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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJeff Tiedrich & Middle Age Riot tweet about Colorado shooter's father:
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
The father of the Colorado Springs shooter was relieved to learn that his son was at an LGBTQ club not because he was gay, but because he wanted to kill gays.
This is who Republicans mean when they say "real American."I
--Jeff Tiedrich
"thank god my mass murderer son isn't gay" is peak Republican
niyad
(129,767 posts)tblue37
(68,214 posts)niyad
(129,767 posts)localroger
(3,776 posts)tblue37
(68,214 posts)
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)after getting a "Hummer" from Cruz in the janitors closet at the Capitol.......
calimary
(89,107 posts)And I dont mean just on the outside.
Solly Mack
(96,405 posts)Warpy
(114,408 posts)BUT THANK GOD HE'S NOT GAY.
CO is a non DP state, so daddy's chip off the ol' block won't face execution.
(I've always thought Freud was correct about one thing: the most vehement anti homosexuals are generallylatent, themselves, something that has been borne out in research that has been reproduced and confirmed)
CarlYasutomo
(64 posts)mnhtnbb
(33,138 posts)and their partners, this shooting and the father's comments came up. Immediately, my youngest son's partner --who is an Associate Professor at UNC-- said, that, well of course, the shooter is gay and can't admit it.
Danascot
(5,164 posts)self hatred onto others.
sinkingfeeling
(57,284 posts)Haggis 4 Breakfast
(1,499 posts)He's been incarcerated for drug trafficking. He also has a violent streak and had beaten his wife.
The shooter actually petitioned a TX court to request a name change, which was backed by his grandparents when he was 16. They were his guardians at the time. He did this because he didn't want any association with his father.
StClone
(11,869 posts)...except these gun nutters.
emulatorloo
(46,135 posts)gibraltar72
(7,629 posts)Skittles
(169,721 posts)as always, it is amazing what offends repukes and what does not