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JudyM

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Mon Jun 13, 2016, 02:30 PM Jun 2016

Institutionalized homophobia and guns. Under convenient cover of radical Islam. That's what this [View all]

is. "Islamic terrorism" may be involved but what we are clear on his hatred of gays. We know he was emotional about that, and that he planned this in advance. At an LGBT club.

All the media talks about and researches to "inform" us about, and pretty much all the political dialogue is also about, is Islamic terrorism and how to combat that. This is a deflection from the clear as day fact that this was an anti-LGBT act. Why so little delving into that? Makes the political/media establishment uncomfortable. Not as expedient to their goals as Islamic terrorism is.

If it's terrorism at all it is anti-LGBT terrorism. No one seems to care to talk about how to handle that.

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Why does it have to be so tortured? David__77 Jun 2016 #1
Exactly. Check out this clip that DUer Bad Dog posted. JudyM Jun 2016 #2
Owen Jones has written about this experience. Bad Dog Jun 2016 #9
Exactly! The story is now more complicated with the discovery that he apparently had a history JudyM Jun 2016 #13
A gay friend of mine told me the nastiest "queer bashers," Bad Dog Jun 2016 #15
I doubt he was Gay,nobody has come forward to say they slept with him or had any relationship with h King_David Jun 2016 #36
There's at least one guy he was trying to connect with, corresponding via app for months. JudyM Jun 2016 #38
Nobody said they had a hookup or any sexual relationship King_David Jun 2016 #39
Republican justice? RobertEarl Jun 2016 #3
homophobia and guns AND Islam. his anti gay beliefs did not just pop out of a cheeerios box nt msongs Jun 2016 #4
It's not just Islam that promotes anti-LGBT sentiments. Other domestic fundies do the same. JudyM Jun 2016 #7
Good gods, I know many people who fit the homophobia and guns category and are also Islamphobic. uppityperson Jun 2016 #25
Not to diminish this hate-crime attack, but reports he scouted Disney World too. jmg257 Jun 2016 #5
The instant move to muslim baiting is fucking disgusting bonemachine Jun 2016 #6
Oh those poor muslims, they are the true victims here. Quantess Jun 2016 #11
In your opinion was it "Muslims" who did that? tia uponit7771 Jun 2016 #22
No. Typical knee-jerk response, on your part. Quantess Jun 2016 #24
Balbir Singh Sodhi got his feelings hurt because of Islamphobia. Here's a link for you. uppityperson Jun 2016 #26
That's very interesting. Thank you for the link. Quantess Jun 2016 #28
It has to do with Islamphobia which this subthread is about. uppityperson Jun 2016 #29
Okay, I can understand that. I personally was already aware that sikhs are not muslims, Quantess Jun 2016 #30
The thing I see happening is an attempt to change the narrative (I hate that term) from homophobia uppityperson Jun 2016 #31
I have stated this before and I will state it again: Quantess Jun 2016 #33
Man arrested after threatening shooting at Seattle mosque uppityperson Jun 2016 #42
+1 uponit7771 Jun 2016 #21
Same with the workplace shooting in San Bernardino. Once they can conflate it with "terrorism," villager Jun 2016 #8
ISIS and the rebels are carrying out anti-LGBT terrorism in the ME. CJCRANE Jun 2016 #10
Yes, great model of civilization. JudyM Jun 2016 #14
It's not either or. It almost never is. And we still just don't know enough. fucking period. cali Jun 2016 #12
Yep King_David Jun 2016 #20
Only if the homophobic institution is Islam. Dreamer Tatum Jun 2016 #16
The people sitting there giving creedance Aerows Jun 2016 #37
He was a lethal combination of gay-hater, gun-fucker, and god-botherer. Iggo Jun 2016 #17
And yet the former is not being covered much. POTUS just spoke at length about terrorism & guns, JudyM Jun 2016 #18
Exactly. Thank you. uppityperson Jun 2016 #27
How are they continuing to ignore this? Huge elephant in the room: what elephant? JudyM Jun 2016 #32
Homophobia and ISIS and Islamic extremist terrorism King_David Jun 2016 #19
If the administration and the media focused on that aspect and expanded the view to include JudyM Jun 2016 #23
I'm sick of it. Aerows Jun 2016 #35
This is the same fucking shit that happens Aerows Jun 2016 #34
Terrorists are bullies at their core and like all bullies that makes terrorists craven cowards. Rex Jun 2016 #41
You're so right. They need to reconcile their preaching with the image they actually want to JudyM Jun 2016 #44
It is terrorism toward the LGBT community. And what is even sicker are the fundies that are Rex Jun 2016 #40
Exactly!-- our leaders need to spend time talking about homophobic violence, which JudyM Jun 2016 #45
It makes me mad that they put this issue way down on the list of priorities. Rex Jun 2016 #46
being anti gay including killing gays is a regular part of islamic extremism JI7 Jun 2016 #43
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