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chernabog

(480 posts) Mon Jun 13, 2016, 08:15 PM Jun 2016

Orlando shooter was reportedly a regular at Pulse and Had a Profile on Gay dating App [View all]

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.

Read more: http://gawker.com/orlando-shooter-was-reportedly-a-regular-at-pulse-and-h-1781920316

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Orlando shooter was reportedly a regular at Pulse and Had a Profile on Gay dating App [View all] chernabog Jun 2016 OP

So he may have killed others previously. Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #1

Care to explain that jump? ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #6

I know it's cliche to say he had repressed homoerotic thoughts or something ck4829 Jun 2016 #2

Maybe he was being cheated on... EdwardBernays Jun 2016 #3

Fuckin' religion. Fuckin' NRA-bought-and-paid-for Congress. nt valerief Jun 2016 #4

ditto! mdbl Jun 2016 #5

Cover for Action PeoViejo Jun 2016 #7

or maybe he was lashing out LoverOfLiberty Jun 2016 #8

That was my very first thought. Nt duhneece Jun 2016 #17

He posted duck-faced selfies Reter Jun 2016 #9

Um alcibiades_mystery Jun 2016 #11

This is a duck-faced selfie: Reter Jun 2016 #15

I know what a duck-faced selfie is alcibiades_mystery Jun 2016 #20

does it make a difference? The people he slaughtered are still dead. olddad56 Jun 2016 #10

and he pledged allegiance to ISIS in the middle of the carnage RussBLib Jun 2016 #16

From what I've gathered, he was weird - maybe he sent off bad vibes, couldn't get laid. closeupready Jun 2016 #19

As a gay man, um, yes it does matter. It gives insight into motive. closeupready Jun 2016 #18

Even if he was not LGBT, it should be reported in the media that he was Midnight Writer Jun 2016 #12

The same and worse? As a gay person? truthisfreedom Jun 2016 #13

Yes, according to their fundamentalist ideology. Midnight Writer Jun 2016 #14