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In reply to the discussion: Shooter, Wade Page, was Army vet, white supremacist [View all]tiny elvis
(979 posts)145. comrade, brother, self appointed militia colleague
jolly good fellows
strange bedfellows
do you disagree with the quote from wade page?
have you said such things yourself?
no reason to be shy about it
we know that an innocent person only carries a concealed weapon without duty
because he is crazy scared or he wishes a motherfucker would
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Unfortunately, Page was not drummed out of the military for being a white supremacist.
yardwork
Aug 2012
#164
A sick twisted mind and a bunch of guns -- they all go together and produce what we have here.
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#25
what we are saying is that this nation is flooded with guns and that guns make it easy
Warren Stupidity
Aug 2012
#128
It's a deadly tool chosen by an overwhelming number of killers, responsible for tens of thousands
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#97
That's what gun culture would have said about Zimmerman, Holmes, Loughner, Stawicki, etc., right
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#89
I'm not "pretending" -- you are like many pro-gunners who appear when tragedies like this occur to
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#104
Would help if you'd stop saying you are "not pro-gun" when all your posts indicate otherwise.
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#127
If there were guitars manufactured to kill people and appeal to their baser instincts -- Yes.
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#99
gun was purchased legally but didn't say if Page was the person that purchased the gun
maddezmom
Aug 2012
#39
I've heard that his discharge from the military was something other than honorable
slackmaster
Aug 2012
#76
I think the Army might have some explaining to do about how someone this disturbed was a candidate
Tanuki
Aug 2012
#4
He could have been the skivvie stacker for the Psyops team. Without his record, we know nothing.
MADem
Aug 2012
#20
The Army recruited a white supremacist to serve in their Psychological Operations? Terrific.
yardwork
Aug 2012
#12
He was still recruited into PsyOps. Explain that. Maybe it's a feature not a bug.
yardwork
Aug 2012
#18
Stating facts is not broadbrushing. He was recuited into the Army's PsyOps division.
yardwork
Aug 2012
#26
This is a broadbrush implication: He was still recruited into PsyOps. Explain that. Maybe it's a
MADem
Aug 2012
#29
The U.S. military has acknowledged that it has a problem with white supremacists in its ranks.
yardwork
Aug 2012
#30
Make up your mind. First it's a "feature" they recruit for, then it's a "problem?"
MADem
Aug 2012
#38
We don't know what he did in PsyOps from 1992 to 1998. We can speculate that it was benign, but why?
yardwork
Aug 2012
#54
Oh, come off it. He had a "pattern of misconduct" and was drunk on duty and got busted for it.
MADem
Aug 2012
#68
I think it's a bit unfair to characterize this guy as an Army vet--he was kicked out of the Army,
MADem
Aug 2012
#15
Gay people commonly got "general" discharges....if the commander authorizing the discharge was not
MADem
Aug 2012
#83
Ruby--I understand you have some expertise with SPLC on this topic, could you expound?
MADem
Aug 2012
#84
Paranoia: Expect a wave of conspiracy stuff, based on the defunct PsyOps connection.
patrice
Aug 2012
#74
I can guess how that might be a natural progression in that environment. Recall also how
patrice
Aug 2012
#116
At least there is one less of these miserable bastards to worry about.
The_Casual_Observer
Aug 2012
#92
Yep. We're all supposed to "consider" gun rights but IGNORE the basic premise of gun advocacy:
patrice
Aug 2012
#117
Why can't the reasons for his discharge preclude him from being allowed to purchase arms?
IndyJones
Aug 2012
#149
True, but I thought I read that he was discharged because of behavior issues.
IndyJones
Aug 2012
#151
Yes. "Pattern of misconduct" that culminated in a reduction in rank for being drunk on duty.
MADem
Aug 2012
#154
He did a hitch in the Army in the distant 1990s, odd that it is used so much as a vital description.
braddy
Aug 2012
#153
Peacetime military....a totally different world. The war back then was the Cold War. nt
MADem
Aug 2012
#155
Wade Michael Page: Excessive drinking cost Sikh temple shooter his military career, civilian job
maddezmom
Aug 2012
#157