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IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 02:17 PM Jun 2016

9 Things We Know About the Terrorist Who Killed 50 in Orlando, FL

http://tribunist.com/news/9-things-we-know-about-the-terrorist-who-killed-50-in-orlando-fl/?utm_source=GNF



1. The suspected terrorist has been identified as Omar Mateen of Port St. Lucie, Florida. He is said to be twenty nine years old and was born in New York in the United States.

5. Mateen was a licensed concealed carrier and a licensed security guard in the state of Florida.

7. According to reports that indicate at least 50 people dead, that makes Mateen the deadlist mass shooter in US history and the deadliest terrorist since the 9/11 attacks.

8. Mateen’s father said that his son was angered by images of two men kissing.

9. An account associated with ISIS has tweeted a photo of Mateen while other accounts associated with Islamic extremism have tweeted support for the attack along with anti-gay rhetoric.



Anyone with immigrants in their immediate family, such as a wife or mother, should be detained immediately and questioned very thoroughly, and disqualified from running for president this year until we can figure this out:
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IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
2. I was wondering what his connection to the NYPD was
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 02:21 PM
Jun 2016

Trump is also born in NY, so I would detain him for questioning until we get some answers.

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
6. Trump should be disqualified from elected office because of it
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 02:28 PM
Jun 2016

since I don't trust him to receive top secret intelligence

randr

(12,409 posts)
3. I have a problem with the term "terrorist"
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 02:22 PM
Jun 2016

This asswipe is merely a hate filled homophobic freak with access to weapons.

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
5. It was terrifying for the people in the club
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 02:24 PM
Jun 2016

it is likely a hate crime, but we don't know if there were political motives too

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
9. Pundits with an agenda are trying to sweep the gays and guns out of the story
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 02:36 PM
Jun 2016

while they focus repeatedly on the muslim and immigrant angle.

King_David

(14,851 posts)
14. The guy was an American born radical Islamist gay hating terrorist....
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 02:47 PM
Jun 2016

He killed 50 People because of his religion and hate.

The same Islamist homophobic murderers, push gay people off buildings and stone them to death in Islamic state and in other countries such as Iran.

Recently in Gaza , Hamas killed one of their own commanders because he was Gay.

This hatred of Gays by Islamic radicals and fundamentalists must be wiped out .

Warpy

(111,162 posts)
15. It also looks like he might have surfed gay porn to whip himself
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 03:10 PM
Jun 2016

into a frothing, self righteous frenzy.

No civilian should have access to a Bushmaster. Hell, the semi auto handguns ought to be off the street, too.

Gun humpers will always say it's not the gun's fault.

The guns this guy (and too many other like him) had free access to made it far too easy.

Can you imagine what would have happened if he hadn't been alone?

6chars

(3,967 posts)
16. Do you not think he intended to terrorize LGBT people and America?
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 03:22 PM
Jun 2016

What is a terrorist if not this?

randr

(12,409 posts)
17. He has only succeeded as a 'terrorist' if he causes changes to our behavior
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 03:26 PM
Jun 2016

I hope gay clubs are full to capacity tonight.
I do not intend to dismiss terrorism as a very real threat, I personally equate wife beaters and homophobes with what we call terrorists.

Starry Messenger

(32,342 posts)
8. 10. Wife beater
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 02:36 PM
Jun 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/ex-wife-of-suspected-orlando-shooter-he-beat-me/2016/06/12/8a1963b4-30b8-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html?tid=sm_fb

Toxic masculinity, smh.



At first, the marriage was normal, she said, but then he became abusive.

“He was not a stable person,” said the ex-wife, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because she feared for her safety in the wake of the mass shooting. “He beat me. He would just come home and start beating me up because the laundry wasn’t finished or something like that.”

 

B2G

(9,766 posts)
12. Here are the ones you left out
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 02:41 PM
Jun 2016

2. Numerous media sources are indicating that Mateen had ties to Islamic terrorism and may have been investigated by the FBI in the past and/or been on the terror watch list.

3. Mateen shot a police officer during the SWAT raid that ended the incident. The officer’s kevlar helmet likely saved his life.

4. Mateen’s parents are immigrants According to CBS:

“Mateen was born to Afghan parents in 1986. CBS News reports Mateen has no apparent criminal history and that authorities are investigating whether he had ties to Islamic terrorism.”

6. Mateen was registered as a Democrat for voting purposes.

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
13. Conservative news channels are focused on the registered Democrat
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 02:43 PM
Jun 2016

and immigrant/muslim ones. So I showed the other ones.

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