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Why the MSM will never report that the mass shooter is a MAGAt Donnie Dipshit lover (Original Post) maxrandb Jul 2022 OP
Yup, another tRumpy lover Ziggysmom Jul 2022 #1
Red pants.. Beachnutt Jul 2022 #2
And that he was at least a follower of the Boogaloo Bois Botany Jul 2022 #3
Here also Beachnutt Jul 2022 #4
Ewwwwww! Weird. /nt bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #7
Trump appeals to failures and weirdos who want to feel superior IronLionZion Jul 2022 #13
Hasn't been such a widespread underground since Prohibition bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #5
Oh please stop... brooklynite Jul 2022 #6
I want the shooter tagged as a Trumper. hay rick Jul 2022 #21
And if one demented trumper is doing this, others may join him. Ilsa Jul 2022 #8
I listened to MSNBC last night for a bit Marthe48 Jul 2022 #9
Probably 4chan the website, not fortran the programming language IronLionZion Jul 2022 #10
Thank you Marthe48 Jul 2022 #12
Had never heard of 4chan the website, so looked it up KS Toronado Jul 2022 #16
They boast of an anything goes, there are no rules, attitude IronLionZion Jul 2022 #17
"and child porn" Holy Shit! KS Toronado Jul 2022 #19
They never do. yardwork Jul 2022 #11
Oh my gosh, it's Harry Potter in his Where's Waldo cosplay outfit FakeNoose Jul 2022 #14
The MSM editors are too lazy to keep up with their own news. jaxexpat Jul 2022 #15
The shooter of the Tree of Life Synagogue was also a huge trump fan. appleannie1 Jul 2022 #18
Even the Christchurch, New Zealand shooter moondust Jul 2022 #20
Because that's not reporting; that's editorializing. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 #22
Damn Straight! Cha Jul 2022 #23

Botany

(70,479 posts)
3. And that he was at least a follower of the Boogaloo Bois
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 07:18 AM
Jul 2022

And some of the mouth breathers who invaded the Capitol on 1/6/21 were Boogaloo Bois and Trump told them
that he loved them and were proud of them.





The ‘Boogaloo movement’ is an important fixture of armed right-wing politics in the United States. Its impact on the perception of protests, the relative lethality of its adherents, and its focus on fomenting civil war are all dynamics that grew out of years of online organizing, and they are unlikely to dissipate soon.

The potential for new gun restrictions and the Boogaloo movement’s ability to grab media attention through violence, as well as its armed presence and participation in demonstrations, has ensured its momentum post-election, albeit at a smaller scale. A reliance on social media organizing, which initially bolstered the movement, has now clipped the wings of its cells, as Boogaloo actors struggle to gain an immediate organizational foothold online in the aftermath of a deplatforming effort since June 2020. Though the threat of direct violence from Boogaloo adherents has waned, it remains imperative to monitor the movement for signs of a return to violent street activism.


Boogaloo adherents (often termed “Boogaloo Boys” or self-described as “Boogaloo Bois”) follow a diverse set of neo-dadaist aesthetics connected to the intention of setting off a second American Civil War, which they often regard as inevitable. The ideology behind Boogaloo is decidedly right-wing, though public commitment to right-wing ideals varies between adherents and cells, with some cells claiming to take a pseudo-left-wing position publicly (Bellingcat, 27 May 2020). The aesthetic and ideological tendencies of the loosely aligned movement is one of absurdity and disregard for one’s safety or life, combining a frustration with the current state of affairs with the notion of online culture.

The earliest reference to the “Boogaloo” as a term for civil war or race war was in 2012 on 4chan’s board for firearms, /k/. However, the movement gained steam in 2019 motivated by “anti-government anxiety,” when the term was frequently used on far-right racist channels on Telegram (WIRED, 18 June 2020; Institute for Strategic Dialogue, 26 June 2020). The term has since gathered greater appeal among armed absurdist libertarian activists. In early usage of the term, the “Boogaloo” was explicitly in reference to a race war, though this etymology is one that some media-savvy Boogaloo actors regard as unimportant or untrue (Southern Poverty Law Center, 5 June 2020; Al-Jazeera, 16 April 2021).

https://acleddata.com/2021/08/16/actor-profile-boogaloo-boys/

IronLionZion

(45,404 posts)
13. Trump appeals to failures and weirdos who want to feel superior
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 08:09 AM
Jul 2022

by stepping on someone else. Not sure how shooting a bunch of parade goers helps anything.

brooklynite

(94,462 posts)
6. Oh please stop...
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 07:30 AM
Jul 2022

You don't want the shooter to get publicity, but you want the shooter to be publicly tagged as a Trumpist?

hay rick

(7,600 posts)
21. I want the shooter tagged as a Trumper.
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 01:16 PM
Jul 2022

If the media is going to give this story heavy coverage, I want the Trump connection emphasized as opposed to seeking refuge in the "mental illness" narrative.

Ilsa

(61,690 posts)
8. And if one demented trumper is doing this, others may join him.
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 07:44 AM
Jul 2022

The other trumpers will want to join their "brother" in creating chaos.

Marthe48

(16,926 posts)
9. I listened to MSNBC last night for a bit
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 07:48 AM
Jul 2022

The host was interviewing the NBC journalist who specializes in Internet terrorism. During the segment, he said that there were 2 photos of trump in the guy's posts and you couldn't say what his political leanings are based on just 2 photos. I thought the comment was lame. Other things the guy talked about was a death cult you can find online, who discuss causing violence and death and egg each other on. He said that the latest murderer had 'art' that depicted violence. I thought fortran was mentioned in the segment, but I googled it and just got the computer programming language.

So far, people of the left haven't resorted to mass killings to solve anything. Neither have minorities or women. I'm thinking that would-be male terrorists should have a choice of having a penis or a weapon, but not both.

KS Toronado

(17,180 posts)
16. Had never heard of 4chan the website, so looked it up
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 09:30 AM
Jul 2022

Sounds like it started out innocently enough but then allowed anything & everything to be posted.

It's also responsible for hoaxes, cyberbullying and extreme Internet pranks
(e.g. leaking celebrity nudes, calling in fake bomb threats).

The QAnon conspiracy theory, which revolves around an anonymous account known as "Q," started on far-right
message board site 4chan, later moving to fellow far-right message board site 8chan ...

I understand the 1st amendment and why, but it feels like websites should have some standards as to whats
acceptable content in today's society, too many are growing "Homegrown Domestic Terrorists"

IronLionZion

(45,404 posts)
17. They boast of an anything goes, there are no rules, attitude
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 09:40 AM
Jul 2022

Their whole thing is no moderation and no standards. So loonies love it.

The irony that it has plenty of both Qanon and child porn is lost on idiots.

KS Toronado

(17,180 posts)
19. "and child porn" Holy Shit!
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 10:09 AM
Jul 2022

Only good thing is that the FBI probably has a watchful eye on the place, as they should.

FakeNoose

(32,612 posts)
14. Oh my gosh, it's Harry Potter in his Where's Waldo cosplay outfit
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 08:18 AM
Jul 2022


No wonder the cops found him so quickly.

moondust

(19,966 posts)
20. Even the Christchurch, New Zealand shooter
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 11:06 AM
Jul 2022

in 2019 posted a 74-page manifesto online in which he called Trump a 'symbol of white supremacy.' He said he was motivated by far-right extremism he saw in the United States to carry out the attack at Al Noor Mosque.

And don't forget this love affair:

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,367 posts)
22. Because that's not reporting; that's editorializing.
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 01:42 PM
Jul 2022

By the way, among the pictures that are being posted this morning at DU is this one:


There's something about that picture, some information that has been stripped from it.

It was taken by a photographer for the Chicago Tribune, which is about as mainstream as you can get.


Highland Park mass shooting suspect at a 2020 Trump rally in a where’s Waldo costume from
@chicagotribune
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