White Nationalist Coast Guard Officer Plotted to Kill Democrats and Journalists, Prosecutors Say

[durangodawood]

.....Not sure what else there is to the story.....

I know. Nowhere near as fascinating as black gay celebrity arranges attack on self.

 

[RDKirk]

A highly decorated Lieutenant from all indications.

A highly decorated Lieutenant from all indications.

Well, within the military, "highly decorated" gets down to "which decorations?" Some are indicative of character, some aren't. A lot of them are, frankly, "participation awards."

What I meant, however, was: "What was it like to serve under someone containing that much hatred?"

 

[TLK Valentine]

Searches on both his government and personal computers seem to indicate he was alone.

Good to know -- we must always be vigilant when it comes to terrorism...

 

[TLK Valentine]

Well, within the military, "highly decorated" gets down to "which decorations?" Some are indicative of character, some aren't. A lot of them are, frankly, "participation awards."

I'm sure now he's eligible for the Bronze straitjacket... with clusters.

 

[TLK Valentine]

That is necessary for the police to find out as the danger would still exist if there were more than one fruitcake out there.

True -- and they might not want to make that info public, lest they tip off his fellow fruitcakes.

But so far it looks like we've got a lone fruitcake this time. Not every terrorist is part of an organization.

 

[SummerMadness]

Coast Guard officer accused of wanting to kill Democrats and journalists was inspired by Norwegian mass shooting, feds say

Christopher Paul Hasson, 49, of Silver Spring, Maryland, is alleged to be a white supremacist who had a hit list that included prominent Democratic politicians as well as several journalists from CNN and MSNBC. Hasson's case was first circulated by counterterrorism expert Seamus Hughes and the George Washington Program on Extremism.

Hasson's hit list includes Democratic politicians -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of New York, Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Kamala Harris of California, as well as former Rep. Beto O'Rourke of Texas -- as well as CNN journalists Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo and Van Jones and MSNBC's Chris Hayes, Ari Melber and Joe Scarborough.

The fact that a freshman congresswoman is on his list demonstrates just how much the right-wing is obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. They have drawn her up to be the biggest threat in history, along with the constant vitriol of the president directed at CNN and MSNBC. One would think this would be a wake up call, but we all know it won't be because Trump and his ilk are simply motivated by hate and narcissism.

 

[Albion]

The fact that a freshman congresswoman is on his list demonstrates just how much the right-wing is obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. They have drawn her up to be the biggest threat in history...

Really? Judging from the reports about her coming from all sides, it rather looks as though "they have drawn her up to be" a Socialist and a dumbbell. That's hardly to say that she is the biggest threat in history.

 

[SummerMadness]

Really? Judging from the reports about her coming from all sides, it rather looks as though "they have drawn her up to be" a Socialist and a dumbbell. That's hardly to say that she is the biggest threat in history.

When you end up on a terrorist's hit list and you look at the number of threads devoted to her on this forum's American Politics section, it's quite clear the fear and obsession is evident.

 

[Yekcidmij]

Coast Guard Officer Plotted to Kill Democrats and Journalists, Prosecutors Say

Not being familiar with how the Coast Guard handles promotions and retention, it looked a little weird to me that he was a 49 year old lieutenant. Seems a little old and a little junior, at least it typically is in the other branches.

 

[TLK Valentine]

Really? Judging from the reports about her coming from all sides, it rather looks as though "they have drawn her up to be" a Socialist and a dumbbell. That's hardly to say that she is the biggest threat in history.

She was threatening enough to merit a bullet from our friendly local Coast Guard psychopath... Where did he get her name from -- the neighbor's dog?

 

[grasping the after wind]

She was threatening enough to merit a bullet from our friendly local Coast Guard psychopath... Where did he get her name from -- the neighbor's dog?

I suppose the hype she has received from the mainstream press is a good bet as to where he might have gotten wind of her.

 

[TLK Valentine]

I suppose the hype she has received from the mainstream press is a good bet as to where he might have gotten wind of her.

Lots of people get hyped in the mainstream press -- our maniac's list is hardly comprehensive.

 

[grasping the after wind]

Lots of people get hyped in the mainstream press -- our maniac's list is hardly comprehensive.

No one, outside Trump, has received more attention in the last few months than Ms. Cortez from
either right wing or left wing news outlets. One canonizing her and the other demonizing her.

 

[TLK Valentine]

No one, outside Trump, has received more attention in the last few months than Ms. Cortez from
either right wing or left wing news outlets. One canonizing her and the other demonizing her.

And yet, Donald was not on the maniac's list, was he?

 

[grasping the after wind]

And yet, Donald was not on the maniac's list, was he?

I haven't seen the list. I'll assume you have and know that Trump is not on it. My guess would be that since Trump has been accused of being a racist and a white nationalist, the maniac, as one not used to engaging in critical thought, simply took those accusations as factual.

 

[SummerMadness]

When the ADL released their report on extremist violence, there were some that complained about the report because they don't want to accept that right-wing extremism is the biggest issue in this country. However, time and time again, cases like this keep happening.

Of course the president will ignore this because he loathes the people targeted by such violence. However, if the assailant is Hispanic or Muslim, he screams about it incessantly. Nonetheless, these attacks from right-wing extremists are far more widespread and have resulted in more deaths.

All of the extremist killings in the US in 2018 had links to right-wing extremism, according to new report

Every extremist killing in the US in 2018 had a link to a right-wing extremism, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism.

The report zeroes in on incidents such as the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018, and the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in October 2018.

 

[SummerMadness]

I haven't seen the list. I'll assume you have and know that Trump is not on it. My guess would be that since Trump has been accused of being a racist and a white nationalist, the maniac, as one not used to engaging in critical thought, simply took those accusations as factual.

The president called himself a nationalist and engages in racist language, but that's not the topic of this discussion. He sees attacks on Trump as attacks on his white nationalist views, something we can garner from searches on a civil war in case Trump is removed from office.

 

[grasping the after wind]

The president called himself a nationalist and engages in racist language, but that's not the topic of this discussion. He sees attacks on Trump as attacks on his white nationalist views, something we can garner from searches on a civil war in case Trump is removed from office.

Pretty much what I was saying. I just did not agree with his conclusions about Trump. I pretty much disagree with everything any white nationalist thinks about things. I also haven't heard what I consider actual racist language coming from Trump. I have heard people assume that something he said was secret racist dog whistle speech but I think that is a bit of conspiracy theorizing I am unwilling to accept as authoritative.

 

[A Realist]

They're too busy feeling victimized by a hoax instead of acknowledging the real threat of right-wing terrorism in the United States.

Nope. Us white folks are just waiting for you to come and tell us what we should think about all this.

 

[Hazelelponi]

So glad this guy was caught and is being tried before anyone was harmed.

This is what we have police for, to catch bad guys. Keeps us all safe at night.

And I do have to say, at least the right wingers aren't sitting around lamenting his imprisonment or fighting for "forgiveness" for him, or calling those people who would like to see him punished unchristian or extremist...

Yea! The right wing believes in punishment for all the bad guys, and aren't selective in that unless someone is truly innocent. So much better than those who think only the other side of the political isle needs punished for anything.

So refreshing...