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Antifar
04/13/18 8:33:37 PM
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-mosque-shooter-told-police-he-was-motivated-by-canadas-immigration/

The man who stormed a Quebec City mosque told police in the hours after the deadly attack that he was moved to act by the news of the day: U.S. President Donald Trumps restrictions on Muslim travel to the United States, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus subsequent expression of open arms to refugees.

Alexandre Bissonnette has pleaded guilty to killing six men and seriously wounding five more in the attack. In an interview with police played at his sentencing hearing on Friday, he said he started thinking about taking action as his own fear and anxiety grew after a soldier was shot on Parliament Hill in 2014. He became obsessed with the idea after a 2016 vehicle attack killed 86 people in Nice, France.

He said during the interrogation that the final straw came on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, when he watched news coverage of Mr. Trumps new anti-Muslim policy and contrasted it with Canadian openness to immigration contained in one tweet seen around the world. Mr. Trudeau wrote: To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada.

Mr. Bissonette was horrified, he told Sret du Qubec Sergeant Steve Girard, who had asked if Jan. 29 had a particular significance.

I was watching TV and I learned that the Canadian government was going to take more refugees, you know, who couldnt go to the United States, and they were coming here, Mr. Bissonnette said. I saw that and I, like, lost my mind. It was then that I decided it was time to go.

He added: You know, I dont want us to become like Europe. I saw that and, you know, theyre going to kill my parents, my family, me, too. I had to do something, I couldnt do nothing. It was something that tortured me.

Mr. Bissonnette then listed countries that have had Islamist attacks: Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and Italy. I didnt want it to come here.

Later that Sunday two days after the Trump Muslim travel restrictions, one day after the Trudeau tweet Mr. Bissonnette went to the Grand Mosque of Quebec City, where about 53 worshippers were wrapping up evening prayer. Among them were shopkeepers, a university professor, provincial civil servants, students and small children, none of whom he had ever met. He fired 48 rounds over a three-minute spree.

Mr. Bissonnette pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and now a judge is considering how long he should have to wait to seek parole, or if he should be eligible at all. The minimum is 25 years.

Immediately after the attack, many people sought answers to the basic question: Why?

Acquaintances had said Mr. Bissonnette had anti-immigration views. In the months before he struck, he had posted images evoking the Christian Crusades against Muslims on social media. Friends said he had a grievance against a Muslim classmate. But beyond that, an information vacuum spawned debates over the meaning of Islamophobia and the word terrorism and whether they applied to the case.

A three-hour video of the police interview, completed the day after the attack, offered clear answers in the murderers words: His act was born of fear of Muslims and involved violence with a political motive (in this case opposition to immigration), which is the dictionary definition of terrorism. However, prosecutors declined to charge him with that crime, opting instead for a simpler murder prosecution. A murder conviction carries the severest consequences in Canadian law.

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StanZarnack
04/13/18 8:38:49 PM
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Islamophobia is alive and well with the right wing.
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Panthera
04/13/18 8:40:09 PM
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Dude is a fucking lunatic
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gbpxl
04/13/18 8:41:19 PM
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Violence is not the answer. Just vote for someone who doesn't want to turn your country into Canadastan.
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ModLogic
04/13/18 8:43:20 PM
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StanZarnack
04/13/18 8:44:49 PM
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ModLogic posted...
StanZarnack posted...
Islamophobia is alive and well with the right wing.

stfu


It's true, and it's dangerous. Ignorant people hate what is different, simple as that really.
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Antifar
04/13/18 8:45:13 PM
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ModLogic posted...
StanZarnack posted...
Islamophobia is alive and well with the right wing.

stfu

(In a bizarre twist that came about the same time the non-observant Catholic was confessing, a White House official in Washington was using the mosque shooting as justification for the Muslim travel ban on the mistaken belief it was an Islamist attack.)

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Esrac
04/13/18 9:09:38 PM
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I understand not wanting to take in a bunch of refugees and migrants, but shooting up a mosque isn't going to help anyone.
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AsianFury2020
04/18/18 6:20:44 AM
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Bloodychess
04/18/18 10:20:39 PM
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StanZarnack posted...
Islamophobia is alive and well with the right wing.

People are dead and you only care about shitposting
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averagejoel
04/18/18 10:32:15 PM
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Bloodychess posted...
StanZarnack posted...
Islamophobia is alive and well with the right wing.

People are dead and you only care about shitposting

he's right though
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BLAKUboy
04/18/18 10:32:36 PM
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Bloodychess posted...
StanZarnack posted...
Islamophobia is alive and well with the right wing.

People are dead and you only care about shitposting

Is it really shitposting if he's right?
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Bloodychess
04/18/18 10:35:46 PM
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This board changes its tune so easily

Dude kills some people? Right wing islamophobia.

Illegal kills some girl? "Stop politicizing a tragedy"

Cant wait for being "correct" to become insensitive again.
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juicebox4
04/18/18 10:37:16 PM
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gbpxl posted...
Violence is not the answer. Just vote for someone who doesn't want to turn your country into Canadastan.

this. tho the damage could very well already be done by that point. I'm not racist in the least, but looking at Sweden, and then knowing Justin Trudeau..

I have a bad feeling about this /obiwankenobi
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FrenchCrunch
04/18/18 10:37:41 PM
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aw man so many people killing each other out of fear
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legendary_zell
04/18/18 10:39:41 PM
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Bloodychess posted...
This board changes its tune so easily

Dude kills some people? Right wing islamophobia.

Illegal kills some girl? "Stop politicizing a tragedy"

Cant wait for being "correct" to become insensitive again.


Right wingers are the ones who say not to politicize a tragedy constantly. Left wingers likely said that you shouldn't indulge in stereotypes against undocumented people based on the actions of one guy or that "illegals" commit less crime than native born Americans. And before you say it, identifying a trend of Islamaphobia is not the same as using a murder to push anti-immigrant policy.
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PtlessAgmnts
04/21/18 6:34:30 AM
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Canada's dylann roof?
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Cal12
04/21/18 6:42:42 AM
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juicebox4 posted...
gbpxl posted...
Violence is not the answer. Just vote for someone who doesn't want to turn your country into Canadastan.

this. tho the damage could very well already be done by that point. I'm not racist in the least, but looking at Sweden, and then knowing Justin Trudeau..

I have a bad feeling about this /obiwankenobi


Canada is a hell of a lot harder for refugees to reach than the European countries offering them sanctuary.

Its scary that he killed 6 innocent people with premeditation and might only get 25 years and possibly parole. Wtf Canada.
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PtlessAgmnts
04/23/18 6:11:37 AM
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Canada's dylann roof?
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pinky0926
04/25/18 5:53:46 AM
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Is there any need (or sense) in drawing widesweeping conclusions about conservatives based on things like this? Hardly.
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TheCyborgNinja
04/25/18 6:08:25 AM
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gbpxl posted...
Violence is not the answer. Just vote for someone who doesn't want to turn your country into Canadastan.

No money for veterans or the mentally ill (sanitariums), but $7B slush funds and $10M payouts to convicted terrorists?! Hell yes!

2019 can't come soon enough.

We had a good laugh today, as my family dislikes the Trudeau PMs, but my dad got a hand-signed thank you letter from Justin in the mail (he worked for the federal government for almost 40 years).
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SGT_Conti
04/25/18 6:52:23 AM
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TheCyborgNinja posted...
$10M payouts to convicted terrorists?!

I don't know why people constantly mischaracterize what happened here but it's really annoying
I don't know if they're malicious or simply just willfully ignorant
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Doom_Art
04/25/18 6:55:38 AM
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TheCyborgNinja posted...
$10M payouts to convicted terrorists?!

You're being incredibly shitty and dishonest by characterizing it as this
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JordanPeterson
04/25/18 6:58:18 AM
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SGT_Conti
04/25/18 6:58:36 AM
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Doom_Art posted...
TheCyborgNinja posted...
$10M payouts to convicted terrorists?!

You're being incredibly shitty and dishonest by characterizing it as this

It's the second time I've seen him post that recently, the first being in the topic regarding the Toronto van attack.
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Doom_Art
04/25/18 6:59:25 AM
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SMAL can't get banned again soon enough. The whole "alt right posts videos instead of communicating normally" is getting a lil old
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JordanPeterson
04/25/18 7:01:10 AM
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Doom_Art
04/25/18 7:04:53 AM
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SGT_Conti posted...
It's the second time I've seen him post that recently, the first being in the topic regarding the Toronto van attack

It's not exclusive to him. I've seen other conservatives use the same line of attack. Down to the shitty and despicable use of veterans like that.

JordanPeterson posted...


You don't think people actually watch these when you post them do you
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ArchangelBaruch
04/25/18 7:20:59 AM
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What's ironic is that by killing innocent people, he has given further motivation to actual terrorists to attack the country.
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darkjedilink
04/25/18 9:12:03 AM
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Esrac posted...
I understand not wanting to take in a bunch of refugees and migrants, but shooting up a mosque isn't going to help anyone.

This.
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darkjedilink
04/25/18 9:14:09 AM
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ArchangelBaruch posted...
What's ironic is that by killing innocent people, he has given further motivation to actual terrorists to attack the country.

No. Terrorists don't need 'further motivation.' Look at Europe - they literally attack people welcoming them with open arms who literally work to change laws and culture to totalitarian extremes in defense of Islam.
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Doom_Art
04/25/18 9:15:35 AM
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darkjedilink posted...
who literally work to change laws and culture to totalitarian extremes in defense of Islam.

yeah ?

do they?
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Solid Sonic
04/25/18 9:16:45 AM
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AsianFury2020 posted...
B6XVKka

Even I think this is in poor taste.
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Ammonitida
04/25/18 9:16:51 AM
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StanZarnack posted...
ModLogic posted...
StanZarnack posted...
Islamophobia is alive and well with the right wing.

stfu


It's true, and it's dangerous. Ignorant people hate what is different, simple as that really.
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Ammonitida
04/25/18 9:18:17 AM
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Bloodychess posted...
This board changes its tune so easily

Dude kills some people? Right wing islamophobia.

Illegal kills some girl? "Stop politicizing a tragedy"

Cant wait for being "correct" to become insensitive again.

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Solid Sonic
04/25/18 9:18:52 AM
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ArchangelBaruch posted...
What's ironic is that by killing innocent people, he has given further motivation to actual terrorists to attack the country.

The way it usually works is ISIS just claims responsibility for things in order to stay visible on the international stage (remind everyone they exist and whatnot). The people who actually lash out against western society are angry loners who bought into the rhetoric without actually becoming a member.
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darkjedilink
04/25/18 9:23:02 AM
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Doom_Art posted...
darkjedilink posted...
who literally work to change laws and culture to totalitarian extremes in defense of Islam.

yeah ?

do they?

You do know that you can get arrested for posting 'mean things' about Islam, right? And if Muslims threaten to kill you for it, cops will just say 'you should have kept your mouth shut' and not do anything about it.

How does that not fit my post?
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Doom_Art
04/25/18 9:26:09 AM
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darkjedilink posted...
You do know that you can get arrested for posting 'mean things' about Islam, right? And if Muslims threaten to kill you for it, cops will just say 'you should have kept your mouth shut' and not do anything about it.

yeah?

is that so?
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