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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWalmart shooter reportedly lived with stack of Bibles, no furniture. Why isn't he a terrorist?
By Walter Einenkel at Daily Kos
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/11/3/1712436/-Walmart-shooter-reportedly-lived-with-stack-of-Bibles-no-furniture-Why-isn-t-he-a-terrorist
"SNIP..........
Teresa Muniz says she gets a chill when she realizes her neighbor was on his way to commit Americas next horrific shooting. The angry guy upstairs drove to a nearby Walmart where witnesses say he walked in, calmly took out his handgun, and shot and killed three people waiting in line to pay. Neighbors described Ostrem as a bizarre, angry man who lived alone in an apartment with a stack of Bibles and virtually no furniture.
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Hispanic residents said he was especially mean to them.
He wouldnt say nothing to us, but he talked to the only white couple who lives here, Muniz said. I dont understand where that hatred comes from.
Theres also this from ABC News.
Killed were Pamela Marques, 52, of Denver; Carlos Moreno, 66, of Thornton; and Victor Vasquez, 26, of Denver.
None were Walmart employees, and all were Hispanic.
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malaise
(269,054 posts)He killed Hispanics therefore he's not a terrorist - just doing the Con's work.
quartz007
(1,216 posts)is a fucking terrorist. This bible thumper meets all my criteria for a terrorist.
JDC
(10,129 posts)As is the Vegas shooter
Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)it can be twisted to support any agenda.
maybe he thought he was without sin and could cast the 1st stone.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you.
John 15:12 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=John%2015:12&version=DRA
hlthe2b
(102,292 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Threaten with death penalty. Give him life, no parole.
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)kysrsoze
(6,022 posts)BTW - why cant we use quotation marks in our reply titles? Im enough of an idiot. I dont need any more help looking so.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)thbobby
(1,474 posts)Was not a terrorist.
If he had a Quran, then he would have definitely have been a terrorist.
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)Therefore, he's not a terrorist.
salin
(48,955 posts)why?
a) gunz
b) white guy/aggrieved shooter
c) people of color targeted/killed
???
Heart breaking.
Initech
(100,081 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Initech
(100,081 posts)It's quite brilliant really. You're far more likely to get killed by a guy with a gun than you are by any terrorist group.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Make it the story it should be.
fierywoman
(7,686 posts)Sigh. Can you imagine what a country/world this would be if we all just arbitrarily decided to live the golden rule, no matter what?
Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)ananda
(28,866 posts)He's a white biblethumper ...
FBaggins
(26,748 posts)Terrorism is technically the use of violence in the pursuit of political aims. So if his attack was an attempt to... say... get the US to return tribal lands owned by his ancestors - or to scare an abortion clinic into closing - or to frighten people away from voting against Trump... then it could be called terrorism.
If he's killing people because he thinks the Bible calls on him to do so (perhaps to bring about the end-times?), then that too could be called terrorism.
If he's just some nut who decided to kill some people but wasn't trying to further some political aim... then he isn't a terrorist.
That doesn't mean that his actions are less-reprehensible than those of a terrorist who kills the same number of people... just that it isn't the right label for his actions.
EX500rider
(10,849 posts)......like you expect people to know what words mean!!
lunasun
(21,646 posts)whopis01
(3,514 posts)Thats why he isnt a terrorist.
dembotoz
(16,808 posts)Yes I have actually heard that
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)A white male shooter is always a lone wolf and guns are never part of the problem.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)Grown2Hate
(2,013 posts)Well, look no further than our pResident to understand where that hatred comes from. He STARTED his campaign with a hateful screed against Mexicans. Fucking monster.