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ismnotwasm

(41,967 posts)
Fri Jul 24, 2015, 08:34 PM Jul 2015

Angry misogynist murders women at showing of film by feminist comedian

Last edited Fri Jul 24, 2015, 09:06 PM - Edit history (2)

Angry misogynist murders women at showing of film by feminist comedian; police worry “we may not find a motive.”

Police in Lafayette, Louisiana are evidently struggling to understand why the outspokenly misogynistic, racist and anti-Semitic John Russell “Rusty” Houser murdered two women and wounded 9 other moviegoers at a showing of “Trainwreck,” a film written by and starring Amy Schumer, a feminist comedian with a Jewish father, who jokes frankly about sex.

Col. Michael D. Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, wondered aloud about Houser’s motives at a press conference:

Why did he come here? Why did he do that? … We may not find a motive.

It seems to me that Houser’s likely motive is staring them in the face.

Because it turns out that Houser was pretty well-known, at least to regular viewers of one local TV talk show in Columbus, GA, as an angry right-wing fanatic who hated women. As one former host of the show recalled,

He was anti-abortion. … Rusty had an issue with feminine rights. He was opposed to women having a say in anything.

Houser evidently appeared on the live show dozens of times as a “gadfly” whose appearances “would generate calls.”

http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2015/07/24/angry-misogynist-murders-women-at-showing-of-film-by-feminist-comedian-police-worry-we-may-not-find-a-motive/
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Angry misogynist murders women at showing of film by feminist comedian (Original Post) ismnotwasm Jul 2015 OP
True shenmue Jul 2015 #1
And the same mouthpieces insisted the Charleston massacre was about tblue37 Jul 2015 #2
Great post. Starry Messenger Jul 2015 #3
You got that right. It wasn't because of his mental illness, but because he raccoon Jul 2015 #6
So true. johnp3907 Jul 2015 #4
Every article "police still looking for a motive". sufrommich Jul 2015 #5
I wonder what will turn up about the hatchet man who targeted Mad Max: Fury Road movie in Nashville. JTFrog Aug 2015 #7
It could be ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #8

tblue37

(65,227 posts)
2. And the same mouthpieces insisted the Charleston massacre was about
Fri Jul 24, 2015, 09:06 PM
Jul 2015

religion, not race.

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”

― Upton Sinclair, I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked

Starry Messenger

(32,342 posts)
3. Great post.
Fri Jul 24, 2015, 09:09 PM
Jul 2015
"When misogynists murder women, almost no one calls it terrorism.

Elliot Rodger, who left behind an assortment of misogynistic videos and a book-length diatribe, was a terrorist.

“Rusty” Houser — who left behind no manifesto but who was well-known for his odiously anti-woman and neo-Nazi views — was almost certainly a terrorist as well.

NOTE: According to court filings, Houser had “a history of mental health issues, i.e., manic depression and/or bi-polar disorder.” (Which are actually the same thing.) While this could certainly have had an effect on his state of mind, it says nothing about his motives. Bipolar disorder does not cause people to become misogynistic neo-Nazis who murder women."

raccoon

(31,105 posts)
6. You got that right. It wasn't because of his mental illness, but because he
Sun Jul 26, 2015, 04:18 PM
Jul 2015

was just a hateful racist misogynist dickhead.

Bipolar disorder does not cause people to become misogynistic neo-Nazis who murder women."
 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
7. I wonder what will turn up about the hatchet man who targeted Mad Max: Fury Road movie in Nashville.
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 08:09 PM
Aug 2015

I remember an article talking about how angry the dude bros were over the strong female lead role.





ismnotwasm

(41,967 posts)
8. It could be
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 09:07 PM
Aug 2015

It's very easy to dismiss those types as wing nuts-- but they are an angry group of people with fucked up ideas they spread like a virus

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