06-14-2016, 09:44 AM
(06-12-2016, 12:29 PM)Duchess Wrote:
I'm watching and listening to some firsthand accounts from people that were in the club. It was so scary and there was so much blood. Some people froze in fear and the shooter went right to them.
According to a few networks the shooter is an American citizen. Some in the media talked to his father who said the shooter saw two gays kissing (in Miami I think it was said) and it really pissed him off. I guess this is the end result if that's the truth.
I think there are probably multiple motives/factors in the case of this mass murderer.
It won't surprise me if, like most homophobes (in my opinion), he was repressing his own homosexuality, which was condemned by his father and his religion. So, he found an extremist/terrorist cause that legitimized his self loathing and celebrated his hatred of others.
Whatever his fucked up reasons, 49 people are dead and watching their friends and family try to come to terms with the losses is painful.
Yesterday, Trump called the killer an immigrant who was born in 'Afghan' and renewed his commitment to ban Muslims from entering the country, which makes no sense given that Mateen was a natural born American citizen who was already living in this country.