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If Seddique Mateen is willing to say anti-gay things in public after his son has killed 49 people, what did he say at home, behind closed doors? So if he didn’t learn everything from ISIS, where did he learn? From his father’s statements, it seems he may have learned hatred at home.Īlso Read: FBI Investigating Claims Orlando Shooter Frequented Pulse Nightclub Before Attack The Washington Post reports that at various times he reportedly claimed connections to ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah - three groups that are often at odds with one another. But he doesn’t seem to have understood much about the group.
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As a loser of Middle Eastern descent, he latched onto ISIS, the way some losers of Anglo descent latch onto Nazism, the KKK and other groups. He attempted to make himself feel big and important by linking himself, at least in his mind, with a cause he saw as big and important.
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“He was always socially awkward.”Īlso Read: Conservative Blogger Jim Hoft Comes Out As Gay After Orlando Terror Attack “He just wanted to fit in and no one liked him,” a man who said Mateen once asked him out told The Palm Beach Post. Mateen was, like so many mass shooters, isolated and alone, and not by choice. Whether he was gay or not, it’s not hard to imagine where he learned to hate gays. It’s also not hard to imagine that Omar Mateen was wrestling with internalized homophobia he turned outward early Sunday morning in Orlando. His ex-wife’s fiancé, Marco Dias, told SBT Brazil that the elder Mateen called his son gay in front of her several times before they divorced in 2011.Īlso Read: Orlando Shooter Was Definitely 'Homosexual,' Pulse Regular Says (Video) It’s becoming not-impossible to believe that Mateen - who reportedly frequented the gay bar he attacked, used gay dating apps and once asked out a male classmate - may have himself been gay. It’s frustrating that Mateen doesn’t understand that.īut it’s also a relief, in a way, to see someone express his destructive foolishness so publicly, so that we can learn from it, see its consequences, and not repeat it ourselves. He clarified that it isn’t his place to judge - but saying someone’s way of life is punishable by God is itself a judgment. The elder Mateen said in a Facebook video Monday that “God himself will punish those involved in homosexuality.” He later shared that opinion with CBS News, adding that homosexuality is “not an issue that humans should deal with.”Īlso Read: Homophobic Pastor on Orlando Shooting: 'The Tragedy Is That More of Them Didn't Die' But no one has offered Seddique Mateen the advice he needs, so I humbly offer it here: Shut up. Impossible as it is to believe, the father of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen is still saying stupid things about gays - even after his son killed 49 people and injured 53 others at a gay nightclub.īasic public relations should tell you that after your son has committed a murderous rampage, you’re not in the best position to judge others.