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On May 26, 2017, Jeremy Christian, a disturbed homeless man, stabbed three men to death on the city's mass transit train. According to media reports, Christian made anti-Muslim remarks to two teenage girls who appeared to be Muslim. Reports also say that he made other "anti-everything" and "anti-religious" remarks. The three men were stabbed as they attempted to defend the girls. <ref>http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/30/us/portland-train-teenager-stabbing-arraignment/</ref> | On May 26, 2017, Jeremy Christian, a disturbed homeless man, stabbed three men to death on the city's mass transit train. According to media reports, Christian made anti-Muslim remarks to two teenage girls who appeared to be Muslim. Reports also say that he made other "anti-everything" and "anti-religious" remarks. The three men were stabbed as they attempted to defend the girls. <ref>http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/30/us/portland-train-teenager-stabbing-arraignment/</ref> | ||
| − | The left-wing media was quick to label Christian as "racist," "right-wing," "Islamophobic" and a "white separatist," despite the fact that Christian's Facebook posts painted a very different picture, showing him to be left-wing in his opinions, such as supporting atheism, marijuana use, and opposing controversial oil pipelines, and to hate all "monotheists," including Jews and Christians, and to be anti-racist.{{fact}} He stated that it what he did was "patriotism," and within free speech guidelines.<ref>http://www.aljazeera.com/video/news/2017/05/portland-white-supremacist-appears-court-alleged-hate-crimes-170531080147220.html</ref> | + | The left-wing media was quick to label Christian as "racist," "right-wing," "Islamophobic" and a "white separatist," despite the fact that Christian's Facebook posts painted a very different picture, showing him to be left-wing in his opinions, such as supporting atheism, marijuana use, and opposing controversial oil pipelines, and to hate all "monotheists," including Jews and Christians, and to be anti-racist.{{fact}} He was also vehemently opposed to Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, religion, and circumcision, the sort of conflicting ideology often found in morally misled terrorists.<ref>http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2017/05/who_is_jeremy_christian_facebo.html</ref> He stated that it what he did was "patriotism," and within free speech guidelines.<ref>http://www.aljazeera.com/video/news/2017/05/portland-white-supremacist-appears-court-alleged-hate-crimes-170531080147220.html</ref> |
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On May 26, 2017, Jeremy Christian, a disturbed homeless man, stabbed three men to death on the city's mass transit train. According to media reports, Christian made anti-Muslim remarks to two teenage girls who appeared to be Muslim. Reports also say that he made other "anti-everything" and "anti-religious" remarks. The three men were stabbed as they attempted to defend the girls. [1]
The left-wing media was quick to label Christian as "racist," "right-wing," "Islamophobic" and a "white separatist," despite the fact that Christian's Facebook posts painted a very different picture, showing him to be left-wing in his opinions, such as supporting atheism, marijuana use, and opposing controversial oil pipelines, and to hate all "monotheists," including Jews and Christians, and to be anti-racist.[Citation Needed] He was also vehemently opposed to Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, religion, and circumcision, the sort of conflicting ideology often found in morally misled terrorists.[2] He stated that it what he did was "patriotism," and within free speech guidelines.[3]