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Culture War Roundup for the week of December 15, 2025

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor and Nuclear Physicist, Nuno Loureiro, was shot to death last night in his own home. Loureiro was reportedly Jewish and somewhat vocally pro-Israel. No suspect is in custody. I cannot help but think that this might be related to the shooting at Brown University last week. My knowledge of the geography of the northeast United States is limited, but I believe the two locations are at most a couple of hours apart. The shooting at Brown seems to have targeted the class of a professor of Israel-US relations.

I think we are are now approaching five left wing domestic terrorist attacks in as many months. When I suggested we were on the verge of slipping into another Days of Rage after the Israeli embassy attack, everyone here pooh-poohed the idea. But my concerns have only deepened since.

Because the shooting took place in his home, let's hold off on speculation just yet. It could be a domestic dispute or the likes, rather than a politically motivated one. And by the name, I would have assumed the man was Italian. He was Portuguese, and while certainly you can be Portuguese and Jewish, we don't know if he was for sure; Wikipedia says nothing about that and so where are you getting "reportedly" from?

It seems like some interested parties are claiming he was Jewish and hence that was why he was shot, but we simply don't know enough yet about what happened. This is reminding me of the list of transgender homicides, where "hit by a car and died in traffic accident" was counted as a homicide.

Because the shooting took place in his home, let's hold off on speculation just yet. It could be a domestic dispute or the likes, rather than a politically motivated one

Yeah, I think that's the default assumption. Just a wild-ass guess, but based on the fact that he's slender, decent-looking, and very stylish for a physicist, I'll go with "jealous ex-boyfriend"

Who knows? He could have been a hound with the co-eds or female faculty/staff members, and this is a jealous boyfriend/husband going after the prof sleeping with his girlfriend/wife. It could be a disgruntled neighbour over putting out the bins on the wrong day. A lot of possibilities, jumping straight to "he was Jewish! (even though on his official bios there's no mention of race or religion) and he was murdered because anti-Semitism!" is definitely leaping to conclusions.

He could have been a hound with the co-eds or female faculty/staff members, and this is a jealous boyfriend/husband going after the prof sleeping with his girlfriend/wife.

Agreed, that's another possibility worth considering.

and he was murdered because anti-Semitism!" is definitely leaping to conclusions.

I agree, although I think you are attacking a bit of a strawman here.

Here's what the poster apparently said:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor and Nuclear Physicist, Nuno Loureiro, was shot to death last night in his own home. Loureiro was reportedly Jewish and somewhat vocally pro-Israel. No suspect is in custody. I cannot help but think that this might be related to the shooting at Brown University last week. My knowledge of the geography of the northeast United States is limited, but I believe the two locations are at most a couple of hours apart. The shooting at Brown seems to have targeted the class of a professor of Israel-US relations.

I think we are are now approaching five left wing domestic terrorist attacks in as many months. When I suggested we were on the verge of slipping into another Days of Rage after the Israeli embassy attack, everyone here pooh-poohed the idea. But my concerns have only deepened since.

Also, in fairness, there is a lot of alarm in the Jewish/Zionist community over the recent attacks in Australia. The fact is that much of the world has been whipped up into an anti-Jewish frenzy as of late.

  • Girl at MIT exists
  • Student at MIT has girlfriend
  • Prof cheats with girl student on MIT boy despite having 3 kids and a wife
  • MIT boy with bright future decides to kill professor
  • MIT boy acquires gun and kills professor in home (from reports, wife was in the house)
  • Whole thing stays secret in dorm
  • Involved female keeps silence

Sounds unlikely.

Current guess:

  • Family being at home makes break-in unlikely.
  • Inside the building removes freak accident unlikely.
  • Targeted killing most likely.

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