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Showing Original Post only (View all)Nothing to see here. LAX shooter just an anti-government psycho. [View all]
Last edited Fri Nov 1, 2013, 05:32 PM - Edit history (1)
Just your basic 20-something with "strong anti-government views" assassinating government security officials at the airport.
Not "terrorism", of course.
Unlike Islamist terrorism, which requires shit-canning every liberty in sight, this sort of high-spirited patriotic gesture is really a celebration of our freedom... an expected event in any free society.
Nothing to see here.
On Edit: Several commenters correctly note that anti-government and right-wing are, despite their great overlap, not entirely synonymous, and that the shooter could have had sui generis crazy views, or even LW anti-government views, so I removed "RW" from the headline.
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Asinine response unless you assume you know everything that has been reported
cthulu2016
Nov 2013
#8
I've been looking at all the major news sources and they haven't even reported the shooters name
badtoworse
Nov 2013
#12
He could also be an anarchist - someone who would definitely hate the government. n/t
OnlinePoker
Nov 2013
#48
Leftists like government. Republicans accuse the left of liking big government too much.
JDPriestly
Nov 2013
#101
The folks who want a violent release are not likely to put up with the intricate arguments of
JDPriestly
Nov 2013
#84
Lefties are violent and dangerous thugs, and also pansy-ass weaklings who can't even bait a hook.
arcane1
Nov 2013
#85
Eventually someone will leak it, even though major media outlets will probably...
polichick
Nov 2013
#15
Maybe because they are also easily whipped into a fearful panic by sociopaths.
polichick
Nov 2013
#10
Whipped into a fearful panic by anti-govt propaganda that permeates the media and Internet.
KY5
Nov 2013
#16
CNN: "We're getting some more information in on the shooter's motive and we'll have that next."
pinboy3niner
Nov 2013
#23
False tease alarm--just more speculation. They weren't even caught up with MSNBC yet.
pinboy3niner
Nov 2013
#28
It almost looks like a modified Mini-14. But it's really hard to tell at that angle.
Gravitycollapse
Nov 2013
#52
I am sitll waiting for the names of these armed Liberal groups seeking 2nd amend solutions,,,
Cryptoad
Nov 2013
#89
"... references to the “New World Order,” the Federal Reserve and “fiat currency" ..."
pampango
Nov 2013
#109
This freak's ideology is straight from the Alex Jones School of Nutjobbery! nt
rdharma
Nov 2013
#110