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8. I'm not making ANY excuses for this young man

Fri Jul 17, 2015, 11:37 AM

Jul 2015

Clearly, he did wrong. Clearly, his acts are unforgiveable. But reading his tale, the first thing I wondered was what if he HAD landed a job with his newly minted college credentials? If only there was a push on to create jobs and liberate young folks from the desperation of facing a life with their parents.
Then there's the sick humor about how his name alone, had the power to set national security systems into panic mode. We could speculate as to who's fault something like that is, but the "blame" would likely not find it's way home with this young man. He pulled the trigger here - there's little doubt of that. But there are SO many witting and unwitting forces that assisted his finger.

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Chattanooga Shooter Gave a Chilling Warning of Jihad [View all] brooklynite Jul 2015 OP

I shan't comment cosmicone Jul 2015 #1

Let them alert, some people must think fundies are special snooper2 Jul 2015 #3

Thanks for letting us know this is about you. bluedigger Jul 2015 #5

If I cannot freely express my views, it is about me as well. n/t cosmicone Jul 2015 #7

Go ahead and let them alert leftynyc Jul 2015 #9

I back you up on that. 840high Jul 2015 #37

Critiques of Islam are one thing; bigoted frothing is another. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #16

Some people see all critiques as bigoted frothing. cosmicone Jul 2015 #19

Agreed/ The Green Manalishi Jul 2015 #20

Rogues gallery of sky daddy followers FrodosPet Jul 2015 #49

Go ahead, alert then. The Green Manalishi Jul 2015 #62

I've noticed that. Let them alert. 840high Jul 2015 #36

Say what's on your mind RandiFan1290 Jul 2015 #42

I agree with everyone else romanic Jul 2015 #39

Your post offends me Telcontar Jul 2015 #40

Your offense offends me FrodosPet Jul 2015 #50

Screw him and his warped religious fantasies. Moostache Jul 2015 #2

Not completely surprising. Nye Bevan Jul 2015 #4

Even wikipedia has tried to water it down by creating a class of "political ideology" cosmicone Jul 2015 #6

I'm not making ANY excuses for this young man Plucketeer Jul 2015 #8

You ARE maing excuses cosmicone Jul 2015 #10

Technically, you are correct Plucketeer Jul 2015 #17

He spent 7 months in Jordan last year. B2G Jul 2015 #14

Well, I guess that seals it then! Plucketeer Jul 2015 #18

Why make excuses for this POS? 840high Jul 2015 #38

I loathe religions of all kinds Plucketeer Jul 2015 #43

Hate motivated him to kill 5 marines. 840high Jul 2015 #45

Maybe so Plucketeer Jul 2015 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars Jul 2015 #63

But I bet he had to fly "COACH" FrodosPet Jul 2015 #52

You are making excuses melman Jul 2015 #24

Young people who have a bright future are less likely to throw it all away in a suicide mission. Chemisse Jul 2015 #27

Thanks for getting what I was getting at Plucketeer Jul 2015 #31

We like to think people who would do this are different from us. Chemisse Jul 2015 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars Jul 2015 #59

Are you actually reading what we're saying here Plucketeer Jul 2015 #60

That is utter horseshit cosmicone Jul 2015 #44

Thank you. K/r 840high Jul 2015 #47

I sure wasn't making excuses for terrorism Plucketeer Jul 2015 #48

He was an engineer Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #28

You can have degrees out the wazoo Plucketeer Jul 2015 #51

Well, he did get a job Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #54

He did have a job. He was a supervisor at Superior Essex in Franklin, TN. Skeeter Barnes Jul 2015 #29

That makes this a lot harder to understand. Chemisse Jul 2015 #33

You're stuck in the mindset that poverty and dispair causes terrorism Telcontar Jul 2015 #41

Huh? Plucketeer Jul 2015 #61

See post #44 cosmicone Jul 2015 #55

There are a lot of people that are christx30 Jul 2015 #30

he specificy target only the 2 stripmall 'recrutment storefronts? looks like just preaching to me. Sunlei Jul 2015 #11

He obviously had a problem with those 2 places nt B2G Jul 2015 #13

Yes, and he knew they would be unarmed. TexasMommaWithAHat Jul 2015 #15

as the Fort Hood shootings showed, military bases also comprise gun-free zones n/t Psephos Jul 2015 #22

The guards at the entries aren't armed? TexasMommaWithAHat Jul 2015 #23

Gun-free means gun-free marshall Jul 2015 #25

Only MPs may carry personal firearms on a military base. Psephos Jul 2015 #34

The guards at the gate are armed JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2015 #35

I can't see anything there that is a 'warning' muriel_volestrangler Jul 2015 #12

I don't give a damn if he was a Muslim. Lobo27 Jul 2015 #21

Same here. I don't know why random gun violence against strangers Warpy Jul 2015 #26

Simple. Terrorism has a political and broader motive cosmicone Jul 2015 #56

Dead is dead whether it's for geopolitics, a flat screen TV or because Warpy Jul 2015 #57

Because a political motive targets random people cosmicone Jul 2015 #58

now that shooter is dead and didn't write anything except a school yearbook single line, media Sunlei Jul 2015 #53