• moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub
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    10 months ago

    In short, what we know about Tyler Robinson so far:

    • He’s not affiliated with any political party
    • He is pro gun
    • He has a trans roommate, who by some accounts he was romantically involved with
    • He is allegedly bisexual
    • The carvings on his bullets are memes and video game references, not a political manifesto

    In short, the guy likely has a mixture of conservative and liberal views.

    • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      10 months ago

      The final point is the part that’s still being debated I think. The memes are definitely groyper memes, and this article seems to confirm that he was a big player of Helldivers 2, which groypers like to use as a sort-of digital Nazi bar.

      The big thing is just that he’s definitely not a leftist, which is of course a huge sigh of relief, but there’s still the very real chance that this was an act of far-right on far-right violence.

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        10 months ago

        The big thing is just that he’s definitely not a leftist, which is of course a huge sigh of relief, but there’s still the very real chance that this was an act of far-right on far-right violence.

        In the end, it really doesn’t matter.

        Promote a field of political violence, and then you can play both sides.

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      10 months ago

      he calls his roommate “my love” in the released texts

      he also says the bullet carvings are just memes

  • UngodlyAudrey🏳️‍⚧️@beehaw.org
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    10 months ago

    The apparent apolitical nature of the alleged shooter would be very inconvenient for the administration if they cared about the truth at all. Unfortunately, they just put out some bullshit, their base eats it up, and now they’re foaming at the mouth to go after anyone to the left of Rush Limbaugh. Real fun times we’re living in.

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    10 months ago

    He’s sounding more and more like a kind of normal guy who more so went postal than had a hard political agenda