Getting caught up in what is or isn't "proper" terrorism really makes me nuts. Can we focus on the MASS MURDER of doubly-marginalized people, please??

THIS. The fact that he is Muslim trumps everything else. ISIS. Radical Islam. Kill 'em all. The victims don't matter. And that is heinous.

If he were white, he'd be labelled "mentally ill," which is really no better. Why can't we stick with "angry homicidal bigot" and leave it at that?

The second level managers at my office are really pretty shitty on the people management front. Their people are slack on many things and they never hold them to better standards or even speak to them about these things until the boss tells them to. I have to remind myself to stay in my lane.

Today we had a job that was supposed to start at 7am and while we had people in site our material was not there. The customer calls us 2 hours after the job was supposed to start wondering what is the issue and no one in the office knows about it. Employees on site did call their manager and he is in the field and he either did nothing or he only called the supplier. The supplier is OUR COMPANY just another location, they are supposed to let us know if deliveries are late. Totally bad management.

Was it a terrorist attack, a hate crime, or an unhinged individual who went off? So far it's looking like yes.

I am really failing to be interested in this conference call. I blame it for not being interesting.

THIS. The fact that he is Muslim trumps everything else. ISIS. Radical Islam. Kill 'em all. The victims don't matter. And that is heinous.

Yeah. That's what particularly disturbs me about my friend's singular focus on that one angle. It doesn't feel like telling it like it is. It feels like he's erasing the fact that it was a homophobic hate crime, and that it's a mass shooting, one of the hundreds that have occurred since Sandy Hook (of which there are all of two that let one bring up Islamic State).

And I only know what's been reported, but to me the shooter's allegiance to IS (and apparently Hezbollah and al Nusra before that, never mind they're all at war with each other) seems very much like an afterthought to the self-loathing and toxic, violent masculinity. Fixating on Omar Mateen's religion might be the least relevant aspect.

Was it a terrorist attack, a hate crime, or an unhinged individual who went off? So far it's looking like yes.

Yeah, that.

And I only know what's been reported, but to me the shooter's allegiance to IS (and apparently Hezbollah and al Nusra before that, never mind they're all at war with each other) seems very much like an afterthought to the self-loathing and toxic, violent masculinity. Fixating on Omar Mateen's religion might be the least relevant aspect.

Also that.

Also what about all of the Christian mass murderers?

Argh.

Also what about all of the Christian mass murderers?

Oh, if only we could treat mental illness/keep those people off the street.

It's a good rant Sophia.

OK- I have to stop reading the little bios of the victims. It is so sad. Also, cell phones seem to make things better and make things sadder- the story of one of the victims Snap Chatting the shooting, or the young man texting his mom over the course of a fairly long period of time while hiding in a bathroom are just heartbreaking.