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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 09:54 AM Aug 2012

Wade Michael Page Exhorted Other White Supremacists To Act

Source: AP

OAK CREEK, Wis. -- Wade Michael Page played in white supremacist heavy metal bands and posted frequent comments on Internet forums for skinheads, repeatedly exhorting members to act more decisively to support their cause.

"If you are wanting to meet people, get involved and become active," he wrote last year. "Stop hiding behind the computer or making excuses."

A day after Page strode into a Sikh temple with a 9mm handgun and multiple magazines of ammunition, authorities were trying to determine if the 40-year-old Army veteran was taking his own advice when he opened fire on total strangers in a house of worship.

Detectives cautioned they might never know for sure. But the picture of Page that began to develop Monday – found in dark corners of the Internet, in records from a dodgy Army career and throughout a life lived on the margins – suggested he was a white supremacist who wanted to see his beliefs advanced with action.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/07/wade-michael-page-skinhead_n_1750785.html



A rallying cry to Rightists, ala McVeigh.

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Wade Michael Page Exhorted Other White Supremacists To Act (Original Post) onehandle Aug 2012 OP
There is a lot of whack-jobs on the Web... Bigmack Aug 2012 #1
Our president will be safe and sound ileus Aug 2012 #3
How can you say that with such assurance..? Bigmack Aug 2012 #4
Our secret service and security details ileus Aug 2012 #5
+1 freshwest Aug 2012 #7
I wonder if he was a freeper Kingofalldems Aug 2012 #2
That falls on deaf ears, ala McVeigh 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #6
 

Bigmack

(8,020 posts)
1. There is a lot of whack-jobs on the Web...
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 10:55 AM
Aug 2012

... I wonder how many will be whipped - by the RW media - into a frenzy when Pres. Obama wins a second term.

I truly fear for his safety.

I truly fear for our country.

ileus

(15,396 posts)
3. Our president will be safe and sound
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 11:00 AM
Aug 2012

No dumbass is going to get to Mr Obama....

The RW won't do Dick but whine another 4 years.

 

Bigmack

(8,020 posts)
4. How can you say that with such assurance..?
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 12:04 PM
Aug 2012

There's so damn many of them.

The Barrett rifles...?

Look at the history of assassination attempts... lucky screwballs.




ileus

(15,396 posts)
5. Our secret service and security details
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 12:48 PM
Aug 2012

Will take care of any threats.

As for the BFG anyone in line of sight is in line of sight of his counter measures.

Besides when was the last time someone used a 30lb rifle for an ass assination attempt?

 

4th law of robotics

(6,801 posts)
6. That falls on deaf ears, ala McVeigh
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 01:01 PM
Aug 2012

they all seem to have a much higher opinion of themselves than is justified by the facts.

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