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I admit, I may have prematurely attributed Jihadi ideology as the motivator for the attack. On the other hand, you seem just as quick to discount the possibility. Why?
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Another Jihad Attack Tied to Ohio Mosque
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Another Jihad Attack Tied to Ohio Mosque?
What's posted as the header for this thread is written as a statement of fact - one that isn't supported by the information posted within the thread itself - vs a questioning of the facts as presented (which is what Spencer did).
Actually - given the facts as officially recorded and reported - without the e-rumors and Geraldo style suppositions posted on the WWW - I read about something that has feathers, waddles, quacks, and unhesitatingly craps in its own backyard - a duck. As for my adamant arguments against this nut being a
jihadi - and he
may be - but (1) the facts we've been given don't yet support such a
definite conclusion and (2) based on experience, this one just
doesn't have the sound (feel) of that being the case.
And then there's this wonderfully misleading introductory paragraph designed to bait the reader into questioning
any facts which may follow:
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This story assures us that Wael Kalash is mentally ill, but that would be more convincing if it weren't the constant refrain every time a Muslim engages in random violence in the U.S. Remember Omeed Popal? Ismail Yassin Mohamed? Naveed Haq? All Muslims, all violent against unbelievers, and all insane. And maybe they really were. Maybe Wael Kalash is also -- but his characteristically Muslim beard, his yelling "F*** YOU AMERICAN SL*T" at college girls, and his fleeing to a nearby mosque all suggest that perhaps his rage, and his violence, were particularly Islamic in character.
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Geraldo Rivera, Jerry Springer, the Area 51 and 9-11 conspiracy theorists, and the rest would be justifiably proud to have been able to claim the above paragraph as one of their typically over-hyped and purposefully misleading pieces of eyebrow raising supposition.
As for this nut (fact) who has been previously hospitalized and treated for mental disorders (fact) and stabbed (fact) the female student (fact) - we'll just have to wait and see whether he was truly a
jihadi (as Spencer supposes and would like us to consider) or not (as the current facts support).
And so it goes...
Richard's $.02
