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aikoaiko

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3. bullying rears its ugly head again in mass shooting

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Fri Aug 5, 2016, 06:57 AM

Aug 2016

But I'm not sure the workplace harassment contradicts that he was acting on behalf of some ISIS inspiration.

It makes just as much sense to say the workplace bullying based on his ethnicity and culture pushed him to find empowerment in an ISIS inspired line-actor massacre. That is if there is evidence of him accessing or saying certain things.

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"goat-fucker", "Aladdin", "terrorist-sympathizer", "If you say Allahu Akbar, I'm gonna kill you" ... [View all] DetlefK Aug 2016 OP

Not surprised . . . .n/t annabanana Aug 2016 #1

Tortured by his co-workers deminks Aug 2016 #2

bullying rears its ugly head again in mass shooting aikoaiko Aug 2016 #3

"Mainstream media?" No. Faux "news." Archae Aug 2016 #4

Oh well then, that justifies his actions completely. CBGLuthier Aug 2016 #5

It's not about justifying the violence SticksnStones Aug 2016 #6

Fine, we understand he was angry and bitter, but Quantess Aug 2016 #18

Respectfully, I disagree SticksnStones Aug 2016 #24

Definitely not True Dough Aug 2016 #7

Why do you do that? DetlefK Aug 2016 #9

You offer the word of a man who murdered 50 people as if that word was bond and you Bluenorthwest Aug 2016 #11

Except cannabis_flower Aug 2016 #14

And so? By the logic you present, every 'house of worship' that denigrates LGBT, every Bluenorthwest Aug 2016 #19

"I don't think the poster is trying to mitigate or justify his actions." cannabis_flower Aug 2016 #20

So you can't even muster an actual response. Bluenorthwest Aug 2016 #22

Bullying is never acceptable cannabis_flower Aug 2016 #23

And now the name calling begins. Instead of calling me names why don't you tell me Bluenorthwest Aug 2016 #28

Allow me. Behind the Aegis Aug 2016 #32

Oh I see they are still pushing that deflection. I also note that these posters can not Bluenorthwest Aug 2016 #33

We talk about the Rs looking at things simplistically and wanting B&W answers, Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2016 #29

But the racists do feel justified in their bullying IronLionZion Aug 2016 #15

He documented the bullying voteearlyvoteoften Aug 2016 #8

Such bullying is NO excuse, but it does provide some explanation. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #10

Forgiveness? You must be joking! SCVDem Aug 2016 #13

My personal story - As a small girl cannabis_flower Aug 2016 #16

Do some research. Forgiveness is for the person forgiving. The forgiven one doesn't have to know. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #25

What have we become? Loki Aug 2016 #12

When I was a kid and attended church regularly, I was taught sinkingfeeling Aug 2016 #17

Only part of the country is of hate, bullying, and fear. Sprinkled throughout and concentrated in Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #26

If you respond to insults with violence, there is something wrong with you and not one who insulted Taitertots Aug 2016 #21

What is normal? SCVDem Aug 2016 #27

If there is something wrong with someone, then they have a problem. Perhaps an illness Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2016 #30

Clearly no excuse for violence rockfordfile Aug 2016 #31