Politics And Current Events

Postby **Guinness** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:23 pm

Quite a week for right-wing domestic terrorists...

-Shooting two black women in a Kroger parking lot after failing to get into a black church
-Bombs sent to 13 different people
-Guy shoots up a synagogue
Didn't realize this guy's political views had been confirmed at this point...
https://web.archive.org/web/20181027160 ... /a/cwB9QkR

I don't know that I would necessarily call his political views "right wing" based on that reading, but YMMV. *shrug*

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:35 pm

This is not the country I grew up in.
How old are you?
Two or three times older than most people here.

There were 3,000 domestic bombings in the United States from 1968-1972.

Postby **Tico Rick** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:39 pm

This is not the country I grew up in.
How old are you?
Two or three times older than most people here.
There were 3,000 domestic bombings in the United States from 1968-1972.

So yes, let’s normalize this. How many people were murdered in synagogues during that time?

Postby **tifosi77** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:41 pm

Are all 5AFers safe and accounted for?

Postby **count2infinity** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:42 pm

Are all 5AFers safe and accounted for?

I assume @DocEmrick is fine. He wouldn’t be anywhere near a synagogue.

Postby **tifosi77** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:43 pm

The hate spewed by this shooter's social media footprint appears to go in pretty much all directions outward. He seems to just be an immensely spiteful person, as a general rule.

Postby **Guinness** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:49 pm

The hate spewed by this shooter's social media footprint appears to go in pretty much all directions outward. He seems to just be an immensely spiteful person, as a general rule.

Postby **MR25** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:52 pm

I originally had "white terrorists" and changed it. Would that have been better for you?

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:58 pm

Are all 5AFers safe and accounted for?

Are any 5AFers that we know of that live in the Squirrel Hill area and/or are Jewish?

Postby **dodint** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:59 pm

Are you making a list?

Postby **nocera** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 2:28 pm

Are all 5AFers safe and accounted for?
Are any 5AFers that we know of that live in the Squirrel Hill area and/or are Jewish?

Lived in Squirrel Hill about a block from there for two years. Now I’m in Greenfield which is about 2 miles or so from SH. Hits really close to home but we were never in any danger today. Just really sad for the community.

Postby **offsides** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 2:30 pm

This is not the country I grew up in.
How old are you?
Two or three times older than most people here.

Not sure who is oldest on here, but for better or worse, I have to be pretty close. And I will have to agree, for better or worse, not the same country I grew up in.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 2:58 pm

Yes.... Stupid time and place to even make that argument. Just awful news to hear about.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 3:09 pm

Just heard the Public Safety Director say “it’s one of the worst crime scenes I’ve seen... and I’ve worked plane crashes.”

Jesus.

Shooter lived in Castle Shannon and owned a business in Bridgeville.

Postby **eddy** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 3:21 pm

10 people now. Horrific.

Postby **tjand72** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 3:34 pm

11 confirmed. 4 officers shot, 2 of them required surgery.

Postby **Guinness** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 3:38 pm

Awful, just awful...

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 3:40 pm

I am not typically pro death penalty but in this case I could be persuaded.

Postby **Guinness** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 3:49 pm

I am not typically pro death penalty but in this case I could be persuaded.

I'm 100% against the death penalty - in fact I think that issue is most responsible for landing me where I am, politically - but I would be 100% in favor of turning this guy over to survivors and letting the chips fall where they may.

Postby **Kaiser** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 4:49 pm

I'd rather just execute him on the spot.

Postby **tifosi77** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 4:55 pm

Yeah, it's almost like the best thing would've been, you know, one of the arresting officers maybe sneezed as they approached the suspect and 'whoops'.

Postby **tifosi77** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 4:58 pm

Also, to the extent this guy's worldview can be gleaned from his social media, it is "Trump isn't nearly Trumpy enough".

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 5:46 pm

Yes, he basically thought Trump was a globalist Jew. It is honestly sickening, I simply cannot fathom the mindset to do something like this. It is depressing.

And seeing the immediate politicizing on both ends (including Trump) makes it even worse. It didn't start with Trump, but this country is irreparably damaged.

Postby **dodint** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 8:04 pm

The sudden outpouring of support for Pittsburgh Police is interesting. Hope no one got whiplash.

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 8:13 pm

Saw that all of the dead were adults. With a bris in the basement I was worried there would be dead children.