# Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, 2018 October 27

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 27, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synagogue-shooting-in-pittsburgh-2018-october-27/823600 "2018-10-27T19:57:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synagogue-shooting-in-pittsburgh-2018-october-27/823600/6 "2018-10-27T20:18:09Z")

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I originally posted in the MPSIMS thread but removed it immediately after, realizing it’d violate the “No politics in tragedy threads” rule:

> [@Breaking news - Shooting at Synagogue in Pittsburgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-shooting-at-synagogue-in-pittsburgh/823591/24):
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> This kind of hate doesn’t define us. We’re better than this.

Who’s “us”? This guy seemed motivated by the same “oh no scary immigrant caravan probably full of Muslim terrorists and funded by George Soros” bullshit I see all the time. His postings were full of the shit. His last social media postings were towards a Jewish charity aimed at helping immigrants. It doesn’t take Slylock Fox to make a connection here. For certain values of “us”, he seems right in line with what’s going on in America.

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