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5. Not to diminish this hate-crime attack, but reports he scouted Disney World too.

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Mon Jun 13, 2016, 02:39 PM

Jun 2016

This was certainly targeted anti-LGBT terrorism.

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Institutionalized homophobia and guns. Under convenient cover of radical Islam. That's what this [View all] JudyM Jun 2016 OP

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