• I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    6 hours ago

    Is there anything that is actually conclusive about what his views were? Like his social media accounts, his discord history?

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      None. There is zero definitive evidence of which side of the aisle he is on. The right wants him to be left and the left wants him to be right. Some on the right want justice, some want vengeance. Most on the left are celebrating either way, some didn’t agree with Kirk but didn’t believe he should die for his views.

      Then you have the people in the center of the aisle that just want to be left alone and don’t care. Both the left and right hates these people.

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        some didn’t agree with Kirk but didn’t believe he should die for his views.

        I just need to call this part out because it keeps getting repeated. I don’t think hardly anybody thinks he deserved to die for his views. His actions, on the other hand, really get people’s attention.

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        4 hours ago

        And a fair chance he isn’t on any side in particular. The team sports model of politics isn’t everything…

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          Completely agree. I’m a center aisle guy myself. Hell, I don’t even wanna be center. I don’t even wanna be in the same room 😂

    • Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 hours ago

      Imagine someone engraving bullets with “Heil Hitler” and doing salutes on his socials.

      Is it conclusive proof he’s a nazi? I guess not, but it’s a pretty big fucking hint.

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        4 hours ago

        He didn’t carve heil Hitler though. He carved anti fascist messages that have been co-opted by the far right to make fun of the left. The messages can be interpreted either way.

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          2 hours ago

          I guess taking photos where you recreate pepe the frog memes is all just a funny coincidence.

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        Dunno about his socials (because really I couldn’t care less who killed that piece of shit), but pretending the bullet engravings were anywhere near as clear as “heil hitler” would be can’t be serious. It’s more like if he had some random version of pepe engraved on them. Hints that he could be a groyper but by no means conclusive.

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      Nope. You could use what info there is to make an argument either way. But people just want to be right to the extent that they go with whatever they want to be true I guess.