Shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue

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I don't think it has anything to do with religion.

Why wouldn't people attack the Jehovah Witness Folks? Why not attack or hate the atheists?

The predominance of Jewish Folks within our society is certainly not because they honour a different God.

The attention given to Jewish Folks within the media can not be because of the size of their population. (There are only 18 million Jewish Folks in the whole world.)

Again I ask ..... what is it about Jewish Folks that causes such hostility towards them? What is the cause of anti-Semitism?


Hold over from ancient history, this belief that Jews are money grubbing thieves, that they're out to destroy decent people, etc. There's a lot of reasons I think people "hate" Jews.

Current issues with Israel does them no favors either.



Personally, I don't hate the Jews, but I think those in control of Israel are just as sick and twisted as any other corrupt government in the world.
 

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Hold over from ancient history, this belief that Jews are money grubbing thieves, that they're out to destroy decent people, etc. There's a lot of reasons I think people "hate" Jews.

History would also support you. Many exiles were over usury. excessive usury is not the same. 6% is usury, no big deal, 106% is a criminal act. Gentile Banks would charge no interest and that would end this fiat banking swindle right there, it is only the Jewish Bankers that are saying banks have to operate at a profit for a few shareholders. There are a ton of videos that show it is as scam on the people of the world.



Current issues with Israel does them no favors either.
They are doing what the bankers set out to don in the 1880's. Wanting to nuke Damascus over 1 verse in the OT is a real program that is in the works. The 100 that modify that to meaning something else are swept under the rug.

It is a good thing Putin stopped that.
 

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“What are we going to do when we go to synagogue next? That fear ripples through your mind,” said one resident.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...ted-hate-crime-victims-families-shock-n925351
Just maybe don't go.
Like just maybe don't get in Trumps way.
Overland Park Jewish community center shooting in 2014. I guess maybe don't go to the community center. Like just maybe don't get in Obama's way. Oh that's right you silly little turd, shit like this never happened until Trump got elected.
 

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Overland Park Jewish community center shooting in 2014. I guess maybe don't go to the community center. Like just maybe don't get in Obama's way. Oh that's right you silly little turd, shit like this never happened until Trump got elected.
i was just repeating what was already said, domestic terrorist dude.
 

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Jews have suffered plenty throughout the past couple of thousand years, and that's a fact. It's also a fact many of their modern propagandists are attempting (under the force of law!) to peddle the notion their trials and tribulations were unlike those of any other peoples. Unique!

Not all of those oppressions involved pogroms/massacres. Simply limiting what they could do and where they could live caused social and possibly genetic changes among them.

Solidarity became extremely important because that led to survival and finally to prosperity. In other words, they were using Ben Franklin's maxim of "we must all hang together or most assuredly we will all hang separately" from very early times.

But consider one reason Americans were so hostile to allowing Jews from Germany and the rest of Europe into the US before WW2. They had seen the "hang together" stuff with their very own eyes, and knew that if a flood of frightened and deserving refugees washed into this nation, their Jewish employers would fire them and hire in their place those refugees.

No matter how soft-hearted the Americans might have been, they lived in a time and place where losing their job meant disaster and even death for themselves and their loved ones.

Remember, the Depression wasn't yet over, and the "social safety net" was virtually nonexistent. When it comes down to "me dying" vs "that other fellow dying", most people are going to opt for the death of the stranger.

So here a survival mechanism worked against them.

Ditto for the effect on takeovers of entire occupations. Many people mention the very high percentages of Jews within various fields.

That would come from preferential hiring - given two equally qualified job applicants, the co-religionist will be chosen over the outsider.


Resentment would be terrific, and so would the well documented habits of cheating outsiders by the small business Ethnics.


 

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i was just repeating what was already said, domestic terrorist dude.
You make it sound less painful, it isn't. Think small injury and the closest first-aid kit is 2 horizons away. Here it is there before you fall to the ground.
 

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That would put him in the position of attending when the dead are Muslims or Christians would it not. Saying he is left out of having the chance for a private talk but insist he show up at the funeral makes it a PR stunt rather than a chance to pay your respects to the dead.
I'm not all that impressed with either side.
 

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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect that left 11 dead pleads not guilty
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February 11, 2019
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February 11, 2019 1:33 PM EST
This undated Pennsylvania Department of Transportation photo shows Robert Bowers. Bowers, a truck driver, is accused of killing 11 and wounding seven during an attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue in October 2018.Pennsylvania Department of Transportation via AP / File
PITTSBURGH — The man charged in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre pleaded not guilty to hate crimes and dozens of other counts Monday, but his new lawyer — a prominent death penalty litigator who represented one of the Boston Marathon bombers — signalled he might be open to a plea deal.
Robert Bowers, a truck driver who authorities say gunned down 11 people at Tree of Life Synagogue, appeared in federal court with attorney Judy Clarke, who expressed hope the case will be resolved without a trial.
Clarke is known for negotiating plea deals that helped some of the nation’s most infamous killers avoid death row, including Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph and Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner, who killed six people and injured 13 others, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. A jury sentenced marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whom Clarke represented, to death.
Prosecutors in Pittsburgh have previously indicated their intent to seek the death penalty against Bowers, but a final decision rests with the U.S. attorney general.
Asked if the government would consider a plea deal that spares Bowers a potential death sentence, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said in a statement Monday: “The defendant is charged with crimes that carry the maximum possible penalty of death. We are committed to seeking justice for the victims and their families in this case.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti said in court that a trial could last about three weeks, not including any potential penalty phase.
Bowers, who was shackled, said little, giving yes or no answers.
A grand jury on Jan. 29 added 19 counts to the 44 Bowers was already facing. The additional charges include hate crimes violations, obstruction of religious belief and the use of a firearm during crimes of violence.
Bowers, 46, of Baldwin, Pennsylvania, is accused of targeting worshippers from three Jewish congregations when he attacked Saturday, Oct. 27, during Sabbath services.
Seven people were wounded, including five police officers.
Donna Coufal, a member of the Dor Hadash congregation that occupies space at Tree of Life, said she attended Monday’s arraignment “to bear witness. It’s been a painful time, but we remain strong as a community.”
Investigators say Bowers posted criticism of a Jewish charity on social media before the attack, claiming the immigrant aid society “likes to bring invaders that kill our people.” Authorities said he raged against Jews as he gunned down his victims, and told investigators “all these Jews need to die.”
Bowers has been jailed in the Butler County Prison, about 35 miles (55 kilometres) north of the shooting scene.
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http://torontosun.com/news/world/pi...g-suspect-that-left-11-dead-pleads-not-guilty
 

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Hey Spammy, you don't comment very often. A Muslim gets the death sentence for rape yet this guy gets life instead. Hard to believe it is the same country really.
 

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Death penalty sought for accused Pittsburgh synagogue shooter
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Rabbi Chuck Diamond, formerly of the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill, leads a vigil outside the building where 11 people lost their lives last week in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 3, 2018. (REUTERS/Alan Freed)
U.S. prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a Pennsylvania man accused of bursting into a Pittsburgh synagogue last year with a semi-automatic rifle and shooting 11 people to death, according to court papers filed on Monday.
Robert Bowers, 46, shouted “all Jews must die” as he fired on congregants gathered for a Sabbath service at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, authorities said.
Bowers has pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh to a 63-count indictment and is awaiting trial. The charges include using a firearm to commit murder and obstruction of free exercise of religious belief resulting in death, the court filing said.
“Robert Bowers expressed hatred and contempt toward members of the Jewish faith and his animus toward members of the Jewish faith played a role in the killings,” prosecutors said.
The massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue was the deadliest attack ever on Jewish Americans in the United States.
The synagogue is a fixture in Pittsburgh’s historically Jewish neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, which is home to one of the largest and oldest Jewish populations in the United States.
Bowers targeted that location “to maximize the devastation, amplify the harm of his crimes and instill fear within the local, national and international Jewish communities,” prosecutors said in court papers.
An attorney for Bowers, death penalty specialist Judy Clarke, did not immediately return calls or an email seeking comment.
VULNERABLE VICTIMS
Bowers targeted a number of people who were particularly vulnerable because of their advanced age, and he demonstrated a lack of remorse after the mass shooting, federal prosecutors said in court papers.
Among those killed were a 97-year-old woman and a married couple in their 80s. Two civilians and five police officers were wounded before the gunman, who was armed with an assault-style rifle and three handguns, was shot by police at the synagogue and surrendered.
Bowers, who lived in a Pittsburgh suburb, posted anti-Semitic comments on right-wing social-media websites, including a post on the morning of the shooting in which he decried the work of a U.S. Jewish charity, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.
The mass shooting followed a rise in the number of hate crimes and the number of hate groups in the United States, according to separate reports from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to provide additional comment on her office’s decision to seek the death penalty.
http://torontosun.com/news/crime/death-penalty-sought-for-accused-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooter
 

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it took you 6 weeks to come up with that comeback, my slow-witted friend?
 
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MHz does not have the guts to confront a real Jewish person, so he does it online. How brave.
What do you mean 'confront'? I gave my address to you fuks and . . . . still waiting. Would like a link to some comments I made to a few Rabbis on youtube? Miko Peled and Benjamin Freedman are both Jewish historians, I admire both of them very much. Bibi and his bribery gang, . . . not so much. I'm circumcised so I could even date a middle aged or older lady should the opportunity present itself.. What more would you like me to do??


You seem to bail without replying to my questions. That is the trait of a fuktard, . . . are you a fuktard?