Attempts to blame nebulous "foreign" influence for these attacks is a way to deny the peculiarly American pathologies that give rise to them
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There's a French-influenced form of Islam that is common in France. Same type of thing.
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Seems Islam didn't motivate his actions as much as his actions motivated him to use Islam. No history of "jihad speech"
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He pilgrimaged to Mecca and was described by a friend as "quite religious" so that's some indication of belief in Islam
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Mateen didn't say "abeed" he said n-word, which is, as Malcolm X said, as American as apple pie.
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Have you guys seen this yet? Wth. http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/283218-orlando-shooters-imam-is-pro-trump …
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lol, is that why they are so peaceful in the Middle East?
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