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Post by katlady on Oct 27, 2018 15:25:42 GMT
I wake up and the morning news is talking about a mass shooting at a synagogue in PA. What is going on and will it ever stop?!  |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 27, 2018 15:35:25 GMT
ONE gunman has surrendered. Neighborhood told to shelter in place. Multiple casualties. 3 officers shoot outside of their vests..... Looking for possible others. There are fatalities.
Tree of life Synagogue, (east) Pittsburgh.
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Post by 5peanutsnana on Oct 27, 2018 15:37:53 GMT
Continual chaos. It is disheartening.  |
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Post by ntsf on Oct 27, 2018 15:47:19 GMT
as long as people put their self interest ahead of the total community.. and have to have their guns, and easy access to them.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2018 15:53:18 GMT
Liberals who go up to their Congressperson in a restaurant and express their discontent w/them are SCARY.
Kroger killing of two African Americans shopping, pipe bombs sent to Dems, shootouts in synagogues and churches - just another day in America.
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Post by quinlove on Oct 27, 2018 16:07:06 GMT
I jumped on real quick, before leaving for the day, to do the birthday congratulations. Saw this and I am near tears.
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Post by Mystie on Oct 27, 2018 16:07:50 GMT
My husband and I lived just a few blocks from that synagogue when we lived in Squirrel Hill as newlyweds. It's such a vibrant neighborhood. I feel heartbroken.
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Post by leslie132 on Oct 27, 2018 16:09:39 GMT
My husband and I lived just a few blocks from that synagogue when we lived in Squirrel Hill as newlyweds. It's such a vibrant neighborhood. I feel heartbroken. I’m about 35 minutes from there and it’s terrible to hear this news. The local communities are shaken. |
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Post by elaine on Oct 27, 2018 16:11:10 GMT
The shooter was screaming anti-Semitic things while shooting people attending a Bris, of all things. But, according to Trump, White Nationalists and Neo Nazis are “fine people.”  I hope the GOP are proud of the violence we, as a society, are reaping because of the words and ideas that Trump has sown. Clearly, given his approval rating, they are fine with it. Then again, the violence is against Democrats, African Americans and Jews, so it doesn’t affect groups they care about. Fuck any and everyone who doesn’t speak out against Trump’s violent rhetoric. With his latest trumpeting the title of “Nationalist,” we can expect to see more violence against people who aren’t White, Christian and/or Conservative. |
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Post by slkone on Oct 27, 2018 16:12:51 GMT
A white man screaming "The Jews must die!" killed at least 8 people and was taken in alive by police. Color me SHOCKED! So in the past few days, a bomber targeted multiple liberal leaders, two African-Americans were slaughtered just because they were black, and a man murdered people just because they were Jewish. Three acts of domestic terrorism within 5 days. Yet we need to be afraid of asylum-seekers and liberal mobs! This is absurd. Absolutely absurd.
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Post by slkmommy on Oct 27, 2018 16:13:13 GMT
I am 20 miles from there. Still shaking. The hate is awful...this needs to stop.
8 confirmed have passed.
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Post by monklady123 on Oct 27, 2018 16:14:56 GMT
My husband and I lived just a few blocks from that synagogue when we lived in Squirrel Hill as newlyweds. It's such a vibrant neighborhood. I feel heartbroken. I never knew you lived there!  I grew up just a few blocks from Tree of Life. I'm in a FB group for my high school graduating class and we're waiting to hear if anyone in the group knows anyone who was at the service this morning. |
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Post by katybee on Oct 27, 2018 16:41:05 GMT
Liberals who go up to their Congressperson in a restaurant and express their discontent w/them are SCARY. Kroger killing of two African Americans shopping, pipe bombs sent to Dems, shootouts in synagogues and churches - just another day in America. Don’t forget that rabid mob of Central Americans storming up here to clean our houses and pick our crops... |
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Post by elaine on Oct 27, 2018 16:41:41 GMT
Fucking Trump, on television, just blamed the congregation for the devastation because they didn’t have armed security at Shabbat services.
Asshole.
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Post by katybee on Oct 27, 2018 16:43:44 GMT
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Post by monklady123 on Oct 27, 2018 16:43:55 GMT
Fucking Trump, on television, just blamed the congregation for the devastation because they didn’t have armed security at Shabbat services. Asshole. Wow, is that what he said??  I must confess that I muted the TV when he started speaking. I just. cannot. listen. to. him. Cannot do it.  |
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Post by Sarah*H on Oct 27, 2018 16:44:12 GMT
Aside from being a virulent anti-semite, this is actually why the shooter went into this synagogue this morning. He blames the Jewish refugee resettlement services for encouraging the people in the caravans. These were his last 2 posts on twitter or Gab, I can't tell from the screen shot which one.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 27, 2018 16:50:10 GMT
Fucking Trump, on television, just blamed the congregation for the devastation because they didn’t have armed security at Shabbat services. Asshole. Wow, is that what he said?? I must confess that I muted the TV when he started speaking. I just. cannot. listen. to. him. Cannot do it. Yes, he did! |
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Post by lucyg on Oct 27, 2018 16:56:58 GMT
Fucking Trump, on television, just blamed the congregation for the devastation because they didn’t have armed security at Shabbat services. Asshole. He also suggested that more liberal use of the death penalty would prevent this sort of thing.  |
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Post by janeliz on Oct 27, 2018 16:58:53 GMT
Years ago, I was having a conversation with my mother about what life was like in the 1960’s. Vietnam, the deaths of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.... I clearly remember her saying that it felt like the world had just gone crazy. That it felt like a nightmare.
I’m certain that that is how I will describe this period in my life one day. It’s like a nightmare that’s never going to end.
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Post by slkone on Oct 27, 2018 17:01:42 GMT
Aside from being a virulent anti-semite, this is actually why the shooter went into this synagogue this morning. He blames the Jewish refugee resettlement services for encouraging the people in the caravans. These were his last 2 posts on twitter or Gab, I can't tell from the screen shot which one. Do you have a source for that? I am googling and can't find anything. |
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Post by lucyg on Oct 27, 2018 17:01:58 GMT
Just heard a reporter on MSNBC say that according to the suspect’s social media, he not only hates Jews and Central Americans, but he also hates Trump. Too much globalism, not enough nationalism.  |
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Post by lucyg on Oct 27, 2018 17:03:37 GMT
Aside from being a virulent anti-semite, this is actually why the shooter went into this synagogue this morning. He blames the Jewish refugee resettlement services for encouraging the people in the caravans. These were his last 2 posts on twitter or Gab, I can't tell from the screen shot which one. Do you have a source for that? I am googling and can't find anything. I heard the same thing on the news. I don’t have a source other than my TV, though. |
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Post by Sarah*H on Oct 27, 2018 17:05:57 GMT
His archived social media has now been taken down as well but I read a lot of it before it was taken down. It was some of the most horrible things I've ever seen on social media. And yes, he hates Trump because he's not Nazi enough. His last two posts were against HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) encouraging the invaders (the caravan and refugees) and he said "screw the optics, I'm going in."
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Post by tracyarts on Oct 27, 2018 17:10:46 GMT
Just heard a reporter on MSNBC say that according to the suspect’s social media, he not only hates Jews and Central Americans, but he also hates Trump. Too much globalism, not enough nationalism. Yeah, I saw some screen captures of posts he made on a lesser known social media network (gab? maybe) and the guy is not a fan of Trump at all. He's beyond right wing. |
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Post by J u l e e on Oct 27, 2018 17:13:11 GMT
Great. Trump will use that to prove how moderate he is. I better not be near any televisions today and hear his annoying voice speak any words about this.
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Post by slkone on Oct 27, 2018 17:19:15 GMT
His archived social media has now been taken down as well but I read a lot of it before it was taken down. It was some of the most horrible things I've ever seen on social media. And yes, he hates Trump because he's not Nazi enough. His last two posts were against HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) encouraging the invaders (the caravan and refugees) and he said "screw the optics, I'm going in." I found a little bit of it from this article. |
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Post by mnmloveli on Oct 27, 2018 17:27:49 GMT
Fucking Trump, on television, just blamed the congregation for the devastation because they didn’t have armed security at Shabbat services. Asshole. Wow, is that what he said?? I must confess that I muted the TV when he started speaking. I just. cannot. listen. to. him. Cannot do it. No he didn’t blame them. He said it would help if we could have armed guards in more places like churches and schools. BIG DIFFERENCE !! |
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Post by Sarah*H on Oct 27, 2018 17:29:31 GMT
His posts included a bizarre mix of Holocaust denialism juxtaposed against posts wanting to annihilate the Jews with associated horrific imagery, some of it related to the Holocaust.
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Oct 27, 2018 17:33:00 GMT
This is so tragic. Just heard on MSNBC there was a bris happening at the time.I can’t stop crying watching this.
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I must confess that I muted the TV when he started speaking. I just. cannot. listen. to. him. Cannot do it. 
