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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs the Canadian mosque shooter a Deplorable Drumpf Devotee ?- Look at the bottom right
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)stated his FB political "likes" were all over the place.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)Bissonnette likes the Facebook pages of U.S. President Donald Trump and French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, but he does not express support for them elsewhere on his page. Other likes include the Israel Defense Forces, United With Israel and Parti Québécois of Université Laval.
He also likes U.S. Senator John McCain, a moderate Republican who has opposed Trump on some issues, President George W. Bush, the Canadian New Democratic Party and late Canadian politician Jack Layton, who was a leader of the left-wing NDP, so the likes do not shed much light on Bissonnettes beliefs.
But it appears the heavy article has more detail since I read it this morning.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)And his politics are right there. Apparently he also hated feminists. Typical WWC Trump supporter.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Top left.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)And anti-Muslim troll. It's possible he just wanted updates so he could be disruptive
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)I know plenty of DUers and former DUers that "like" RW Republicans just so they can go to their Facebook pages and antagonize RW Republicans.
Hayabusa
(2,135 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Who was the first openly lesbian politician to serve in the National Assembly.
Afromania
(2,771 posts)I see he likes LePen as well.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Some carefully constructed narratives have just been outed as such. Russia Today fans will be sad, I imagine.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)I want to know what inspired him; was it Trump or Le Pen who put that bug in his ear
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)He also follows Féministes en mouvement de l'Université Laval FÉMUL. Their Facebook page does not show them to be right wingers.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)FÉMUL, and, judging by the content, they are quite progressive. And there are a few brown folks in the province. Especially in Québec.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)I dont think even he knows who he is
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Will Trump now ask for a total ban on all French surnamed white people? When I go to visit family, will I even be allowed back?
bravenak
(34,648 posts)He only bans 'bad dudes', and 'bad hombres'.
blm
(113,091 posts)RWers do this, also, so they can infiltrate and takeover progressive left pages.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)I am not on Facebook. But judging by the positions I read there, and the many responses, his would be a very lonely voice.
bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)He also follows Féministes en mouvement de l'Université Laval FÉMUL.
A glance at their page will show expressions of sympathy toward the Muslim victims of the mosque shooting.
Does this counterbalance his following 2 fascists like Donald Trump and Marion LePen?
blm
(113,091 posts).
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)Jean-Michel Allard-Prus, a fellow student, told Le Journal de Quebec that he often talked politics with Bissonnette.
He has political ideas on the right, pro-Israel, anti-immigration, Allard-Prus said. I had a number of debates with him about Trump. He was obviously pro-Trump.
Initially, police said there were two suspects and media named the other as Mohamed Khadir, reportedly in his 30s. He was detained near the mosque minutes after the shootings that took place when the building was packed for evening prayers.
But in breaking development on Monday, Quebec police said only one of the men was a suspected shooter and the other was a witness. Quebec media reported that Bissonnette is the suspected shooter.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/quebec-mosque-attack-suspect-liked-trump-israeli-army-french-far-right
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Seems to be enjoying this.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)though maybe in French Quebec, she is a bigger deal.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Where he "likes" the Feminist Student Association at his university?
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)There were early reports that suggested the shooter may have been Muslim. Those turned out not to be true. A witness went on the record saying they heard the shooter shout Allahu Akbar, so either that person lied or the shooter said that as a cruel joke or something. In either case, it seemed from those reports that the shooter may have been Muslim.
Now it seems that the shooter may be a white supremacist. But I am not sure that that can be gleaned definitively from Facebook likes (which are a bit all over the place). Maybe more info will emerge to clarify things.