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CNN Guest: San Bernardino Office Holiday Party 'May Have Been Offensive' to Muslim Gunman
2015-12-04
[NEWSBUSTERS.ORG] Just when the liberal media's extrapolations concerning the motives of the San Bernardino gunman couldn't grow any more jaw-dropping, an expert appearing during the 11:00 p.m. Eastern hour of CNN Tonight predicted late Wednesday that the office holiday party where the shooting occurred "may have been offensive" to the Muslim gunman.

Criminologist Casey Jordan was called on by host Don Lemon and began by suggesting that the "[d]isgruntled employee" appeared to "have Arabic or Middle Eastern names, but the key is that from the beginning everything that was reported about him, going into this conference room where there was a holiday party which may have been offensive to him."

Jordan further opined that "the bottomline is the motivation always appeared to be intrinsic not, extrinsic" and "he was prepared for this" because "it was almost like he was looking for an excuse to go get the guns, get the female getaway driver -- you know, put on his fatigues and let it look like terrorism."

She agreed with other guests in analyzing the situation as "a mash up" or "amalgamation" of "terrorism and disgruntled employee" and reaffirmed her belief that "his motive was very intrinsic," "personal," and "about a grudge and it looks like terrorism and he might like that, but it isn't what it's about."

Overall, it's been quite a day of rushing to conclusions on CNN. As this writer wrote earlier, CNN law enforcement analyst Tom Fuentes predicted in the 4:00 p.m. Eastern hour that it was likely carried out by "an anti-government domestic militia group" while fellow law enforcement analyst Harry Houck pointed out in the 7:00 p.m. Eastern hour that those responsible "could be some right-wing group, for all I know."
Complete rubbish.
Posted by:Fred

#12  When you look deeply at mass shootings, one thing is almost always present. Democrats. The shooters are almost all lefties of some stripe and they always go after people in places left vulnerable by their own democrat passed policies. They worship the death of innocents, babies, crime victims, anyone but evil of their own ilk. They want doctors to kill anyone who asks or who can't defend themselves, they refuse to punish criminals who en masse vote for them. They refuse to see that by far, the vast majority of murders in this country are democrats killing democrats. Who do blacks vote for? Who has the most abortions in the country? It's very rare for it to be related to non-democrats in some fashion.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2015-12-04 14:18  

#11  ...wasn't until much later that evening during a one minute news break on one of the independent local stations that I heard the name Syed Farook and that told me all I needed to know.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2015-12-04 12:01  

#10  What I got from ABC news was endless repeating of no new information given for the sole aim of keeping the audience from turning it off.

I put on a recorded episode of Ancient Aliens. Yeah, I know it's stupid but not as stupid as David Muir.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2015-12-04 11:54  

#9  All Muslims should be required to take mandatory counseling in order to better get along with the society without taking offense.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2015-12-04 10:11  

#8  All those infidels &/or apostates in one place were so tempting, he just couldn't restrain himself any more.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2015-12-04 09:23  

#7  If someone at work invited me to a Muslim party, I would just politely decline. I wouldn't go, then get so offended that I would go home, get my wife, my guns, and body armor, then go back to shoot up the place.

But then, that's just me.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2015-12-04 07:50  

#6  The blathering MSM is offensive to me. So, logic says....When they get shot up, they deserved it and shouldn't have provoked it? Tell me dear journalists/producers/directors, if she dresses like a slut, do you accept the defense 'she' provoked rape? Or do you have a different set of 'logic' to for that too?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-12-04 06:57  

#5  Well, the dominate narrative set them free - from thinking. The post modern code word is intersectionality to wit - folks always have multiple motives so take your pick. I mean no one wants to validate the irrational fears of unsophisticates. They might act rashly. QED work place violence or better yet RW militia the same phrase is in 2nd amendment. I am comforted by the expectation that this will amp gun sales enormously.
Posted by: Alpha2c   2015-12-04 01:26  

#4  Remember Beslain when the MSM twisted itself into knots trying to avoid calling then Islamic Terrorist.

... hostage takers ...
... gangsters ...
... the list goes on ...

They never did report on the rapes and bayonetted babies.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2015-12-04 01:07  

#3  I was wondering why, when listening to the reports on this incident, I never once heard the reporters mention the possibility that this might be an act of Islamic terrorists. The fact that there were several adult attackers meant that this would be something new otherwise, so this seemed to be to be the very first explanation that should come to the normal mind.
That it did not do so to the staff at ABC news suggests that they must all be imbeciles or worse.
That idiots in a certain political party should use this incident to argue for citizens to increase their own vulnerability to such outrages by disarming is more than amazing.
What I got from ABC news was endless repeating of no new information given for the sole aim of keeping the audience from turning it off. It even seemed to glorify the terrorists, and make them seem heroic.
Actually the perpetrators should rather be described as what they are: people who have made themselves into subhuman monsters. If we constantly described them as subhumans, perhaps they would be less of an inspiration to imitators.
Posted by: Grins Snese4215   2015-12-04 01:02  

#2  After all, Christmas is a regularly scheduled event, and Islamic offense-taking goes on forever.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418    2015-12-04 00:47  

#1  In fact, it was so offensive that he had start preparing for it months ahead of time.
Posted by: gorb   2015-12-04 00:21  

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