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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 11:59 AM Jan 2018

On Twitter, Nicholas Giampa wrote about race war, convincing transgender people to kill themselves,

Source: Huffington Post

HuffPost has found his tweets, written by “Kevin Gallo” under the handle @doctorpepper35. They suggest a 17-year-old who’d drifted beyond the trolling of his teenage peers on the internet far-right and was fully in thrall to the racist, apocalyptic fantasia of white nationalism.

As @doctorpepper35, Giampa tweeted about his hatred of transgender people and his admiration for Adolf Hitler. He tweeted about using Jews as target practice.

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When Giampa first started tweeting from the @doctorpepper35 account in May 2016, he already espoused far-right views. An enthusiastic supporter of then-candidate Donald Trump, he often used racist slurs to attack Trump’s critics. In the summer of 2016, Giampa told one Twitter user to “go back to the gas chamber,” called another a “kike” and labeled several users whom he disagreed with as “cucks.” He talked about “globalist scum” and, a few weeks later, referred to a right-wing conspiracy theory about “how hillary has literally murdered people.”

Most of Giampa’s Twitter activity consists of retweets and replies to other Twitter users. He retweeted Trump in July when the president called for a ban on transgender people serving in the military.

Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nicholas-giampa-neo-nazi-teenager-murder-girlfriends-parents-virginia_us_5a4d0797e4b0b0e5a7aa4780?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009



The Neo-Nazi teen who killed his girlfriend's parents comes from an affluent family, may have been mentally ill, and an avid Trump supporter. Likewise, despite his mental illness and being placed at a private special needs high school. his parents proudly posted pictures of him at a shooting range shooting what is described as a sub-machine gun.

Is there some sub-culture or school of thought that giving access to guns to teens who may have some mental challenge is somehow therapeutic?
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lunasun

(21,646 posts)
1. As a teen killer I wondered where he got the gun to kill. Thanks for the background.
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 12:19 PM
Jan 2018

Probably there IS a subculture/school of thought like that plus they have the cash to supply them bigly

iluvtennis

(19,863 posts)
2. If he had been diagnosed with a mental illness, parents should have never given him access to guns..
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 12:26 PM
Jan 2018

I agree he could have gotten guns from elsewhere, but parents/family should not have supported his access to guns in anyway given his mental illness. I hope the extended family of the people he murdered sues his parents.

ck4829

(35,077 posts)
3. "struggling with mental illness" Phrases never associated with violent Muslims for 500, Alex
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 12:37 PM
Jan 2018

Weird how they never struggle with mental illness, drugs, or being "misunderstood kids" at the age of 22... What is their secret?

jmowreader

(50,560 posts)
4. Solitary. For life.
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 01:12 PM
Jan 2018

If he goes to general population he’ll be teaching other people this shit. Since he’s only 17 we can’t put him to sleep like the rabid dog that he is, but we can make damn good and sure this toxicity ends with him.

I believe in redemption, but only for people who might actually redeem themselves. This individual has no hope.

Maggiemayhem

(811 posts)
5. As a parent, I would have taken away internet privledges and no phone either.
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 03:15 PM
Jan 2018

Allowing and teaching him to shoot a lethal weapon is not parenting, especially if they realize that he has issues. They should be sued in civil court for everything they have and more and maybe parents will quit raising these killing monsters. This could have been prevented and so could have the NYEve family massacre in New Jersey. You would be shocked at how many families have unsecured loaded weapons in their homes. I believe that some parents just let kids do whatever and don’t monitor them because it is too much effort.

TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
6. But this is more than just inattention...
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 04:48 PM
Jan 2018

...the semi automatic used in New Jersey cost about $700 or so. The article above has a picture of the kid with a submarine gun. That takes some effort to purchase.

I can understand a teen scoring a joint or a Saturday night special, but as a parent that would take some effort to acquire and give your kid access to such guns. Look at Adam Lanza and his mom who shared a love for fire arms.

Does the NRA promote the therapeutic benefits to teens of giving them guns, because it would seem to take some parental effort to indulge such whims.

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