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NNN0LHI

(67,190 posts)
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 07:19 AM Jul 2012

If the Aurora shooters name was Abdullah Holmes would we know his religion by now?

Would the attack had been described as possible terrorism? Would we have heard the words, "Weapons of mass destruction" by now?

What do you think?

Don

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maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
2. I get what you saying but his religion has been reported on
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 07:28 AM
Jul 2012
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/07/colorado-shooting-suspect-neighbor-he-seemed-like-a-normal-kid.html

A San Diego neighbor of alleged Colorado shooter James Holmes remembers him as a very shy, well-mannered young man who was heavily involved in their local Presbyterian church.

"He seemed to be a normal kid, I don't know what triggered it. This makes me very sad," said Tom Mai, a retired electrical engineer.

Mai said Holmes' entire family was involved in the Presbyterian Church.

NNN0LHI

(67,190 posts)
6. How many headlines have you seen that said "Christian man arrested for Aurora massacre?"
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 07:34 AM
Jul 2012

Now Google "Muslim man arrested", and see what comes up in the results.

Don

SoutherDem

(2,307 posts)
11. I agree I heard that very early on Friday
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 10:35 AM
Jul 2012

I wondered if it was PCUSA, the conservative denomination or PCUSA, the moderate denomination.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
3. I know that James Holmes was a regular attender at a Presbyterian church growing up
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 07:32 AM
Jul 2012

so I think that part of your argument doesn't hold water. I'm not convinced that 'WMD' would be used - by anyone to the left of Fox News, anyway. 'Terrorism' would, I'd agree, get used a lot more, though.

 

datasuspect

(26,591 posts)
4. he was in a doctoral program
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 07:32 AM
Jul 2012

in neuroscience.

so i guess we'll have to label academics as possible terrorists now. or aren't they already doing that?

extra added bonus: academics are on most fascists "eradication" short lists anyway, so maybe the terra machine will get a doubleplus good twist out of this once corporate infotainment channels begin twisting it.

SoutherDem

(2,307 posts)
12. A couple of nut jobs are calling it a conspiracy of Obama to take our guns
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 10:36 AM
Jul 2012

so it didn't take the name.

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
9. Was Nidal Hasan called a terrorist? Yes, he was.
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 08:21 AM
Jul 2012

Was the Ft. Hood shooting terrorism? No, it was not - in spite of what the corporate-owned RW MSM would have you believe.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
13. If Presbyterians had a history of blowing people up
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 12:10 PM
Jul 2012

and perpetrating massacres, and teaching potential suicide bombers that they would be rewarded in paradise, then I think the fact that Holmes was a Presbyterian would have received more emphasis.

NNN0LHI

(67,190 posts)
15. Presbyterians are just one Christian sect of many
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 12:17 PM
Jul 2012

Just like there are many different sects of the Islamic religion.

Do you remember a Christian man by the name of Timothy McVeigh?

How about another Christian named Jim Jones? Or Joe Stack?

Ever read about The Crusades?

Don

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
16. Ah. Connecting the dots between the Crusades and the Batman massacre.
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 12:56 PM
Jul 2012

It's not uncommon to find stuff on DU that you won't find anywhere else.

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