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Orlando Gunman Was a Regular at Pulse Nightclub and Used Gay Dating App Grindr, Patrons Say
people.com ^ | 6/14/2016 | Char Adams

Posted on 06/14/2016 6:08:13 AM PDT by rktman

The gunman behind the shooting at Pulse nightclub visited the gay-friendly Orlando hotspot multiple times and used the gay dating app Grindr, patrons say – according to multiple reports.

Federal officials are looking into reports that Omar Mateen visited Pulse nightclub multiple times before killing 49 people and wounding dozens in the deadliest mass shooting in American history, according to the CBS News.

"Sometimes he would go over in the corner and sit and drink by himself, and other times he would get so drunk he was loud and belligerent," Ty Smith told the Orlando Sentinel.

(Excerpt) Read more at people.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mateengay; moreinfo; orlandoterrorattack
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To: rktman

Patron?

Or scoping the place out, formulating a plan, and building motivation to actually do it?


21 posted on 06/14/2016 6:56:27 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
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To: All

These people are idiots! Sure he was there before hand. TO CASE OUT THE TARGET! If you are going to inflict the most damage, you need advanced intel on the building.


22 posted on 06/14/2016 7:14:47 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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To: rktman

I went to a Stand With Orlando rally last night. A tremendous crowd — 750 people, on such short notice -— especially for Johnson City, TN.

The MC told the crowd “Today, we’re all gay— today we’re all LGBT”: an identity of perversion, and I do not believe in that. The song chosen to warm up the crowd was “Imagine” (”Imagine there’s no country -— no possessions -— no religion —— no Heaven”): a creed of denials, and I do not believe in that, either.

I believe the Word of God will stand forever, and His Word is what I had on my sign: “Thou Shalt Not Kill.” And I got a lot of “Thanks-you’s” and huge hugs from mascara’ed boys gone silly and sloppy women gone butch. It all goes to show that, despite what divides us, it’s possible to share a degree of respect and understanding.

And you know what? I believe in that.


23 posted on 06/14/2016 7:24:22 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("In Christ we form one body, and each member belongs to all the others." Romans 12:5)
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To: Thibodeaux

AND to promote that we (non-gay, white, conservative types), have caused conflicted gays such as this Omar guy, to go ballistic, due to our oppression of gays. If we were only more compassionate..... etc. They will use this to justify making more “investments” in gay causes.


24 posted on 06/14/2016 7:25:04 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Well, at the first refrain of that awful tune, I’d have been out of there. I’ve hated that song since the first time I heard it. But thanks for attending and letting your Christianity shine through.


25 posted on 06/14/2016 7:28:53 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: circlecity

His ex thought he was gay


26 posted on 06/14/2016 7:31:01 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: AppyPappy
"His ex thought he was gay"

Not really. All we've heard from is her new boyfriend who claims she told him she thought the shooter had "gay tendencies". Pretty weak.

27 posted on 06/14/2016 7:34:30 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: rktman

Nobody kills like a gay does it explains why Isis works the way they do.


28 posted on 06/14/2016 7:39:14 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: Vaduz

“Nobody kills like a gay does it explains why Isis works the way they do.”

And the Nazi. The SA that gave the Nazi their uniforms, over-the-top parades, etc., were notorious flaming homosexuals.


29 posted on 06/14/2016 8:06:20 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: Zenjitsuman

I’m thinking that he was radicalized in Mecca and told that to atone for being homosexual he had to commit this act of jihad.


30 posted on 06/14/2016 8:58:39 AM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: rktman

Did he really hook up, or want to?
Or was he planning to murder a few gays, one at a time?
IOW did he shift his strategy from serial killer to mass murderer?
Are there any unsolved gay bashings—resulting in dead victims—in that area? Wonder if the cops have considered this?

If he actually did hook up, and partners lived to tell, they don’t seem to want to admit it. At least I haven’t seen any admissions. Seems like he had mostly only communications that went nowhere, no actual meetup, on these sites.


31 posted on 06/14/2016 9:17:15 AM PDT by mumblypeg (Make America Sane Again.)
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To: reed13k

“They’re trying to change the narrative to...’homophobia because he couldn’t accept his own nature.’”

That’s my thinking. “If only he had come out of the closet this wouldn’t have happened.” BS


32 posted on 06/14/2016 9:20:53 AM PDT by mumblypeg (Make America Sane Again.)
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To: Steely Tom

——I wonder how well that line of reasoning will work.-——

ha...... that’s the question isn’t it?

When it is all you’ve got you have to go with it. It sucks to be them


33 posted on 06/14/2016 11:30:34 AM PDT by Thibodeaux (leading from behind is following)
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