# Who is sending Bombs? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 24, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454 "2018-10-24T19:31:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/261 "2018-10-26T20:21:58Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Yeahbut he’s also got this [fancy shirt](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dqcv0dlWwAALGn0.jpg)! > > And also, serious question - I use actual Photoshop because I’ve been using it for like 20 years in my Web career. I’m still a total noob at it, though. And Photoshop itself isn’t cheap. What do actual non-professional idiots use to make these fancy graphics and stuff? People in general don’t seem to understand resolution or layers or anything, and most memes would confirm that. But then there’s nutjobs who put together decent-looking, high-res graphics like the shit on this “vanifesto” and I’m like “wow…” Pirated versions of Photoshop. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/262 "2018-10-26T20:27:14Z")
> [@Modesty\_Blaise](#): > > And can we please, please, please officially nickname him The Magabomber? On all of the social media I frequent, they’re already running with this. Be nice if the networks did too. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/263 "2018-10-26T20:31:08Z")
I do this kinda thing for artwork and I am as un-tech-y as they come. I am also cheap. So it can be done cheaply. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/264 "2018-10-26T20:34:22Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Anybody watching Fox? Rumor is that their coverage blurs out the images all over the MAGAbomber’s van. CNN had a couple of shots that looked blurred too but had a clear shot at other points. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/265 "2018-10-26T20:36:32Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > Let’s see . . . > [ul] > [li]fraud[/li][li]larceny[/li][li]stupidity[/li][/ul]This guy is a man after Trump’s heart. Well, if Trump had a heart. Or a brain. Or any courage. Come to think of it, Trump would make Dorothy sob in despair. > [@Modesty\_Blaise](#): > > And can we please, please, please officially nickname him The Magabomber? Make it so. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/266 "2018-10-26T20:36:38Z")
and of course we must ask did he park his van down by the river? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/267 "2018-10-26T20:44:19Z")
The only thing about the Magabomber that upsets republicans is that none of his devices worked properly. Fuck every single Trump supporter with a giant cactus. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/268 "2018-10-26T20:56:58Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Anybody watching Fox? Rumor is that their coverage blurs out the images all over the MAGAbomber’s van. From what I’ve gleaned browsing the Dope at work today, the terminology should be: “MAGAbomer’s vanifesto”. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/269 "2018-10-26T21:05:52Z")
he played soccer at a small NC college ['I could've talked him out of it': Former soccer coach remembers mailing bomb suspect](https://www.wral.com/man-suspected-of-mailing-pipe-bombs-has-nc-ties/17948943/) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/270 "2018-10-26T21:30:13Z")
> [@AnthonyElite](#): > > There is nothing right in the head about that guy. > > What he did is undeniably wrong. > > He doesn’t represent Republicans in any way. > > You don’t get to pick who claims to be in your group but we don’t want him. What do you call a Trump-supporting Floridian who votes for Trump/Pence, has Republican bumper stickers on his van, many, many, many pro-Republican and pro-Right wing messages on a large number of social media accounts and who sent bombs to Democrats after being urged onto violence by the Republican President? Apparently not a Republican! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/271 "2018-10-26T21:52:40Z")
> [@Modesty\_Blaise](#): > > Holy Orwell, Batman. > > That is eerily…familiar. :eek: The play never changes, only the setting. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/272 "2018-10-26T22:07:36Z")
> [@AnthonyElite](#): > > There is nothing right in the head about that guy. > > What he did is undeniably wrong. > > He doesn’t represent Republicans in any way. > > You don’t get to pick who claims to be in your group but we don’t want him. Your stinkin’ party preaches that blacks are living on a welfare plantation, that Hispanics are all MS-13, that Muslims are all terrorists, scares people that ISIS is sending people to Honduras to mix in with the refugees heading this way, chants “LOCK HER UP!!” not just about Hillary but practically any woman they don’t like now, not to mention George Soros, who they’re turning into the new Emmanuel Goldstein for when they finally tire of Hillary (if they ever do), not to mention the underlying anti-Semitism of the string-pulling Jewish financier meme - not to mention their reluctance to condemn _outright_ anti-Semitism anymore. They preach that the press is an enemy of the people, and so is the opposition party. Your Mango Mussolini celebrates the manliness of a Congressman grabbing a reporter by the neck, throwing him to the ground, and punching him once he’s down. Too late to go: “oh dear me, this one guy took it a little too far. He’s not really one of ours.” He damn sure is. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/273 "2018-10-26T22:09:40Z")
Hey **AnthonyElite** : now you’re one of _them_, since they’ve taken over the GOP. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/274 "2018-10-26T22:22:12Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Your stinkin’ party preaches that blacks are living on a welfare plantation, that Hispanics are all MS-13, that Muslims are all terrorists, scares people that ISIS is sending people to Honduras to mix in with the refugees heading this way, chants “LOCK HER UP!!” not just about Hillary but practically any woman they don’t like now, not to mention George Soros, who they’re turning into the new Emmanuel Goldstein for when they finally tire of Hillary (if they ever do), not to mention the underlying anti-Semitism of the string-pulling Jewish financier meme - not to mention their reluctance to condemn _outright_ anti-Semitism anymore. They preach that the press is an enemy of the people, and so is the opposition party. Your Mango Mussolini celebrates the manliness of a Congressman grabbing a reporter by the neck, throwing him to the ground, and punching him once he’s down. > > Too late to go: “oh dear me, this one guy took it a little too far. He’s not really one of ours.” > > He damn sure is. DAMN, **AnthonyElite**! I don’t think I’ve ever seen **RTFirefly** quite this angry-sounding. Ya done fucked up, man. ---
**Author:** ![JB99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JB99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JB99)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/275 "2018-10-26T22:22:25Z")
**AnthonyElite** you vote for lying hate mongers who demonize and dehumanize liberals for 30 years and then you act like it’s some big fucking surprise. Fuck you. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/276 "2018-10-26T22:23:47Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Hey **AnthonyElite** : now you’re one of _them_, since they’ve taken over the GOP. I looked around about 15 or so years ago and saw who I was now associated with and left the party. Admittedly, I should have left sooner. It did require some degree of epiphany that I wasn’t locked in. But, it really was a sudden mental shift that happened where I realized that I could stop being a Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/277 "2018-10-26T22:24:53Z")
[Check this out](https://apnews.com/151f311056594102b23a68404f562b3d): > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump says he knows the pipe bomb suspect was a supporter, but says he bears “no blame” for the suspect’s actions. > > Speaking with reporters on the South Lawn Friday before he left for a political rally in North Carolina, Trump said, “There is no blame.” And of course, he makes sure to tell everyone how Republicans are the REAL victims here. :rolleyes: > [@](#): > > He says the pipe bomb incidents have hampered Republicans’ momentum moving into the midterm elections. And he is taking a jab at the media, saying journalists have been unfair to Republicans. Fuck Trump and his Cult of Victims. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/278 "2018-10-26T22:29:26Z")
> [@AnthonyElite](#): > > There is nothing right in the head about that guy. > > What he did is undeniably wrong. > > He doesn’t represent Republicans in any way. > > You don’t get to pick who claims to be in your group but we don’t want him. Ah, but Republicans represent him and guys like him. If it weren’t for people who shared his beliefs Trump wouldn’t be President. If you don’t want him, the Republican leadership should have publicly repudiated all the ugly shit that Trump has been spewing that motivates guys like him. You bought him, he’s yours. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/279 "2018-10-26T22:30:48Z")
I am expecting Trump to tweet, “I like MAGAbombers who don’t get captured.” ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/280 "2018-10-26T22:32:55Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > ETA: I’m not sure how sending 12 mail bombs doesn’t result in at least 12 criminal charges. Don’t they save them up, just in case? Or maybe there’s more than one bomber? Perhaps they think Sayoc is working with someone? And they have yet to catch that other person? Presumption of innocence applies, of course, and I hope his trial is fair and open. I would not be surprised if this guy had a low IQ and were borderline handicapped, so any possibility of a railroad or bullying a confession out of him must be excluded. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454.md?page=15)