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The Christchurch victims were all Muslims and the massacre was allegedly carried out by a white supremacist fixated on the belief that there was an Islamist plot to "invade" Western countries.

This belief is rife online. Platforms need to be more vigilant against those with an agenda into promoting such beliefs.

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The shooter was not a white supremacist.

Er, read the article again:

Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, a self-avowed white supremacist, has been charged over the attacks and is currently undergoing psychiatric testing to determine if he is mentally fit to stand trial.

Also, there is a concentrated Muslim effort to invade Western countries.

This is the type of hate speech that the terrorists thrive on.

Once they all move in though, their new countries won't be very nice places to live either.

Oddly, I never had any problems with various Muslim friends, colleagues, employers. The tactic to divide and conquer doesn't work when you actually live, love and work alongside your fellow human beings.

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And a reminder that it's important to counter the falsehoods that some try to promote about this man and his agenda.

A right-wing extremist who filmed himself on a shooting rampage that left 49 mosque-goers dead flashed a white power gesture as he appeared in a New Zealand court Saturday charged with murder. The former fitness instructor and self-professed fascist occasionally turned to look at media present in court during the brief hearing that the public were excluded from for security reasons. Flanked by armed police he made an upside-down “okay” signal, a symbol used by white power groups across the globe.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/white-supremacist-charged-with-murder-for-new-zealand-mosque-attacks/

He also seemingly made donations to far right groups in Austria

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-26/austrian-far-right-activist-probe-over-new-zealand-shootings/10942764

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/new-zealand-terror-attack-generation-identity-austria-kurz-a8841841.html#Echobox=1553688716

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Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, a self-avowed white supremacist, has been charged over the attacks and is currently undergoing psychiatric testing to determine if he is mentally fit to stand trial.

i don't understand who decide or determine weather he is mentally fit or not, they should just chop his head really and show it to the world which i doubt that they will do. in the end they will say he have mental problem and put him in hospital what a joke.

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i don't understand who decide or determine weather he is mentally fit or not, they should just chop his head really and show it to the world

Which, besides being absolutely barbaric, will make a martyr out of him. He needs to be put away for life and out of the public consciousness.

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He travelled to another country to kill as many people as he could that fitted his warped agenda. Mentally astute enough to do that and obtain a shooters licence, think he might be cognitive enough to be put on trail serve his time and be deported back to Australia. Hardly a role model of evolutionary mental capacity. Hate feeds hate pretty simple math. But beyond this mans mental gymnastics.

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Hate feeds hate pretty simple math.

Aye, and where does it fester the most?

Again, RIP to the victims of this act of terror. To all the victims of terror.

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Muslim is a terrorist. White supremist is a misguided.

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Muslim is a terrorist. White supremist is a misguided.

That appears to be the narrative from those who seek to capitalise on such horror.

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The tactic to divide and conquer doesn't work when you actually live, love and work alongside your fellow human beings.

This is where this idiot failed immensely. After this event in NZ, everybody opened their arms for each other and basically said "screw you, you aren't getting this" to extremists everywhere.

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Guns were banned overnight.

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GoodlucktoyouToday  08:34 pm JST

Guns were banned overnight

ergh.. no they were not, particular firearms sales were halted.

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@farhan,

I think Goodlucktoyou was being sarcastic. (I hope he was.)

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