[Enchante]

he can be both a tormented gay and an angry jihadist, the two are not actually mutually exclusive.... self-hating, angry that he cannot control impulses condemned by his Allah, etc.

report is that he may have spent quite a bit of time at Pulse:

Witness: Omar Mateen drank alone at Pulse before attack

[dr_lew]

he can be both a tormented gay and an angry jihadist,

"It's a furniture wax, and a dessert topping!"

I often think of that line. ( Gosh, I just looked it up and there it was! What an age we live in! )

[quesney]

” he can be both a tormented gay and an angry jihadist, the two are not actually mutually exclusive.... self-hating, angry that he cannot control impulses condemned by his Allah, etc. “

Exactly. If Islam wasn’t a factor, it’s unlikely he (or any other self-hating gay person) would murder more than 50 people in cold blood. Think of how much hate there has to be to do that. That isn’t run-of-the-mill anger. It’s Islam-level hate.

[HollyB]

That’s what I was thinking too.