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In reply to the discussion: Investigators Say Orlando Shooter Showed Few Warning Signs Of Radicalization [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)44. Exactly
There are a series of factors that led to this horrific crime, and I think it's important to honestly look at what all of them might be. The easy access to the assault weapon can be addressed as a problem along side an examination of what caused him (and might cause others) to want to commit an act of terrorism of this nature.
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Investigators Say Orlando Shooter Showed Few Warning Signs Of Radicalization [View all]
pnwmom
Jun 2016
OP
Maybe because he wasn't a Muslim radical but instead a hate filled homophobic? Hate crime, terrorism
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#3
A PICTURE IS EMERGING FROM PEOPLE IN HIS LIFE....MATEEN WAS DISPLAYING PROBLEMS EARLY IN LIFE.
cynzke
Jun 2016
#39
Because some Islamic countries will imprison you or kill you for being gay does not mean every
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#11
And so do most of the fundamentalist Christians in Florida. So do fundamentalists
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#17
Yes, if a person said they killed gays in the name of fundamental Christianity I would believe them
oberliner
Jun 2016
#21
Yes, I have. The FBI investigated him after he claimed he knew the Boston bombing brothers, and
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#29
Here's the point ... if he was NOT IN CONTACT with anyone from these groups ...
brett_jv
Jun 2016
#45
It seems to be clear that he was not coordinating with any international terrorist organizations
oberliner
Jun 2016
#47
"Most Muslims surveyed say that drinking alcohol is morally wrong." Yet the shooter drank to excess
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#20
There are many stories of him being drunk in the Pulse when he visited there prior to the shooting
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#24
I think you have to twist yourself into knots at this point to prove this attack had anything to do
brett_jv
Jun 2016
#46
He claimed it was for, or he was a member of ISIS, al-Qaeda and Hezbollah which is very off
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#55
Morally wrong except when it's "bacha bazi" ("boy play") which, though illegal, is . . .
Petrushka
Jun 2016
#36
All points lead to him being emotionally unstable from an early age, unfortunately he never received
slipslidingaway
Jun 2016
#32
Sadly there are too many reasons to hate and many crimes have a combination of reasons ...
slipslidingaway
Jun 2016
#37
And 99.9% of Muslims don't either. Thanks to the lax regulation of assault-type weapons,
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#40
Thank you, do the people who blame Islam not listen to the Christian people ...
slipslidingaway
Jun 2016
#38