He didn’t say which 24 hours he’d end the war in (/s)

I think Islamist terror attacks weren’t considered left or right

He apparently apologized, though I have not read what exactly he said.

I’ve heard it GROI-per /gɹɔɪ.pɝ/

Mmm…steamed clams

• Joe vs the Volcano
• The Princess Bride
• Monty Python and the holy grail
• Inception
• the matrix
• UHF
• Knives Out
• Groundhog Day
• The Lord of the Rings trilogy
• Various Studio Ghibli movies (spirited away, Howl’s Moving Castle, etc.)

(I’m definitely forgetting some)

Yeah, there isn’t enough evidence to definitively prove it either way, and much of the evidence out there is tenuous or based on anonymous sources or tweets.

I agree that the claim he’s on the left is more plausible.

I don’t think we’ll know for sure unless he says something.

Zero Fahrenheit is like -18 C.

I haven’t seen any convincing evidence of this yet. It’s definitely a possibility, but we shouldn’t act like it’s been confirmed.

As I said in another comment, groypers and their ilk coopt existing symbols to identify themselves. They act in the realm of plausible deniability, making it very hard to prove who is and isn’t part of the movement.

Most of the inscriptions could also support the conclusion that he’s on the left. (More plausibly than they support the groyper idea, imo)

Or maybe he’s just a nihilist who wanted to be famous and filled the bullets with ironic memes and video game references.

The case is not closed on his motivations.

It’s very possible to have politics that differ from your family. It’s also possible for politics to change over the course of years. I think he used to be MAGA, but shifted over to the left within the last few years.

Groypers and the alt-right generally co-opt existing symbols to define themselves, making it quite difficult to definitively determine who’s part of the group. They love plausible deniability.

Nothing enscribed on the bullets is definitive proof. A lot of the links to groypers are tenuous at best.

I don’t think we’ll be sure of the motive until he tells us, but at this point, I think he was most likely on the left.

I agree. This sort of violence should not be normalized.

I understand why some people feel the way they do, but I don’t think we want to set a precedent that murdering someone is fine, as long as you think their political actions are distasteful.

The statements from his friend have been retracted.

At this point, there is not enough conclusive evidence to determine the shooter’s beliefs. A lot of the evidence is contradictory and keeps getting retracted and overturned.

I personally don’t find the groyper narrative all that convincing, it seems like wishful thinking, but I don’t think it can be entirely ruled out yet.

Those of us who are politically active been aware of the movement for years. It’s absolutely not some new term.

It’s not like this kind of violence is exclusive to the left. While left-wing violence is real and shouldn’t be ignored, the claim that all violence is left-wing is simply not true.

The same day that Kirk was killed, a mass shooting happened in Colorado. The shooter was a neo-nazi. Charlie Kirk has been credited in at least one shooter’s manifesto.

Every time a far-right guy commits a mass shooting, your side claims that the shooter is a “lone wolf”. Why does this act of violence not get the same treatment?

Why is every single conservative mass shooting not related to the conservative media ecosystem?

Folks like Tucker Carlson, Libs of Tiktok, Matt Walsh, spread rhetoric far more violent than anything I’ve seen people on the left say in response this shooting.

People like that constantly dehumanize others. They openly call for minorities to be removed from society.

The tendencies you talk about are in no way exclusive to the left.

(To be clear, I do not condone the killing. It should not have happened. It’s sad that violence has been normalized in this country to this point)

Ahh yes, how pro-life

An unpopular opinion? In my unpopular opinion community?

We should definitely avoid jumping to conclusions at this point

They forgor

The comments in the article have since been retracted; the source hadn’t talked to the shooter in years, and admitted they didn’t remember their relationship

Did you find it under bricks and rubble?

It’s a const pointer to a picture of an ape

Ohio does the same thing