Florida Pulse gay nightclub attack in Orlando, 50+ dead

Alpha_Romeo

Alpha_Romeo

Kingfisher
This is the headline from the article posted by BBC News (mainstream news outlet).

I have to ask, why is using the word "gay" relevant? It is not even known or confirmed that the attack was a hate crime against gays. It could have been a jilted (gay) lover taking his or her revenge. No one really knows at this point.

When a tragedy occurs at a normal nightclub, does the media report, "Fire at heterosexual nightclub"? No, because it's irrelevant, and what's more ridiculous.

Don't get me wrong, the loss of life is tragic under these type of circumstances, but media does a disservice to such events and the victims when it tries to play on public emotions, fears, and resentment. This is just irresponsible, in my opinion.

Link to article: http://www.bbc.com/news/36510272
 
Atlanta Man

Atlanta Man

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"Gay" is relevant because it goes to motive. When The Other Side gay nightclub in Atlanta was bombed it was a hate crime and the bomber later bombed the 1996 Olympics. Let's be honest here, a gay club being attacked by a bomb welding shooter is likely related to the fact it is a gay club. If an abortion clinic were bombed , and the news just refereed to it as a health center, wouldn't you feel they were leaving out crucial facts?
 
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EDantes

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Alpha_Romeo said:
This is the headline from the article posted by BBC News (mainstream news outlet).

I have to ask, why is using the word "gay" relevant? It is not even known or confirmed that the attack was a hate crime against gays. It could have been a jilted (gay) lover taking his or her revenge. No one really knows at this point.

When a tragedy occurs at a normal nightclub, does the media report, "Fire at heterosexual nightclub"? No, because it's irrelevant, and what's more ridiculous.

Don't get me wrong, the loss of life is tragic under these type of circumstances, but media does a disservice to such events and the victims when it tries to play on public emotions, fears, and resentment. This is just irresponsible, in my opinion.

Link to article: http://www.bbc.com/news/36510272
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Surprise when it turns out to be an Islamic extremist. Most likely progressives in the media are hoping it's a white Christian; if it turns out to be an Islamist I expect the coverage to die down swiftly.
 
Buakaw

Buakaw

Woodpecker
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FBI says they have suggestions that Orlando shooter has leanings towards radical Islamic ideology

 
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Dr. Howard

 
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Buakaw said:
FBI says they have suggestions that Orlando shooter has leanings towards radical Islamic ideology

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Well this will get interesting. The last time I recall a gays vs. muslims conflict was some chick mad that she couldn't get her lesbian hair cut at a barber shop in Toronto.

Islamic terror has come to the SJW, LBGT, alphabet soup shores...what will they do about it.
 
JWLZG

JWLZG

 
Banned
RE: Florida Pulse gay nightclub attacked in Orlando

Alpha_Romeo said:
This is the headline from the article posted by BBC News (mainstream news outlet).

I have to ask, why is using the word "gay" relevant? It is not even known or confirmed that the attack was a hate crime against gays. It could have been a jilted (gay) lover taking his or her revenge. No one really knows at this point.

When a tragedy occurs at a normal nightclub, does the media report, "Fire at heterosexual nightclub"? No, because it's irrelevant, and what's more ridiculous.

Don't get me wrong, the loss of life is tragic under these type of circumstances, but media does a disservice to such events and the victims when it tries to play on public emotions, fears, and resentment. This is just irresponsible, in my opinion.

Link to article: http://www.bbc.com/news/36510272
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Because they're the media, and they're job is to sell papers, and not only that, to hit readership targets. That's the bottom line job of a writer. No matter how hyped the headline is, or the content — and in the grand scheme of things, far more superfluous topics than this have been flogged.
An incident like this will stroke the sentiments of both the pro- and anti-gay lobbies after all, spiking readership.

It's not another gay agenda push by the elite.
 
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AFS

Woodpecker
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Trump should jump on this right away and make the connection to gay rights...

The insanity of gays voting for politicians who want to import thousands of Islamists who hate them and want them dead always gave me pause. Just like Jews supporting migrants, who are responsible for the largest wave of anti-antisemitism in Europe since WWII.

Of course, check the twitter feed and it's all people crying about gun control and "anti-gay bigotry."
 
Days of Broken Arrows

Days of Broken Arrows

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The Daily Mail is reporting that the suspect is an Islamic extremist. Their headline:

"Suspected Islamic extremist shoots dead at least 20 dead at Florida gay club after bursting in 'wearing a suicide vest' and taking hostages - injuring a further 42."

As for the "hate crime" concept: If someone inflicts violence on either of these groups or if they do it to each other, it's a "hate crime." But if they do it to you or me, it's not.

This is the biggest load of politically-biased horseshit in the history of Western Civilization. Orwell warned about this: "Some people are more equal than others." Violence is violence and attempting to mindread a "motive" is a fool's errand -- especially when the motive is (for example) "Let's rape the straight white boy" and that's NOT a hate crime simply because the state declares it's not.

So what will the P.C. crowd do now that one of their favored groups attacked another? I thought they were all going to live in some sort of multicultural nirvana once they neutered the evil oppressors with hate crime laws. OMG! Liberal heads are assploding!!!!
 
JacksonRev

JacksonRev

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I feel sorry for the EMT's and other medical personnel. There must be AIDS everywhere.
 
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Dr. Howard

 
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If I was on twitter to argue against the brain damaged people clamoring for gun control I'd remind them that it didn't help the people of paris or brussels
 
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Eusebius

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HighSpeed_LowDrag

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This could easily be the worst mass shooting in American history. The police still haven't cleared the building and I'm hearing there are still bodies inside that aren't accounted for.
 
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iRONIN

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I wonder how this is working out for them?
 

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