The fact that Fox News is willing to try and use this Trump supporter's mass murder of Muslims as a tool of disinformation to sway the narrative towards "dangerous Muslims" is sickening. The shrug from the right wingers is here in equally sickening.
I loved this summary of how a seemingly normal, white conservative became radicalized, from the CBC.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montre...file-1.3959581
I loved this summary of how a seemingly normal, white conservative became radicalized, from the CBC.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montre...file-1.3959581
But he came across as intelligent to his peers, and joined the chess club at Laval University, where he studied anthropology and political science.
Bissonnette appeared to enjoy discussing politics with select classmates at university. Jean-Michel Allard Prus, who took a politics class with Bissonnette, said they often debated with each other on Facebook.
In these debates, Bissonnette expressed fairly mainstream conservative views. A hunter, he opposed gun control and was pro-Israel, but otherwise didn't bring up more divisive issues such as Muslims or immigration.
But that was a year ago.
"I think … something happened. He radicalized a lot," Prus said. "He seemed just a normal right-wing individual."
Bissonnette appeared to enjoy discussing politics with select classmates at university. Jean-Michel Allard Prus, who took a politics class with Bissonnette, said they often debated with each other on Facebook.
In these debates, Bissonnette expressed fairly mainstream conservative views. A hunter, he opposed gun control and was pro-Israel, but otherwise didn't bring up more divisive issues such as Muslims or immigration.
But that was a year ago.
"I think … something happened. He radicalized a lot," Prus said. "He seemed just a normal right-wing individual."
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