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Device thrown near Mamdani’s residence in NYC was IED with risk of ‘serious injury or death,’ NYPD says
(www.independent.co.uk)
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We have a domestic terrorist problem, and it is exactly who it has been since the Oklahoma City bombing.
I remember when OK City happened, and EVERYBODY immediately started blaming the Muslims, but it didn't sit right with me. Why Oklahoma? Most Muslims have never heard of Oklahoma. It seemed like a target of opportunity, rather than a target designed to have the most propaganda effect.
And then they caught them a few days later, and sure enough, they were homegrown, right-wing whack-jobs.
Was Uncle Ted right winged? I thought he was anti fascist.
Timothy McVeigh did the OK city bombing, and he was a registered republican.
Uh, he also was obsessed with "The Turner Diaries", which is a neonazi novel.
They already said Republican
If that one was OK, I'd hate to see a really bad city bombing.
Can't tell if joke or doesn't know OK stands for Oklahoma in state abbreviations.
Yeah, my bad. I looked it up immediately after posting this comment and found my folly. Thought I deleted the comment, but since it has replies I'm going to leave it as is, as to not confuse anyone coming across this in the future.
You can edit the other post and "fix" the text with a note.
Would you prefer me to do that?
It was just a note in case you didn't think about it.
No, I thought about it. Then I remembered the "deleted by creator" comments I've come across in the past. I just want honesty. Which not editing my comment kinda cements.
His voter registration really doesn't answer the question
He asked if the guy was right-winged. Yes, he was.
He was also anti-goverment following the killings in the siege at Waco, which is why he bombed that federal building.
Of course not, he's gotta be trans or something right
Timothy McVeigh made one big mistake, he was 20 years too early essentially that he wasn't mainstream Republican yet.