John T. Earnest: Difference between revisions

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Earnest was a 2017 graduate of Mt. Carmel High School and a nursing school student at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM). Officials said he had no previous criminal record or contacts with police, and no known connection to any [[White Power Movement|white supremacist]] group. The shooter apparently attempted to livestream the shooting on Facebook, but failed.

In an antisemitic and racist open letter posted on 8chan shortly before the shooting and signed with Earnest's name, the author blamed Jews for the supposed ~~white~~ [[genocide]] ~~conspiracy theory~~, which he referred to as the "meticulously planned genocide of the European race". He cited shooters [[Brenton Tarrant]] and [[Robert Bowers]] for their involvement in respectively the Christchurch shootings at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand and the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting at Tree of Life - Or L'Simcha Congregation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as well as Jesus Christ, Paul the Apostle, Martin Luther, [[Adolf Hitler]], Ludwig van Beethoven, Moon Man and Pink Guy for being the figures who inspired him to commit the Poway shooting as well as a joking mention of PewDiePie and referencing "The Day of the Rope" an event from [[William Luther Pierce]]'s neo-[[Nazi]] novel ''The Turner Diaries'' (1978) in which Jews, non-whites and liberals are executed including racial slurs targeting African-Americans and Hispanics and urged more violent attacks while avoiding arrest.

In an antisemitic and racist open letter posted on 8chan shortly before the shooting and signed with Earnest's name, the author blamed Jews for the supposed [[Great Replacement / White Genocide|White genocide conspiracy theory]], which he referred to as the "meticulously planned [[genocide]] of the European race". He cited shooters [[Brenton Tarrant]] and [[Robert Bowers]] for their involvement in respectively the Christchurch shootings at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand and the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting at Tree of Life - Or L'Simcha Congregation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as well as Jesus Christ, Paul the Apostle, Martin Luther, [[Adolf Hitler]], Ludwig van Beethoven, Moon Man and Pink Guy for being the figures who inspired him to commit the Poway shooting as well as a joking mention of PewDiePie and referencing "The Day of the Rope" an event from [[William Luther Pierce]]'s neo-[[Nazi]] novel ''The Turner Diaries'' (1978) in which Jews, non-whites and liberals are executed including racial slurs targeting African-Americans and Hispanics and urged more violent attacks while avoiding arrest.

He condemned President [[Donald Trump]] as a pro-Zionist traitor. He also justified his actions by including Bible quotes in his manifesto. The author also claimed responsibility for a March 2019 [[arson]] attack on a mosque in Escondido, California, about 15 miles (24 km) from Poway. That arson attempt was extinguished with only minor damage to the building and no injuries; graffiti left in the parking lot made reference to the earlier Christchurch shooting.

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 Earnest was a 2017 graduate of Mt. Carmel High School and a nursing school student at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM). Officials said he had no previous criminal record or contacts with police, and no known connection to any [[White Power Movement|white supremacist]] group. The shooter apparently attempted to livestream the shooting on Facebook, but failed.
-In an antisemitic and racist open letter posted on 8chan shortly before the shooting and signed with Earnest's name, the author blamed Jews for the supposed white [[genocide]] conspiracy theory, which he referred to as the "meticulously planned genocide of the European race". He cited shooters [[Brenton Tarrant]] and [[Robert Bowers]] for their involvement in respectively the Christchurch shootings at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand and the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting at Tree of Life - Or L'Simcha Congregation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as well as Jesus Christ, Paul the Apostle, Martin Luther, [[Adolf Hitler]], Ludwig van Beethoven, Moon Man and Pink Guy for being the figures who inspired him to commit the Poway shooting as well as a joking mention of PewDiePie and referencing "The Day of the Rope" an event from [[William Luther Pierce]]'s neo-[[Nazi]] novel ''The Turner Diaries'' (1978) in which Jews, non-whites and liberals are executed including racial slurs targeting African-Americans and Hispanics and urged more violent attacks while avoiding arrest.
+In an antisemitic and racist open letter posted on 8chan shortly before the shooting and signed with Earnest's name, the author blamed Jews for the supposed [[Great Replacement / White Genocide|White genocide conspiracy theory]], which he referred to as the "meticulously planned [[genocide]] of the European race". He cited shooters [[Brenton Tarrant]] and [[Robert Bowers]] for their involvement in respectively the Christchurch shootings at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand and the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting at Tree of Life - Or L'Simcha Congregation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as well as Jesus Christ, Paul the Apostle, Martin Luther, [[Adolf Hitler]], Ludwig van Beethoven, Moon Man and Pink Guy for being the figures who inspired him to commit the Poway shooting as well as a joking mention of PewDiePie and referencing "The Day of the Rope" an event from [[William Luther Pierce]]'s neo-[[Nazi]] novel ''The Turner Diaries'' (1978) in which Jews, non-whites and liberals are executed including racial slurs targeting African-Americans and Hispanics and urged more violent attacks while avoiding arrest.
 He condemned President [[Donald Trump]] as a pro-Zionist traitor. He also justified his actions by including Bible quotes in his manifesto. The author also claimed responsibility for a March 2019 [[arson]] attack on a mosque in Escondido, California, about 15 miles (24 km) from Poway. That arson attempt was extinguished with only minor damage to the building and no injuries; graffiti left in the parking lot made reference to the earlier Christchurch shooting.