Ethan Stables: Bisexual terrorist who hated himself

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42920765

A 20-year-old self-confessed neo-Nazi sympathiser hiding a secret about his own identity has been convicted of preparing a terrorist attack against a pub that was hosting a gay pride night. The case raises worrying questions about the use of far-right material online.

Barrow-in-Furness knows a thing or two about national security. It's where the UK's fleet of nuclear submarines are built in a secure facility between a giant supermarket and the Irish Sea.

But the Cumbrian town had never seen anything like the events of 23 June last year when armed police officers rushed to the New Empire Pub and surrounded it.

They were trying to protect its occupants from an imminent terror attack.

Ethan Stables, 20, was preparing to walk in to the pub, which was hosting a Pride Night for Barrow's LGBT support group, with a machete and kill anyone he found.

It was a terror alert in a year of awful attacks, sparked by a man who apparently hated himself.

In early 2017, Stables was living alone in a small flat on the outskirts of town. He didn't work and while he claimed to local people to have a girlfriend, nobody had seen her.

Inside Flat 3G Egerton Court, a tall, austere block facing into the sea wind, Stables spent his hours online nurturing a hatred of his lot in life that would be eventually translated into terrorism.

During his trial at Leeds Crown Court, jurors were told that Stables:

Searched the internet for information on extremist groups including Combat 18 and banned terror group National Action. The BBC understands that he asked NA if he could join - but was turned down. Two of his searches were for how to prepare for a "race war" and tips on "how to become a terrorist"

Looked for violent or terrorism-related videos, such as scenes of torture, murders and killing sprees

Investigated how to get hold of guns and plans for building his own bombs by downloading a well-known manual. Stables took his research further, by looking into the precise chemicals he needed to buy to build a device - and tried to work out if he could join the army and smuggle a gun out for use in an attack.

More in link but an interesting look into Nazism, Terrorism and Self Loathing and the connections they have

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I guess he hated himself for being bisexual. He's definitely an idiot because he only gathered a knife, hammer, screwdriver, etc. Even if he couldn't get a gun he could've just stolen a vehicle if he wanted a rampage.

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I guess he hated himself for being bisexual. He's definitely an idiot because he only gathered a knife, hammer, screwdriver, etc. Even if he couldn't get a gun he could've just stolen a vehicle if he wanted a rampage.

I think he genuinely wanted to be sent to prison likely because he wants to be punished judging by his research