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.99center

(1,237 posts)
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 07:10 PM Oct 2018

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect threatened Jewish groups, pushed migrant caravan conspiracies

Source: NBC News

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect threatened Jewish groups, pushed migrant caravan conspiracies

The suspect frequently wrote on the social network Gab, where he made a specific threat against Jews hours before allegedly conducting Saturday’s attack

Oct. 27, 2018 / 3:00 PM CDT
By Ben Collins

Robert Bowers, the Pennsylvania man accused of a fatal shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday morning, posted prolifically online about conspiracy theories and made repeated threats to Jews.

Bowers frequently wrote on the social network Gab, where he made a specific threat against Jews hours before allegedly conducting Saturday’s attack.

In the post, Bowers said that the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, a humanitarian aid nonprofit group that provides assistance to refugees, brought immigrants to the United States to do violence against others.

“Screw your optics, I'm going in," he wrote.


Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-threatened-jewish-groups-pushed-migrant-caravan-n925256



“HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people.
I can't stand by and watch my people get slaughtered.
Screw your optics, I'm going in."





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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect threatened Jewish groups, pushed migrant caravan conspiracies (Original Post) .99center Oct 2018 OP
I am so angry and getting more Iliyah Oct 2018 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author iluvtennis Oct 2018 #2
Please delete this oberliner Oct 2018 #3
K&R Scurrilous Oct 2018 #4
Trump and the corporate media enablers, watoos Oct 2018 #5
He called for ALL leftynyc Oct 2018 #7
Indeed ck4829 Oct 2018 #9
Then why does he want ALL Jews leftynyc Nov 2018 #11
I'm glad they caught this terrorist alive. He must face justice. nt Progressive Jones Oct 2018 #6
Indeed ck4829 Nov 2018 #10
Kick ck4829 Oct 2018 #8

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
1. I am so angry and getting more
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 07:22 PM
Oct 2018

angrier as shithole and the gop and their fucked up corporate fake news media (Murdoch) carry on with total bullshit wherein humans are dying and suffering.

RW hate talk shows be it radio or tv or social media accused Soros (Jews) of the caravans.

Then all I hear is "both sides" crapola. Shithole is still out there spewing hatred and the GOP ain't doing a damn thing.

Response to .99center (Original post)

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
5. Trump and the corporate media enablers,
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 11:55 PM
Oct 2018

can call this an anti-Semitic hate crime, and it is, but the real reason this guy murdered 11 people was because people in this synagogue were finding homes and jobs for refugees.

That's the real reason this guy went nuts. I doubt he would have murdered these people just because they were Jewish. Just my opinion.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
7. He called for ALL
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 05:45 AM
Oct 2018

Jews to be killed which puts your theory into the garbage. There was a 34% spike in anti Semitic incidents in 2016 and a 70% increase in the same for 2017. It had little to do with this particular caravan.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
11. Then why does he want ALL Jews
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 08:51 AM
Nov 2018

to die? That's what he said. ALL JEWS. Not just that specific congregation. Why so many want to minimize the oldest hatred in the world, even after all the reports on how anti-semitic attacks have been on the rise for years and still people feel the need to "explain" it away and minimize it.

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