To each their own I guess. This sounds like really motivated reasoning, in that you started with the end you want and then worked backwards. Right now, your hope is that the shooter is actually a fan of Fuentes despite being in a transgender relationship, despite being on the more extreme side is saying he’s doing it because some hate can’t be negotiated out (implying that he’s actually calling for more hatred and naming it as such, which most folks on these sides don’t do) while ignoring his parents claims that he’s getting more into Left wing politics.

Or, y’know, a kid who intended to get away with it, wrote some memes from a semi plausible group on bullets in an attempt to blame the Far Right.

I’m not saying your version is impossible but it does beggar belief. It’s like when my uncle defends trump and invokes all manner of wild conspiracies to do so, what he’s saying isn’t impossible it just requires a bunch of wild coincidences etc.

You should write a poem about that!

I can’t speak to the shooter’s motivations (though meme forensics seems pretty silly) but the “at a Right wing state with a Right wing governor” etc bits seem pretty dumb.

It’d be like saying the guy who went after Pelosi was clearly a Leftie because it was in a Leftie state, with a Left song governor, in a Left wing city against a Left wing politician. Pretty nonsense points and make us look dumb.

I’m not saying the shooter definitely isn’t a groyper or whatnot, I’m saying that meme forensics seem a bit of an odd way to definitively decalre someone in one group or another.

Especially when that group is really transphobic and your romantic partner is trans.

I dunno but it strikes me like anyone declaring they know this guy’s motivations one way or the other is probably just seeing what they want to see.

Edit: Okay, and now they’ve released the text exchanges and stuff. Seems pretty darned clear he’s Left wing, not Right. (Can you really imagine a far Right killing Kirk would be doing so because they “had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out” ?)

https://atty.utahcounty.gov/cms/uploads/TJR_Information_49872215e3.pdf

I’ve been wondering about this too, thought I was just out of the loop but nothing I can find from a reputable source has really made me think he’s a right winger.

Like, maybe we can’t say for sure but to insist he’s actually extremely far right seems like a wild leap.

Back in the day, shooters etc wrote lengthy manifestos.

I think they’ve realized that these days no one is going to read a full length manifesto so it’s better to note their thoughts in…

Bullet point.

(Sorry.)

Fully agree on the modern movies spoon feeding (or at least, most mainstream ones.)

I’m lucky, there’s a little indie theatre about a joints’ walk away from my place so I’ve caught a few great Westerns there. As much as I loves them, I know if I’d been at home, the distractions/phone/cat/anything else etc would’ve been overwhelming on hour 2 or 3 of slow panning across a desert vista…

No better way to honour someone who, as much as I dislike him, consistently argued government should not restrict speech and different opinions, no matter how repugnant.

Oh I figured as much, unless you went to Bayside with Zach Morris and crew!

But I didn’t know Pogs came back in the early 00s, which is super cool to hear.

Oh wow, do you mind if I ask when pogs hit for you? I would’ve been in early grade school, so, maybe 94/95.

If random internet comments are on the side you want them to be, they are a sign of the people. If they are on the other side, obviously they are AI slop.

Last week, I had to explain what pogs were to a pair of teammates, had to stop myself from starting with “back in my day, when things were good and people didn’t spend so much time on their phones…”

I realized several messages ago that unless it happened to you specifically it doesn’t count

I think without a quote and some explanation, the default has to be this is ai slop/trolling.

Or, possibly, you work or have been to too many hospices, and I’m sorry for that. I couldn’t and wouldn’t work in one. But, I think you’re letting your personal experiences lead you to some wild conclusions, like the fact that hospice seems more unpleasant than anything you are used to means that it is the worst thing that could happen to anyone. Which is a completely natural emotional reaction. But, it is leading you to very silly positions.

No one in their right mind could honestly compare a hospice death to the agony of starving to death, which is one the leading historical causes of death. To claim they are similar is silly.

lol. Life tip? When you get corrected on the facts and the resort to childish name calling, it really doesn’t make anyone think that you have a point.

You’ll learn this as you grow but hopefully a lil pointer helps you out!

I know, right! But as you grow up, hopefully you’ll read more etc and learn.

Good luck!

Childhood is when your understanding of economics is capitalism = America.

Are you seriously suggesting the levels of starvation among lemmy users is anywhere comparable to say, people on average over the last hundred years?

This is either one of the funniest demonstrations of ignorance or, I am being trolled into showing how dumb I legitimately think some of my leftist kin are.

I honestly don’t know what’s scarier; you being serious, or the fact that the online Left is dumb enough that this is a plausibly insane take.

Do you… Do you really believe most of the posters here are as poor off as a starving African woman from the late 90s?

What a breathtakingly spoiled, ignorant and childish worldview.

Don’t be upset because you conflated capitalism with America.

And lol, right winger. Given that for the past decade+ I’ve taken a major paycut to work for a proudly progressive institution because I believe in our values, well, that’s just adorable.

Knowing things doesn’t make someone a right winger (frequently, it’s the opposite!)

Yes, about 27 years ago and I can still see her face should I choose to.

Empathy shouldn’t be a pissing contest. Let’s chalk this up to ignorance, maybe you legitimately did not understand how bad and how recent human starvation is.