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kentuck

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14. Yep.

Reply to sboatcar (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 16, 2025, 10:50 AM

Sep 2025

I took the left and right labels to mean that he did not fit into any political niche that we are familiar with and that description was only meant to draw a contrast with the shooter's beliefs.

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Tyler Robinson was neither "far-left" or "far-right"? [View all] kentuck Sep 2025 OP

Yes, but him coming from a conservative gun culture JI7 Sep 2025 #1

Yes, he mentioned that it would not have happened if he had not been steeped in the gun culture. kentuck Sep 2025 #2

Being in LDS is basically like a cult too, soo... sboatcar Sep 2025 #6

Yep. kentuck Sep 2025 #14

Also there is no such fucking thing as the "far left" thomski64 Sep 2025 #4

Yep. There's only maga and anti-Maga. Right and left don't have anything to do with it Walleye Sep 2025 #8

There has not been one since the 1970s johnnyfins Sep 2025 #12

Don't you think Marxism is far left? Mosby Sep 2025 #19

What brand of marxism can you differentiate? GreenWave Sep 2025 #20

I saw or read a piece where the person described it as an act of trolling ms liberty Sep 2025 #3

Yes. That would fit. kentuck Sep 2025 #7

Poor guys, everybody else was getting laid in high school and they weren't Walleye Sep 2025 #11

That was a part of it that they discussed. kentuck Sep 2025 #15

Well, it's no mystery why girls didn't like them Walleye Sep 2025 #16

So Groyper nihilist clowns? harumph Sep 2025 #5

That is how I read it also. kentuck Sep 2025 #10

I would be willing to believe that he did it to impress his "friends" Walleye Sep 2025 #13

All of the above is true. Also, Robinson was obsessed with Kirk in the way Chapman was obsessed with Lennon. John1956PA Sep 2025 #9

TBH, I think this is right biocube Sep 2025 #17

The hatefest is benefiting someone. Baitball Blogger Sep 2025 #18