• moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub
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    9 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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      9 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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        9 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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      9 months ago

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

      he also says the bullet carvings are just memes