Gay Nightclub Attacked in Orlando, FL

[Great Kauthar]

When will we get tough, smart and vigilant?

[West Aurelia]

50 dead, 53 wounded. I'm surprised a homosexual night club didn't have armed security.

Reports saying he had an assault weapon and a pistol.

Though I have to question how he got an assault weapon past security.

He probably shot his way in.

[Kelinfort]

Ohh, great. Now it's going to become one of those threads.

An islam/homophobe/firearm regulations discussion sandwich.

I'm getting indigestion already.

Trump's going to get another boost in the polls.

We don't know enough details yet, plus there's multiple talking points for both sides. Unlike Paris, this is a lot murkier for either side to benefit off of.

[Conserative Morality]

Then why isn't Hillary getting a similar boost?

Because Hillary is a sly operator with no charisma and few principles, not an idiot.

[Imperializt Russia]

Because this thread's garbage, my life is a mess anyway, and this event's pretty horrible.

I could go on.

Then perhaps it's time to take a break from NSG and relax.

To go on, there's honestly nothing else in my life that I occasionally can take pleasure in.

[The Union of the West]

Very sad. My prayers go out to the victims and their families.

[Unified Governments]

50 dead, 53 wounded. I'm surprised a homosexual night club didn't have armed security.

Reports saying he had an assault weapon and a pistol.

Though I have to question how he got an assault weapon past security.

I've read that there was one police officer there who engaged the Islamist scumbag before he took hostages.

[Stormopolis]

I don't understand how Orlando let alone Florida can even be considered part of the Bible Belt. Do you know what kind of shit goes on down there?

[Herskerstad]

Media all over here says a Omar Mir Seddique Mateen is the responsible party.

[Unified Governments]

Then perhaps it's time to take a break from NSG and relax.

To go on, there's honestly nothing else in my life that I occasionally can take pleasure in.

Well shit, m8. Sorry to hear that.

[Imperializt Russia]

I don't understand how Orlando let alone Florida can even be considered part of the Bible Belt. Do you know what kind of shit goes on down there?

The "bible belt" supposedly has the highest proportion of searches for gay and fetish porn, compared to more liberal states.

[The United Remnants of America]

I'm guessing you disagree, Sam?

Since I doubt that response was "I agree so much I have no words."

You might as well just say that Snowden raped your dog and get over it.

Okay, so I may have over-emphasized. But the damage remains, not in documents, but in American psyche. It caused a backlash against the IC for the conception of an overreaching intelligence community, causing them to be forced to backpedal, leaving space for threats to form that get missed in the vacuum because a small and very public leak made some people uncomfortable.

[Val Halla]

I don't understand how Orlando let alone Florida can even be considered part of the Bible Belt. Do you know what kind of shit goes on down there?

Equality? Please don't say it's equality! ;_;

[Freefall11111]

Then why isn't Hillary getting a similar boost?

Because Hillary is a sly operator with no charisma and few principles, not an idiot.

Only idiots graduate from Yale, duh.

[Aufwachen]

I don't understand how Orlando let alone Florida can even be considered part of the Bible Belt. Do you know what kind of shit goes on down there?

It truly isn't. It's just that left-wingers clump it with the rest of the Bible Belt to try and support their (failing) arguments on the topic.

[West Aurelia]

I don't understand how Orlando let alone Florida can even be considered part of the Bible Belt. Do you know what kind of shit goes on down there?

Enough with this Bible Belt nonsense already. It's irrelevant to the topic.

[Krazakistan]

50 dead, 53 wounded. I'm surprised a homosexual night club didn't have armed security.

Reports saying he had an assault weapon and a pistol.

Though I have to question how he got an assault weapon past security.

'Assault weapon' is a very, very broad term and can cover anything from a semi-auto Mac-10 to an AR-15 with a 16'' barrel. Me thinks he hid an SBR underneath a coat or something to bring it in.

That is if he didn't shoot his way in which he probably did.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Media all over here says a Omar Mir Seddique Mateen is the responsible party.

Yep, his father claims it isn't a religious attack but it certainly looks that way.

[Ohioan Territory]

Because Hillary is a sly operator with no charisma and few principles, not an idiot.

Only idiots graduate from Yale, duh.

Trump came out of the Ivy League as well. Pennsylvania.

[Imperializt Russia]

You might as well just say that Snowden raped your dog and get over it.

Okay, so I may have over-emphasized. But the damage remains, not in documents, but in American psyche. It caused a backlash against the IC for the conception of an overreaching intelligence community, causing them to be forced to backpedal, leaving space for threats to form that get missed in the vacuum because a small and very public leak made some people uncomfortable.

I don't recall seeing any evidence that mass surveillance actually made westerners, the west or anyone more secure from terrorism. France, for example, supposedly had surveillance programmes as strong as PRISM that continued long after we'd gotten bored of being angry over it, and that completely failed to pick up on the Paris attacks before they happened, or indeed either Brussels attack.

[Val Halla]

Media all over here says a Omar Mir Seddique Mateen is the responsible party.

Yep, his father claims it isn't a religious attack but it certainly looks that way.

Homophobia is not limited to the religious

[Freefall11111]

Only idiots graduate from Yale, duh.

Trump came out of the Ivy League as well. Pennsylvania.

It's almost like politicians are, by and large, highly educated and smart even if you disagree with them. Shocking, truly.

[Zepplien]

Media all over here says a Omar Mir Seddique Mateen is the responsible party.

Yep, his father claims it isn't a religious attack but it certainly looks that way.

He could have just been homophobic, and a bit crazy

[Ohioan Territory]

Media all over here says a Omar Mir Seddique Mateen is the responsible party.

Yep, his father claims it isn't a religious attack but it certainly looks that way.

After that Stanford rape case, I don't think we should be listening to the fathers of criminals too often.

[Kelinfort]

I don't understand how Orlando let alone Florida can even be considered part of the Bible Belt. Do you know what kind of shit goes on down there?

Gay shit?

Atlanta and Charlotte are in the Bible Belt, but they're pretty liberal.