Photos of Roof burning U.S. flag

[shenmue]

BBC story here



Apparently the originals have since been deleted.

[MADem]

1. Monster. Terrorist. Asshole.

What kind of sick jerk has the energy to hate that much? Where did he learn that nonsense?

[CountAllVotes]

3. Father knows best ...

or dare I suggest?

[MADem]

4. According to his manifesto, he wasn't raised in a hate-filled environment.

Though I have to wonder with that "Storm" middle name. Unless he acquired it on his own....

https://web.archive.org/web/20150620152950/http://lastrhodesian.com/data/documents/rtf88.txt

[Travis_0004]

6. Storm as a name grew in popularity in the 90's

There was a character on the bold and beautiful called Storm Logan, and it looks like the rise and fall of the name storm is about the same time frame as the character's popularity.

There was also a somewhat popular pitcher in MLB named Storm Davis (storm was his nickname) who played in the 80's and 90's. Also storm is the name of an Xmen character.

I realize that stormfront is a racist website, and I would never name a kid storm today, but that website wasn't around until 95.

I would not assume the name storm to be racist on somebody born in the mid 90's.

(I kind of see it as somebody born in 1920 named Hitler. I would not assume them to be any more racist. By the same token, I would wonder about somebody named Hitler who was born in 1950.) That is obviously a bit more extreme example.

[CountAllVotes]

12. from a FB post found ...

>>Mr. Roof is yet another example of the hate and ignorance tolerated in the south. There's no doubt in my mind which political party he supports. It's the same party that doesn't see anything wrong with flying a confederate battle flag in front of the capital. How did he come by his views? I contend that he grew up surrounded by the views of other racists. There's no other explanation. The terrorist we need to fear are of the homegrown variety.

[MADem]

13. He obviously sought out/was attracted to other racists.

I'm not going to blame his parents until I see proof that they are assholes who taught him this stuff. The apple doesn't usually fall far from the tree, but sometimes, it drops and rolls away.

I like to see evidence before I accuse.

I believe this asshole when he said he wanted to kill those people because of their race, why should I not believe him when he says he didn't get that shit at home?

I don't think he's a liar, I think he's a mass murdering asshole-terrorist.

[City Lights]

2. Home-grown, right-wing terrorist.

A loser of the highest order.

[truebluegreen]

5. fwiw, I don't care if he burns a US flag;

I care if he waves the Confederate battle flag.

[pintobean]

7. here ya go

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. those photos are not selfies

so who took them?

[pintobean]

9. Could be a timer.

Why would it matter? There's nothing illegal there. He had friends.

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. I bet his friends are just fine and dandy

and just like taking photos of their buddy

[pintobean]

11. I have no idea

but I don't think any of them have been charged with anything.

[MADem]

14. Why would the photographer get down on the ground to take that pic?

You can download a timer app for free for most phones.

Look at the angle--that looks like a cellphone propped up on something, maybe a backpack on the ground, on a timer. Probably using the "front camera" option so he can see himself centered in the frame.

[LadyHawkAZ]

15. Listen close and hear the sound of racist heads exploding

as their hatred of flag burners collides with their hatred of other races.