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FWIW, I checked Twitter (hashtags #YouTubeShooter) this morning, and it was ugly, but I only saw one tweet that made inferences to Islam. Most of the right wing comments were to the effect of "Gun laws didn't stop this" or pointing out that her beliefs (veganism, animal rights) are traditionally associated with left wing beliefs. The left wing comments were to the effect of "NRA is a terrorist organization" and "ban AR15s" and general wishes of harm on 2A supporters.

I took special note of this because there is this meme of conservatives applying the "terrorist" label on the basis of race or ethnicity, and this meme has scarcely matched my experiences.

EDIT: Some people are downvoting, presumably because they think I'm making a political statement. I'm not; just sharing my data points.



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