Quote Originally Posted by Rival Max View Post
I disagree with the last part. This is not an terrorist. The guy had no connection to isis. Weather he bought into what he read online is nother matter. This is about a society that has openly fought the rights of the LGBT community and allowed people this kind of hate to grow. The guy was a nut job. He was able to get a gun and he took out his act of hate. Lets not go giving our own Christian extremist more reasons to attack Muslim shop owners.

Now that's going a little extreme, isn't it? I don't think it's out of place to call this an act of terrorism when President Obama says he believes it should be investigated as such.

The FBI is appropriately investigating this as an act of terrorism. And I’ve directed that we must spare no effort to determine what -- if any -- inspiration or association this killer may have had with terrorist groups.
I think that it's only logical to conclude that if this was an act of terrorism, the perpetrator must therefore be a terrorist.

Beyond that, I think we truly need to look at the facts here. I haven't seen much evidence that the shooter acted on hate against homosexuals, especially given the evidence he regularly visited the nightclub for years. If there was hate, it likely came from extremist views influenced by ISIS. If it was a personal matter, I wouldn't necessarily call it a hate crime depending on the cause.

I don't think we should avoid looking at facts just because they might be unpleasant or could incite action. It is the truth that will set us free.