The Charlie Kirk Thread


Interesting thread! I follow a lot of commentators on the far right, but I'm unfamiliar with Cochran. But I hope he's right about the shooter's political motivations. That being said, none of this stuff about Groypers makes sense of the shooter's comment's about Kirk's speech.
 
Interesting thread! I follow a lot of commentators on the far right, but I'm unfamiliar with Cochran. But I hope he's right about the shooter's political motivations. That being said, none of this stuff about Groypers makes sense of the shooter's comment's about Kirk's speech.
do you have a link to reporting on this?

not challenging you, just curious. i think you said in another post that he allegedly made comments to friends and family?
 
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.
If you are looking for which party to blame, than maybe. But when you consider the fact that the internet is spreading hate, it absolutely matters. People susceptible to conspiracy often oscillate between views, and grow angry with those that they feel manipulated them in the past.
 
How does that work? If any member of the "right" celebrates political violence, then all Republicans, or anyone who can be considered to be on the "right", should expect they might be killed and it's ok?
Killed,? No, of course not.

Quit building strawmen.

But when someone (ahem...) reflexively and slavishly carries water for these reprehensible type then of course they share in the shame.
 
do you have a link to reporting on this?

not challenging you, just curious. i think you said in another post that he allegedly made comments to friends and family?

I saw it on the NYT this morning, but it's part of the "live news updates," so it's proving impossible to find. This godforsaken Canadian Yahoo! site references what Robinson allegedly said.

 
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