night club ''pulse'' shot up right now

[risbolla]

he shot 20 ppl already nd his got a bomb maybe,,,,,noone know for sure ?? its in orlando nd he take a bunch of hostages

http://www.bbc.com/news/36510272

[grue]

jesus fucking christ

[Ben]

More than 100 people were reported to have been enjoying the end of a Latin-themed night in the club, which calls itself the hottest gay bar in the city, when the attack began.

at least the article throws them a little advertisement

[Ben]

so how is die hard anyway

[Spastic]

Doesn't surprise me that all this crazy shit is happening in FL.

[grue]

death count is up to 50

[fat lesbian]

i wish straight people would care about us this much when we're alive and not just when we die.

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i also wish straight people would care about this in a weeks time when we're still busy mourning and burying our dead and i also wish that political candidates wouldn't try to spin this for votes but what can u fuckin do i guess

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i also wish news media would report it as what it is which is a hate crime. i wish they wouldn't focus on the religion of the man doing this as if it had anything to do w that and wasn't solely a homophobic hate crime. everything ive seen so far is "50 people dead" which leaves out the very important information that these were 50 gay people, targeted for being gay, at a gay bar

[grue]

I keep seeing people complaining that media doesn't mention it being a gay bar but that must be an american thing because international news sources and our national media have made a point of singling out the fact that it is a gay (bbc) or lgbt (guardian) bar

[GeorgeBubbinzInSpace]

yeah I don't know who the hell is saying that because literally every single thing I've seen mentions it's a gay bar.

[GeorgeBubbinzInSpace]

i wish they wouldn't focus on the religion of the man

I don't know how you can say the religion isn't at least a factor when he's been investigated before and pledged allegiance to ISIS before doing it.



If his father thinks it was triggered by seeing two gay people kiss, that would be another reason I think religion would definitely play a part. It's a hate crime regardless, but I'm pretty sure his religion has something to do with it, and religion has always been an enemy to the gay community, so I don't know why you'd want to defend or ignore it.

[fat lesbian]

in america theyve barely mentioned it at all. and his religion isn't a factor, everyone has said so including himself and his father. it was because two men kissed in front of his family and that upset him. "religion has always been an enemy to the gay community" you're not a part of it so shut the fuck up about what you think our enemies are. you are very wrong. there are religious gay people. there are gay muslims. don't try that bullshit

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you don't need religion to be homophobic believe it or not

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and the point is if it were a Christian terrorist no one would be bothering to mention his religion at all and they'd call it exactly what it was. it could be the same situation otherwise and they'd never mention it

[GeorgeBubbinzInSpace]

k

[fat lesbian]

you're playing into rhetoric that none of us, actual gay people, people affected by this tragedy, want you to play into because it's going to get even MORE innocent people killed, by civilians and military personnel alike.

[GeorgeBubbinzInSpace]

alright.

[risbolla]

wow 50 thats alot of dead ppl,,,,,,my heart go out to the victim of this madman and there familys