Gawd dammit, Conditt was a bigoted, domestic terrorist who murdered people...
One who was too cowardly to face proper justice for the crimes he committed. He'll never have to face the survivors of the good people he killed for no good fucking reason. However, if I did say that I'm sorry to see that he's dead, I'd be lying. Unfortunately though, knowing what kind of poison that he represented, I'm sure that for a certain segment of our society, they will look at this fucker as a martyr who died fighting a righteous cause.
And it's because of people like that why we all can't nice things in this country.
And, the media, I'm pretty much disgusted with all the "sympathy and understanding" he's receiving in the wake of his death. The only reason that he's getting this treatment is because he was a white guy. Damn, why else is it so hard for so many to label that piece shit the "mad-bombing domestic terrorist" that any thinking person would know that he was?
Is that baby-faced photo the ONLY one they have for this mad bomber? I don't think that it's hard to figure out who he was and why he killed innocent people...
Well, the answer to WHY he did is pretty obvious, is it not? He's part of the ugliness of violence, racism, sexism and homophobia that's infecting the nation right now and it's only going to get worse. As Americans, we only need to look at ourselves to see why he did what he did.
Unless we save ourselves, we can only expect more of these murderers to come from out of the woodwork. Good luck with that.
But right now, the ugliness is tearing us all apart.
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Look I'm concerned and suspicious that he was a closeted white nationalist, but if this is all we have on this group-- my gawd. You guys are jumping the gun.
RIOT appears to take its name from “Righteous Invasion of Truth,” a 1995 album by Carman, a Christian rock artist. It’s not unusual for homeschooling families to create organizations like RIOT that provide socialization and skills-building opportunities for their children. A blog confirmed to belong to Conditt indicates that he held socially conservative views as of 2012. But without more information about his motive for the bombings, it’s impossible to know how Conditt’s background influenced his violence, if it was an influence at all.
I thought you all were going to point to an SPLC citation of this as some well established home schooling hate group, not a group that engages in archery, gun skills, and water balloon fights and was "conservative"
BUT you have not presented evidence to support that suspicion. We aren't RWers. We support our claims and when the evidence is not yet in, we wait for it. That doesn't mean you can't post your suspicions, but you sure as HELL don't get to accuse the rest of us on DU of "defending a Christian terrorist". SHAME ON YOU FOR THAT very RW tactic!
You present as evidence ONLY that he was home schooled (which I don't like either, but...) and belonged to a group that has very little known about them except as published that they engage in archery and are conservative...
RIOT appears to take its name from “Righteous Invasion of Truth,” a 1995 album by Carman, a Christian rock artist. It’s not unusual for homeschooling families to create organizations like RIOT that provide socialization and skills-building opportunities for their children. A blog confirmed to belong to Conditt indicates that he held socially conservative views as of 2012. But without more information about his motive for the bombings, it’s impossible to know how Conditt’s background influenced his violence, if it was an influence at all.
I thought you all were going to point to an SPLC citation of this as some well established home schooling hate group, not a group that engages in archery, gun skills, and water balloon fights and was "conservative"
said my response was accusing a DUer of anything. My response is in regard to the individual belonging to a so called KKKRISTIAN group and that person belonging to that group who was a white, KKKRISTIAN male intent on doing his bit for the white racist RAHOWA being geared up by trump followers. Good day.
In the ever living f**k is wrong with our media?
We know without equivocation or doubt
...but I saw one on FB that includes a skin-color card held in front of his mug. The top half of the card shows three shades of white with the text “mentally ill” and the darker complexions are identified as “terrorist.”
of use to the greater good and their fellow man, rather than than just money driven. In other words, ambition toward a profession that would make them fulfilled and happy.
When I was a teen in the 60s, all my classmates wanted to be a "something" (engineer, accountant, teacher, musician, etc.), with little or no mention of the money involved. I think we need to return out youth to that sort of personal drive and goals.
Also, stop the worship of corporations and the wealthy, put politics back into the back seat where it belongs, and somehow reign in our rampant consumerist culture.
All before Friday, LOL.
We sang a song in the Baptist church in my youth titled "Others", and it was practiced in life. Both my parents went through the Great Depression in extreme poverty, and thereby became life-long givers. People shared to survive.
It's tough for people that were raised that way these days, as we watch our society degenerate into individualism, self-centeredness and selfishness.
Just hope I can be a good example for my granddaughter.
just my guess from reading interviews with friends, classmates and former employers.
Combine that with being an intellectual conservative survivalist evangelical and you have plenty of fuel for a fire.
More will be revealed after the authorities search and study his property, computers and web history.
1. Never said he was a kid. Also did not say he was not a murderer. I was simply speculating as to what hidden mental health issue he might have that would lead this supposed "good guy" to commit such a horrible crime.
2. "Closeted" in the sense of up until this event. Don't think he had any police record or history of violence.
3. Psychopathy in general, is a genetic mental state you're born with. It can exist in varying degrees, and it stays hidden in many people for all their lives - many are commonly simply known as "assholes".
Are you aware that research has shown that psychopathy is very common in (at least) these two groups?
A. People in prison who are there for the most heinous and horrific crimes (murder, rape, etc.).
B. Officers of many major corporations.
I agree with most of your assertions about the white-washing of white people's crimes. Many times, I strongly suspect the authorities never reveal everything they find in the homes and info from phones and computers belonging to white criminals, particularly affluent ones.
They and their families could use some sympathy and understanding. They were nice people with their futures ended by a terrorist right here on American soil. If some Muslim had killed Americans there would be travel bans, deportations, build the wall, more police(if black), and Trump would go bomb some completely unrelated country.
What is with the perpetual denial of white terrorists killing Americans right here at home?
Even educated liberal DUers desperately say "But he doesn't have a political agenda!" as if they know someone's political agenda. As if whites are not political, only Muslims. Because white guys like the Florida Parkland shooter who was part of a political militia group was not political. And this Austin Texas bomber had political blogs describing his politics but he doesn't have a political agenda. Maybe DUers and Freepers don't have a political agenda either? Politicians don't have a political agenda?
White privilege hurts my heart and my brain
...the ugliness of violence, racism, sexism and homophobia that's infecting the nation right now...we only need to look at ourselves to see why he did what he did"
Kids from authoritarian families are less resourceful, less socially-adept...they are at higher risk for involvement in bullying -- both as perpetrators and as victims.
collectively, we are letting this happen and I feel so lacking in any way to help... I am so angry, saddened and disgusted by what we have become... I want so desperately to be rid of DT and those that encourage and motivate the hate and violence...
my heart aches for the goodness and security I felt from the Obamas and those in positions of power that were trying desperately to make us a better, healthier, more humane Country
