[identity profile] badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] talkpolitics
A gunman opened fire at a gay bar in Orlando, Florida late last night. As of writing this, there are reports of 50 dead so far with many more injured. The shooter has been identified as Omar Mateen, and reports as of right now suggest he may have been on some FBI terror watchlists and may have declared an allegiance or sympathies to ISIS, which would make this the most deadly terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11.

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Date: 14/6/16 13:17 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] luzribeiro.livejournal.com
Good luck tackling social and economic marginalization in an increasingly unequal society.

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Date: 14/6/16 13:18 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mahnmut.livejournal.com
Far more equal societies have struggled in that department, too. No society is immune to radicalization.

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Date: 14/6/16 13:21 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] luzribeiro.livejournal.com
Then they were never equal and/or inclusive societies in the first place. Pretending to be equal and repeatedly telling yourself that you're an inclusive society still does not make it so. Sweeping the mounting integration problems under the rug and pretending they've gone away is not a good way to foster an equal, open society. And all that dirt under the rug is inevitably going to come bite you on the ass at some point.

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Date: 14/6/16 13:24 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mahnmut.livejournal.com
No-True-Socializmuz(TM)!

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