue May 19, 2026, 08:27 PM
22 hrs ago

Young men have been raised on a variety of 'entertainments' where the 'hero' always 'gets the girl'. In a 90 minute movie he may have sex with half a dozen women, or just one 'hot chick'. A 17 year old youth is no 'catch' for any woman. Given time, patience and proven success perhaps someone might take a shine. They were impatient and expected some sort of 'manly right' to the woman of their choosing. Unrealistic expectations. Hating the 'others' ties in with immaturity and being out of touch with reality. A sad story becoming all too common.

sarisataka

(22,837 posts)
5. At least they killed themselves before they killed anyone else
Tue May 19, 2026, 08:30 PM
22 hrs ago

if only they had started with themselves.

These are Trump's "fine people"

regnaD kciN

(27,703 posts)
7. "didn't discriminate on who they hated"
Tue May 19, 2026, 10:25 PM
20 hrs ago

What a line of bullshit. If they "didn't discriminate," why didn't they shoot up a bunch of white people?

Hating all people of color, or of other religions, or of a certain gender or sexual orientation is, by default, discriminating on who one hates.

Melon

(1,705 posts)
10. Which is odd One had a family name Vasquez and the other is wearing corn rows.
Wed May 20, 2026, 02:58 AM
15 hrs ago

Crazy how kids throw their lives away.

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