Rumor from LA says movie shooter specifically targeted women. Hello, media? Is this true?

[elehhhhna]

Why so quiet? Don't want women riled up about arms control in an election year ?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

1. Dreadful if true

I understand he had incidents with his wife and she took out a restraining order. He also supposedly spoke out against women who seek abortions. But in the theater he shot 11 people, some of them male, killing 2 and wounding 9 others. Does the hate crime legislation as written cover the hunting and murder of women? It should and this issue deserves more comment and research.

[TDale313]

2. Looking at the movie he chose to do this in...

And his known anti-women/anti-feminist views, I would not be a bit surprised. Much about this seems to indicate misogyny was a likely motivation.

[Triana]

10. Exactly. It was at least part of it. n/t

[niyad]

3. here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027007837

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016128499

[niyad]

4. it isn't like women are important or anything.

[malaise]

5. I've been asking about this since for two days

I wanted to know if all the persons shot were female.

[wheniwasincongress]

6. If only men were women

I believe that if homosexuality occurred only amongst women, we wouldn't have gay rights.

[cwydro]

13. What?

What does your post even mean?

[wheniwasincongress]

15. It's pretty clear.

If something doesn't affect men, it doesn't matter.

[cwydro]

16. Women fought for gay rights too.

They also fought for the vote.

And won.

[wheniwasincongress]

17. You're completely missing the point

if something doesn't affect men, it's not going to be an important issue, and it will not receive enough traction to "win."

[cwydro]

18. Ok then. You're missing my point.

Women won the right to vote. Women won the right to choose. Women fought for sports equality.

Women fought for sexual harassment laws.

Women are still fighting.

I'm no victim, and neither are the sisters of my generation.

[daleo]

7. Something similar happened in Canada in the 1990s

That guy killed a bunch of female engineering students. Canada brought in tightened gun control laws after that. The current Conservative government rolled those back, within the last few years. Now they are polling at under 30%.

[Triana]

8. It's true. The film being shown was created by a feminist comedian.

He ranted multiple times when invited onto some NBC program about women and abortion - basically, he hates both.

Why doesn't the media cover it?

Good question. They mention his radical RWNJ wingnuttery, but not that.

Police claim they "may never know" what his motive was.

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



From WaPo: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/07/24/tv-hosts-remember-alleged-lafayette-gunman-as-anti-tax-anti-feminist-gadfly/

He was a typical AWM (angry white male).

It's terrorism. They won't call it that because he's white.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. Then it should be prosecuted in Louisiana as a hate crime

Unfortunately, Louisiana's hate crime legislation seems to be weak, adding an additional 5 years to a murder sentence and small fine, but said sentence to run concurrently with the sentence for the underlying offense. Still, mere recognition of this as a hate crime by the prosecutor would highlight an area of controversy, hate crimes according to gender and whether they are adequately prosecuted as such when they occur.

http://law.justia.com/codes/louisiana/2006/146/78262.html

[Triana]

12. I agree. There are a couple wars against women going on....

...one being executed by MRAs and radical anti-feminist women who regularly are on social media advocating the killing of feminists -- and another by GOP legislators across the US who want to take almost all healthcare away from women - especially reproductive healthcare.

[cwydro]

14. The media HAS mentioned.

I've seen it on numerous media sites.

[IphengeniaBlumgarten]

9. At least two men among the injured nt