• w3dd1e@lemmy.zip
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    23 hours ago

    Nah, this kid was from a traditional angry insecure tribalist gun-loving demographic but he was radicalized online by the vile and evil leftists. We must crack down on antifa and woke ideologies by punishing social media that exposes our precious freedom loving children.

    /s

    But in all seriousness I’m kinda low key worried he will be from a conservative family who realized there is a lot of bullshit and started aligning with the left. Because that will be a dog whistle for loyalists to kill freedom of speech online.

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      22 hours ago

      I’m kinda low key worried he will be from a conservative family who realized there is a lot of bullshit and started aligning with the left. Because that will be a dog whistle for loyalists to kill freedom of speech online.

      He likely is.

      The Daily Mail is normally a worthless heap of right-wing garbage, but they turned out to be somewhat informative (and with zero journalistic ethics) by posting family photos of the suspect: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15086467/amp/Tyler-Robinson-Charlie-Kirk-killer-identified-Utah-Trump.html

      • One of those photos is Robinson smiling while wearing a Trump costume for Halloween.

      • The family is also religious, evidenced by the dad had him go to a minister before turning himself in.

      • Both parents are registered Republicans.