Posted on Oct 28, 2018
On Gab, an Extremist-Friendly Site, Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Aired His Hatred in Full
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Early Saturday, moments before the police say he barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue and opened fire, Robert D. Bowers’s anti-Semitic rage finally boiled over and he posted one last message online.
But he didn’t turn to Facebook or Twitter. Instead, the man accused of killing at least 11 people went to Gab, a two-year-old social network that bills itself as a “free speech” alternative to those platforms, and that has become a haven for white nationalists, neo-Nazis and other extremists. There, he posted a signoff to his followers.
“I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered,” Mr. Bowers wrote. “Screw your optics, I’m going in.”
But he didn’t turn to Facebook or Twitter. Instead, the man accused of killing at least 11 people went to Gab, a two-year-old social network that bills itself as a “free speech” alternative to those platforms, and that has become a haven for white nationalists, neo-Nazis and other extremists. There, he posted a signoff to his followers.
“I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered,” Mr. Bowers wrote. “Screw your optics, I’m going in.”
On Gab, an Extremist-Friendly Site, Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Aired His Hatred in Full
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One the one hand we will always have unhinged people, on the other we can and did create an environment where these people are more likely to act.
It wasn’t too long ago where we held our political leaders to a higher standard of discourse to lead the way to our better natures. Unfortunately that has changed where winning is the only thing that is important and now we have political leadership saying not only that they disagree with the other side, but that those people are evil and should be the target of disdain.
We no longer seem to punish political leadership for going down that path, we reward them for it. This outcome isn’t too surprising. We need to chose a different path and a different way of interacting with each other.
E pluribus unum.
It wasn’t too long ago where we held our political leaders to a higher standard of discourse to lead the way to our better natures. Unfortunately that has changed where winning is the only thing that is important and now we have political leadership saying not only that they disagree with the other side, but that those people are evil and should be the target of disdain.
We no longer seem to punish political leadership for going down that path, we reward them for it. This outcome isn’t too surprising. We need to chose a different path and a different way of interacting with each other.
E pluribus unum.
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While there are no shortage of people that are "not right" one has to look at what some of the contributing factors are. Look at the media and all the crap that is spewed out on a daily basis.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
SSG Steven Mangus - I cannot for the life of me see any other "contributing factors" about this shooting than racial hatred, plain and simple.
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SSG Steven Mangus
MSG Stan Hutchison racism is a learned behavior..with that being said there are contributing factors that should not be overlooked..
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