The Charlie Kirk Thread

[breepf]

Whatever this kid's exact ideology turns out to be (and it may be a little incoherent) it's clear that he was hyper online. If nothing else comes from this maybe this can help us have a much-needed reckoning about how toxic online spaces are and how they incentivize and promote extremist rhetoric and action. Social media and other online spaces are rotting out kids' brains.

Good luck with that. Red-state legislatures are more likely to blame humanities programs for radicalizing good white Mormons into antifa assassins. I expect severe restrictions on academic freedom--such as it is--in universities.

 

[superrific]

If someone writes up down right right right on a bullet, and that happens to be the exact combo for calling in an airstrike in a video game, and he was shooting someone from an elevated position, and another bullet said "catch this, fascist," I'm going with a video game reference.

 

[superrific]

(and it may be a little incoherent)

My guess is that it's a lot incoherent.

 

[theel4life]

Here is The shooter dressing up like the Pepe the frog meme.

 

[rodoheel]

Good luck with that. Red-state legislatures are more likely to blame humanities programs for radicalizing good white Mormons into antifa assassins. I expect severe restrictions on academic freedom--such as it is--in universities.

I fully recognize how hard it will be. A lot of people profit a lot from making these online spaces so toxic (and Charlie Kirk was one of the best examples of those people). The people and businesses who have captured the eyeballs, minds, and dollars of young Americans (and increasingly all Americans) are not going to give that up willingly - any more than Fox News will be willing to give up the toxicity and grievance that keep its own audience constantly angry (and constantly tuning in).

 

[UNCatTech]

 

[theel4life]

This kid was clearly groyper.

 

[4thgenheel]

Whatever this kid's exact ideology turns out to be (and it may be a little incoherent) it's clear that he was hyper online. If nothing else comes from this maybe this can help us have a much-needed reckoning about how toxic online spaces are and how they incentivize and promote extremist rhetoric and action. Social media and other online spaces are rotting out kids' brains.

not just kids, adults too. hoards of middle aged and even elderly people are drowning in the social media/online brain-rot ecosystem.

its why i left all social media (aside from this site). it's glaringly obvious bad news.

i hope that 20 years from now we're talking about it almost like we do cigarettes now. "oh, you still have _____? wow..."

 

[ZenMode]

If someone writes up down right right right on a bullet, and that happens to be the exact combo for calling in an airstrike in a video game, and he was shooting someone from an elevated position, and another bullet said "catch this, fascist," I'm going with a video game reference.

Inscriptions were also found on three unfired casings. The first one read, "Hey fascist! Catch!" with an up arrow, a right arrow and three down arrows. The second one said, "Oh Bella, ciao, bella, ciao Bella ciao ciao ciao." The third one read, "If you read this, you are gay LMAO"

 

[SnoopRob]

If someone writes up down right right right on a bullet, and that happens to be the exact combo for calling in an airstrike in a video game, and he was shooting someone from an elevated position, and another bullet said "catch this, fascist," I'm going with a video game reference.

Same bullet has both the arrows & "Hey fascist! Catch!" on it.

But other than that, yeah, the arrows are almost certainly a video game reference.

 

[sringwal]

Whatever this kid's exact ideology turns out to be (and it may be a little incoherent) it's clear that he was hyper online. If nothing else comes from this maybe this can help us have a much-needed reckoning about how toxic online spaces are and how they incentivize and promote extremist rhetoric and action. Social media and other online spaces are rotting out kids' brains.

Absolutely.

 

[nycfan]

I believe that a bulletproof vest is SOP when bringing in a high profile suspect who might draw revenge killer attention. Even cops who may want to see him in the electric chair don’t want him killed by a sniper in their custody.

 

[Kingpin]

I do wonder how long, if ever, a Kash Patel led FBI would have taken to catch this shooter had he not confessed to his family and they turn him in.

 

[breepf]

This kid was clearly groyper.

A few thoughts on why I think this conclusion is wrong:

1) The kid is imitating the meme in 2018 as a 15-year-old. Kids change a lot between 15 and 22.

2) Pepe memes eventually expanded well outside the alt-right bubble.

3) This particular "gropnik" meme was never specific to the alt-right.

4) The bullet casings and his talk about Kirk's speech.

 

[thebruinbleedstarheelblue]

The shooter told others Kirk was a spreader of hate.

This is true. doesn’t justify his actions, but this is true…hate and lies.

 

[SnoopRob]

I saw on Reddit where this was labeled as the "first shitpost assassination".

I think there is a good bit of truth to the statement.

 

[1moretimeagain]

Has a criminal record been disclosed or was Robinson a law-abiding gun owner prior to this week?

 

[thebruinbleedstarheelblue]

Oh, that's just the VP using the death of a YouTuber to push a political agenda and stir unrest amongst the people they're supposed to lead.

Did they do all of this for actual elected officials who were killed?

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]