Current Events > Turns out the Pulse Nightclub shooter was NOT gay.

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Salmans trial cast doubt on everything we thought we knew about Mateen. There was no evidence he was a closeted gay man, no evidence that he was ever on Grindr. He looked at porn involving older women, but investigators who scoured Mateens electronic devices couldnt find any internet history related to homosexuality. (There were daily, obsessive searches about ISIS, however.) Mateen had extramarital affairs with women, two of whom testified during the trial about his duplicitous ways.

Mateen may very well have been homophobic. He supported ISIS, after all, and his father, an FBI informant currently under criminal investigation, told NBC that his son once got angry after seeing two men kissing. But whatever his personal feelings, the overwhelming evidence suggests his attack was not motivated by it.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/noor-salman-pulse-massacre-wrong_us_5ac29ebae4b04646b6454dc2

No kidding. That was always a deflection so people could try not to classify this as Islamic terrorism.
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didn't they say that his first target was Disney
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religion of peace

The Admiral posted...

No kidding. That was always a deflection so people could try not to classify this as Islamic terrorism.

this is how I feel about it honestly
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The Admiral posted...

No kidding. That was always a deflection so people could try not to classify this as Islamic terrorism.

Uh no. That was a conservative excuse so they could have hate and islamic terrorists at the same time. To liberals is was just a sad possibility that made his motives more complex.
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boxington posted...

didn't they say that his first target was Disney World, but the heavy police presence deterred him?

Yeah.