Oh my, the person responsible for the terrorist attack in NY is a middle eastern immigrant.

[redstatebluegirl]

The right wing is going to go off on that, giving them another reason to hate people who immigrate here.

[appleannie1943]

1. They were not a member of ISIS. Trump got rid of all them.

[maxsolomon]

2. I heard he's Uzbek

Is that the ME? Pretty sure it's Central Asia.

The murdering sociopath is probably Muslim, so his country of origin is irrelevant to the RW spin that's coming.

[redstatebluegirl]

3. All I heard was middle east, if it is Uzbekistan then yes, that is central Asia.

But you are right Muslim is what will drive them nuts.

[anneboleyn]

5. Yes, he's from Uzbekistan and came here in 2010 according to CNN. Of course Trump will use this

for his ban -- he's already sending out tweets saying "not in the U.S.A.!"

[smirkymonkey]

10. Yes, Central Asia and Uzbeks are not on the travel ban list.

Interesting.

[Hornedfrog1985]

4. If he was a white guy

Who shot 600 people it would be better. SIX HUNDRED.

[DFW]

6. Ah, but did the white guy shout "Allah U Akbar?"

If not, well, as you know, then all is forgiven.

[moriah]

13. You may not know, being new here, but there's a sarcasm smiley.

I would highly recommend using it, accessed by hitting the smilies button, when saying something sarcastic about something like this. Just because things in text don't always come out like intended.

FWIW, this is markedly similar to an event in Canada, so if this was a "lone wolf" terrorist as my local news is reporting, it might be a copycat of that. If so, I'm VERY glad he decided to copy that Canadian event and not the Las Vegas massacre, though I wish people would just not be murdering sociopaths either way.

[Not Ruth]

7. How do we know that it is a terrorist attack?

[Codeine]

8. Oh FFS. nt

[superpatriotman]

9. Thank you

[cwydro]

17. Thank you times two.

Sheesh.

[WillowTree]

15. As opposed to what? A Halloween prank?

Good grief!

[Kirk Lover]

11. Ok so we'll sprinkle in an Isis wannabe asshole to break up the run of white guys terrorizing

the country.

[cwydro]

18. Curious.

What do you mean WE will “sprinkle in an Isis wannabe”?

Just WHO is “sprinkling” him in?

8 innocent people died today. Wow.

[malaise]

12. Central Asia n/t

[snowybirdie]

14. Uzbekistan

Actually was part of the USER or Russia! How's he going to spin that?

[Rustyeye77]

16. Doesn't matter where he's from...

A fundie is a dirtball.

[jpak]

19. Las Vegas