Orlando shooter was reportedly a regular at Pulse and Had a Profile on Gay dating App

[chernabog]

Source: Gawker

Early Sunday morning, Omar Mateen shot and killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, perpetrating the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Mateen, his father explained the next day, had repeatedly been angered by the sight of two men kissing. But according to witnesses, Mateen was also a regular at the club and exchanged messages with at least one gay man on a gay dating app.



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[Bluenorthwest]

1. So he may have killed others previously.

nt

[ManiacJoe]

6. Care to explain that jump?

[ck4829]

2. I know it's cliche to say he had repressed homoerotic thoughts or something

But you never know.

I also think that maybe he thought of using the app and going to Pulse to murder gay people individually, like a mission oriented serial killer.

I guess another mass killer, James Holmes, also threw around the idea of being a serial killer before settling on killing as many people as possible in a single event.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Holmes_%28mass_murderer%29#Events_leading_to_the_shooting

[EdwardBernays]

3. Maybe he was being cheated on...

And in the carnage you'll find the two people he was really after...

[valerief]

4. Fuckin' religion. Fuckin' NRA-bought-and-paid-for Congress. nt

[mdbl]

5. ditto!

[PeoViejo]

7. Cover for Action

Perhaps he was creating a persona so as to not look out of place, to case the club and plan his movements.

[LoverOfLiberty]

8. or maybe he was lashing out

at his repressed homosexuality. Its not uncommon to do, unfortunately. And no, I don't mean to this degree, but a lot of the most virulent anti-gay voices are themselves gay.

[duhneece]

17. That was my very first thought. Nt

Self hate due to father's condemnation Then his religion's condemnation ...

[Reter]

9. He posted duck-faced selfies

So big shocker here.

[alcibiades_mystery]

11. Um

What?

[Reter]

15. This is a duck-faced selfie:

[alcibiades_mystery]

20. I know what a duck-faced selfie is

How it relates to the subject matter of the OP, on the other hand, remains a mystery.

[olddad56]

10. does it make a difference? The people he slaughtered are still dead.

[RussBLib]

16. and he pledged allegiance to ISIS in the middle of the carnage

just like ISIS has been asking its "soldiers" to do. I do wonder if he went there specifically to kill some people that he had been having gay sex with. A way to cover some of his tracks, but why would he care if he was going to die in the attack?

Rachel Maddow appropriately called this "a war." The US has indeed been bombing the crap out of areas in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc., and this is one way they can strike back at us. Would they quit if we withdrew from that region? Likely not in my opinion. They have some really convoluted ideas about Islam and seem to want everyone to submit. That ain't gonna happen, so the next best thing is to just terrorize us.

Sorry, just kinda rambling.

[closeupready]

19. From what I've gathered, he was weird - maybe he sent off bad vibes, couldn't get laid.

It happens. I recall going to gay clubs as a youngster, and some of the hottest guys would strike out, repeatedly.

A possible factor amongst others perhaps?

[closeupready]

18. As a gay man, um, yes it does matter. It gives insight into motive.

Pretty basic info to an investigation, 101.

[Midnight Writer]

12. Even if he was not LGBT, it should be reported in the media that he was

Especially since ISIS is promoting him as a "hero".

In fact, there should be stories planted in the media about all of these mass shooters, casting them as the same (and worse) as those they hate so much.

[truthisfreedom]

13. The same and worse? As a gay person?

You've lost me somehow.

[Midnight Writer]

14. Yes, according to their fundamentalist ideology.

He should also be portrayed as an alcohol user, which witnesses say he was.

The idea is to deny him the status of martyr and hero to any who would admire and emulate his actions.