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hatrack
(59,600 posts)dalton99a
(81,677 posts)That settles it
Judi Lynn
(160,656 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,542 posts)You can tell where the terrorist got his brains.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)They simply think to themselves that the friend is the exception to the rule.
Polly Hennessey
(6,812 posts)you are about to become quite clear on what happened. You are trying too hard to be clueless; you know exactly what your son is and is about to become.
sinkingfeeling
(51,490 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,253 posts)There are millions of radicalized Trump supporters just like this monster.
And this was a Trump rally. He is a White Suptemacist.
obamanut2012
(26,181 posts)She may have not even realized he was like that anyway.
People need to quit blaming her.
sinkingfeeling
(51,490 posts)seem interested in terrorism? He said, "See something, say something."
If this person wasn't a white boy, every media pundit would be talking about how he was radicalized.
obamanut2012
(26,181 posts)Your attacking and accusing me of something like this is ridiculous.
Kentonio
(4,377 posts)This whole 'sins of the father' mindset where relatives suddenly become free targets for attack is really distasteful. We don't know her, or her life or experiences, and just assuming she's like him is really unpleasant.
sinkingfeeling
(51,490 posts)been Muslim. Blaming the families and religion for terrorists' actions is commonplace in the USA.
Kentonio
(4,377 posts)obamanut2012
(26,181 posts)Skittles
(153,261 posts)she had not even had time to contemplate the actions of her son
hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)I understand the anger, but I think she should not be judged on a gut reaction upon just learning what her son had done. Who knows what a person might say in shock.
Let's give it some time, learn more about the son, and then there will be plenty of time to assign blame if blame is due.
rogue emissary
(3,148 posts)That sounds like there's an interesting story of why he no longer has a black friend.
SweetieD
(1,660 posts)all racism from that point to perpetuity.
Initech
(100,129 posts)Anyone who advocates building a border wall and calls an entire nation of people "rapists"... IS A WHITE SUPREMACIST!
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)Nazi through and through by the looks of it.