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In reply to the discussion: FBI Told Orlando Shooter's Wife Not to Tell US Media He Was Gay [View all]cynzke
(1,254 posts)never showed any fanatical interest in his religion according to his family. When the FBI investigated, it was reported, they found no evidence that would suggest Mateen was fanatical about Islam and no evidence he was connected with/followed fanatical groups through social media. When questioning him, the FBI noted that he had little knowledge about the groups/ties he claimed he had to co-workers. HOWEVER, if Mateen was a serious fanatical Muslim who wanted to commit a devastating act of terrorism on BEHALF of ISIS. Something so horrible in the annals of recent history, Mateen had a bigger, more prominent target....Disney World. To attack Disney World, possibly killing families, would have stuck terror into the heart and soul of the "Great Satan". It would have been the ultimate attack ISIS could hope for. Instead Mateen picked a gay bar he frequented. He enacted revenge in his sick mind. Mateen's calls to the media tying his cowardly act to ISIS was a CALCULATED plan to DIVERT/DISTRACT from his SECRET SHAME, that he was GAY....oh horror. Better to be tagged as a Muslim terrorist, than to be remembered as a sick "homosexual" filled with hate and self-loathing. And his plan has worked in some circles. Mateen knew that this would be picked up and HYPED into something far more serious than a HATE crime committed by another domestic wacko.