It was evident from early on that the Pulse shooting was motivated by Mateen's desire to avenge dead civilians abroad; Mateen said so in his 911 call. In obscuring this, media ensured the shooting was never contextualized as blowback for US foreign policyhttps://theintercept.com/2018/03/05/as-the-trial-of-omar-mateens-wife-begins-new-evidence-undermines-beliefs-about-the-pulse-massacre-including-motive/ …
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Replying to @Zer0ToGive
There's no evidence that he was gay, or even that he chose Pulse because it was a gay club.
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Replying to @mtracey
Sorry to be lazy, by source on that? Mostly him not targeting gays because of religious reasons. Hearsay and rumors say he couldn't deal with kissing a man an liking it.
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Replying to @Zer0ToGive
For a source, try the article I linked to in my tweet.
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