5 People Were Just Shot To Death In Florida. But Dont Worry, It Wasnt Terrorism.

[kpete]

A man walked into his former workplace on Monday and opened fire on employees, killing five people before turning the gun on himself.

Initial reports out of Orlando, Florida, prompted fears of terrorism. Less than two days before, terrorists had carried out a car and knife attack in London that left seven people dead, stirring President Donald Trump into a bout of fevered tweeting. Next week, Orlando will mark the one-year anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting, the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001.

But as details began to emerge from Monday’s crime scene ― a warehouse owned by Fiamma Incorporated, an RV accessory company ― it became clear that the bloodshed fit into a far more ordinary but far deadlier pattern of U.S. gun violence, and specifically of workplace shootings.

To some, that seemed to be a reason not to give too much attention to the carnage.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/orlando-shooting-terrorism_us_5935854fe4b013c48169c043?od7

[snooper2]

1. correct, it was murder- possibly mass murder, not sure what the number cut-off is

[Amishman]

2. The attack doesn't fit anyone's agenda so it will be forgotten

White shooter so the racists aren't interested

Mostly white victims so the civil rights crowd aren't interested

Guy's drug offenses probably made him a prohibited person and he used a common pistol, so not much there for the gun safety crowd

No children shot or other exceptional emotional angle for the media to use for extra clicks/views

So it falls off the front page and becomes just another sad statistic.

Sorry, it's a depressing cynical morning

[RainCaster]

3. Just a citizen excersizing his constitutional rights

Nothing to see here

[malaise]

4. Yep - virtually ignored

they only wanted to know if it was terrorism.

That said he was a veteran with anger management issues.