• Eldritch@piefed.world
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    7 hours ago

    So what you’re saying is that you have nothing? Not a single solitary fact, that you can point to that might indicate his possible left-leaning stance. Just on the face of it, over 70% of political violence in the United States comes from right-wing sources, less than 10% from left. By those numbers alone, it’s a fairly safe assumption he probably wasn’t at leftist.

    Those currently in power are actively trying to frame it as a leftist to justify current and future abuses of innocent people.There’s nothing wrong with pushing such a well-founded assumption as the likely truth. in the face of their propaganda. But refusing to push back against unfounded accusations against those who would be our allies. Shows that you are not likely their ally.

    But, you know what? I take it all back. Your complete and utter lack of anything at all to point to has convinced me.

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      7 hours ago

      You’re asking me to argue for something I don’t believe

      I’m done here. I’m encouraging skepticism, you’re mad about it. Deal.

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        5 hours ago

        LOL, I’m not mad. Gauging from your frustrated response, I’d say you’re projecting a little. I’m simply pointing out that skepticism for skepticism’s sake is no boon. The first couple of days, it was absolutely the call. But the longer this has gone on, the more that has come out. The more transparent, the more desperate the actions of the fascists in power to try to paint this on leftists has become. They can’t point to any leftist literature that he had.They can’t point to any of his actions, or behaviour to show it either.

        First, it was just that he himself was trans. When that narrative blew up in their face, then it became about this trans roommate. That everyone knows exists, but no one can find or get even an anonymous quote from. Not that a trans person “existing“ would radicalize someone.

        While we hem and haw debating the accuracy of the things they throw out in bad faith. They have and will trample/slaughter the truth regardless. Considering the agenda and incompetence of those running the show. We should spend more energy being sceptical of anything they put out. It will be framed and misrepresented to suit them at best. At best.

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          5 hours ago

          You’re still not getting it. Saying “I don’t know” is always an option. Just because the right is shitty enough to never do that doesn’t mean we need to even debate about this. We likely will never know why this happened, and claiming we do seems valueless to me. It changes nothing about the right being Nazis. It does nothing to help advance progressive causes. It just leads to pointless wastes of energy. It’s not like if we scream loudly enough that Robinson is a right winger then suddenly anyone changes their mind about anything at all

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            4 hours ago

            No one said it wasn’t an option. Nor was anyone criticizing you for having that opinion. I believe you don’t know. The pushback you’re receiving is that you are asserting what people who aren’t you, cannot know in your opinion. You don’t know that. And for how much you dislike my argument. You cannot rebut it because you have even less evidence of your position. Dispute ours only being based around the Fuentes cult engraved memes on the casings and the overwhelming preponderance of circumstantial evidence.

            The hilarious irony is that whether the kid is left or right, it’s irrelevant. It has and will be pinned on the left regardless of evidence. Because the fascists need it to be. And we bumble among ourselves arguing pointless minutiae as fascists achieve their goals.

            In the end realistically more than anything the kid was conflicted, manipulated, confused, and mentally unwell. Regardless of political leanings. And our society and dominant politics are the ones to blame. Not the nebulous “the left” bogeyman.

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              4 hours ago

              My only point is that there’s nothing to argue about since there’s no conclusion that can be reached.