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[quote=Anonymous]I assume this has come up but I didn't see a thread devoted to the topic. If the murderer was not killing due to his sympathies or allegiance (?) to ISIL but because of his own conflicted feelings, how does that change things? Was it a hate crime and not inspired by perverted interpretations of Islam? If this ends up being confirmed as I suspect it will be, how will ISIL feel about this? Just a missed opportunity to throw a guy off building (if you don't get the reference ISIS has thrown many suspected homosexuals off of buildings)? Or are they equal opportunity murderous barbarians? My primary question is, if we do learn the mass murderer carried out his plan because he is ashamed of his homosexuality and not because he is a radicalized terrorist, how will that impact Hillary and Trump's response to the tragedy? If it is a hate crime and domestic terrorism and not linked to a terrorist organization, will the focus be mainly on banning semi-automatic weapons? How does this change the story?

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