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LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)
1. He's an American citizen.
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 11:08 PM
Jun 2016

Google before typing dumb shit, would you?

http://time.com/4366145/orlando-shooter-omar-mateen-father/

Seddique Mateen is a US Citizen, the self-appointed President of Afghanistan, and the father of Omar Mateen, the man who killed more than 49 people at an Orlando nightclub this weekend in in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.

Archae

(46,328 posts)
2. Can he still be deported, in an extreme case?
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 11:10 PM
Jun 2016

He wasn't born here, and he sounds like a total loon.

LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)
3. No.
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 11:15 PM
Jun 2016

Being able to deport American citizens for saying stupid shit would be dangerous as hell. Seriously, think before you type.

Archae

(46,328 posts)
4. True, heck, most of the GOP would get deported.
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 11:22 PM
Jun 2016


I just wonder now what will happen with the shooter's Dad.

Maybe some of the victims' families will sue him.
Hopefully though he just fades back into the woodwork.
 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
10. He's the father of an anti gay killer who says anti gay things himself constantly while half of DU
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 08:18 AM
Jun 2016

claims he's super innocent and should be protected. He's a gay baiting bigot.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
11. Having a son who killed people doesn't make
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 08:28 AM
Jun 2016

the father or his pronouncements important. I am not sure why we are acting as though what he says is important.

yardwork

(61,619 posts)
12. Why is he any different from the parents of other mass killers?
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 08:32 AM
Jun 2016

I've never heard anybody here suggest that their opinions weren't important.

yardwork

(61,619 posts)
14. I've never heard you express such concern about the parent of a killer before.
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 08:39 AM
Jun 2016

Maybe I missed it.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
15. My saying having a son who kills people doesn't make the father's pronouncements important
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 08:41 AM
Jun 2016

is, in your mind, my expressing concern for the father?

Seems like a bizarre conclusion to draw from what I posted, but whatever.

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Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)
17. The Trunp campaign must love this guy
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 08:59 AM
Jun 2016

Pro Taliban, raised a terrorist son, says shut like this and right now is the face of Muslim immigration in the news....

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