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Tanuki

(14,914 posts)
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 09:02 AM Mar 2019

FL man tries to blow up 16 government vehicles.

Imagine the reaction and the presidential tweeting if he had been a Muslim or an undocumented immigrant.

https://www.wftv.com/news/what-the-florida/deputies-florida-man-says-he-s-archangel-michael-tries-to-set-fire-to-16-vehicles/934923161

... "Deputies said they found gas tanks that had been pried open filled with rags and sticks. Deputies said Gordon returned to the scene of the crime as they were investigating.  

According to the Sheriff’s Office, Gordon wanted to blow up the vehicles because, ”The generals won’t surrender to the Kingdom of God.”

Gordon was charged with criminal mischief."

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FL man tries to blow up 16 government vehicles. (Original Post) Tanuki Mar 2019 OP
He's just another terrorist malaise Mar 2019 #1
Did he forget his lighter? ck4829 Mar 2019 #2
"Criminal mischief"? gratuitous Mar 2019 #3
The double standard. Girard442 Mar 2019 #4

malaise

(268,672 posts)
1. He's just another terrorist
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 09:08 AM
Mar 2019

Imagine the reaction and the presidential tweeting if he had been a Muslim or an undocumented immigrant.

THIS!

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. "Criminal mischief"?
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 09:19 AM
Mar 2019

Remember the young men the FBI set up in sting after sting? Get them to the point of setting off what they thought was a big bomb in a crowded area, and put them away for years and years, even though there never really was a bomb, nobody was ever in danger, and the young men would never have gotten to that point on their own without substantial help from the FBI?

The only differences I see here is that the FBI wasn't involved and this guy really was going to set off all kinds of explosions before the cops fortunately stopped him. "Criminal mischief."

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