Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

[TGLS]

So there was a shooting at a Synagogue in Pittsburgh. The shooter made a number of anti-Semitic comments, as well as a number of anti-Trump comments, which were related to the number of highly placed Jews in his cabinet. Thoughts?

[Yukaphile]

Is it wrong to say I think he's empowering these psychopaths? When you see a man take the highest office in the land who has very little control over his mouth or base instincts, and needs a team of handlers to make sure he "acts presidential," then it's just going to encourage others leaning in a very wrong direction to give in to the impulses they keep buried in the dark they know are wrong but want to act on, simply because they're fun.

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

Could you link me to your source? I've checked to different articles but I haven't heard about the things you mentioned in the shooter's dialogue.

[Yukaphile]

Yeah, because you'd think that a rabidly anti-semitic shooter would be pro-Trump, not anti-Trump.

[LittleRaven]

CNN article about shooter's statements.

During his shootout with police, Bowers told a policeman, "They're committing genocide to my people. I just want to kill Jews," an FBI affidavit says.

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For weeks before the Tree of Life shooting, Bower frequently targeted Jews in his posts on Gab, a social media platform that bills itself as "the free speech social network."

The 46-year-old resident of suburban Baldwin used anti-Semitic slurs, complained that President Donald Trump was surrounded by too many Jewish people and blamed Jews for helping migrant caravans in Central America. He posted pictures of his handgun collection.

The language on the account matches the suspected motivations behind the shootings, a law enforcement source said.

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Bowers posted constantly on the platform. Four hours before the shooting he posted about Trump. Minutes before storming inside the building, he logged onto Gab again and wrote to his followers.
"I can't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered," he wrote. "Screw your optics, I'm going in."

[LittleRaven]

Yeah, because you'd think that a rabidly anti-semitic shooter would be pro-Trump, not anti-Trump.

He apparently believes that Trump is not doing enough to stop the flow of migrants into the country, presumably because the President has fallen prey to a Jewish conspiracy.

[Yukaphile]

Oh so another "Trump broke his promises!" guy. Got it.

[clearspira]

What I think is that it is extremely convenient that we have a Trump blamed shooting and a Trump blamed double presidential assassination attempt both in the same week and just before an election. Just saying.

[Madner Kami]

What I think is that it is extremely convenient that we have a Trump blamed shooting and a Trump blamed double presidential assassination attempt both in the same week and just before an election. Just saying.

[clearspira]

What I think is that it is extremely convenient that we have a Trump blamed shooting and a Trump blamed double presidential assassination attempt both in the same week and just before an election. Just saying.

I don't get it.