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wheniwasincongress

(1,307 posts) Sun Jun 12, 2016, 03:31 PM Jun 2016

Will the media hold anti-gay politicians responsible?

Their refusal of gay marriage and equal rights laws do contribute to these acts. Will the media hold them responsible in interviews, and how easily will they be able to squirm away by saying this is totally about terrorism?

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Will the media hold anti-gay politicians responsible? (Original Post) wheniwasincongress Jun 2016 OP

Are you kidding? Warpy Jun 2016 #1

Nope. it's "Islamic terrorism". Nothing to do with home grown hate. MH1 Jun 2016 #2

Omar Mateen was raised by parents who support the Taliban, Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #3

Warpy

(114,650 posts)

1. Are you kidding?

Reply to wheniwasincongress (Original post)

Sun Jun 12, 2016, 03:56 PM

Jun 2016

They found a ranter at a mosque and that's who they're holding responsible.

It couldn't be televangelists or right wing "Christian" politicians, they're all above reproach.

It couldn't be laughably lax gun laws that allowed a wife beater on the FBI watch list to buy an arsenal.

It had to be that one ranter at a mosque.

MH1

(19,248 posts)

2. Nope. it's "Islamic terrorism". Nothing to do with home grown hate.

Reply to wheniwasincongress (Original post)

Sun Jun 12, 2016, 03:57 PM

Jun 2016

Nothing at all ....

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

3. Omar Mateen was raised by parents who support the Taliban,

Reply to wheniwasincongress (Original post)

Sun Jun 12, 2016, 04:00 PM

Jun 2016

which believes that gay people deserve to be executed. And they come from a country where capital punishment for gay people is enshrined into law. I'm really not sure that US politicians saying things like "marriage is between a man and a woman" had a whole lot to do with this atrocity.

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