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    20 hours ago

    So how do you know he’s right wing?

    Edit: Also how do address the hate comment? And justify him killing Kirk for not being far-right enough?

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      16 hours ago

      I don’t. I don’t really think the information points to a specific ideology at this point in time. I’d give the odds of them being conservative about 65%. He was born and raised in a Christian conservative family. In a religious conservative state. Gay hate can only really exist in an environment without gay people, same thing for people who hate trans people.

      Which hate comment are you talking about? I am not familiar, so this might change my opinion.

      As for not being far right enough, that’s easy. The online and professional media have been playing the game of who can be more extreme for a while now. I believe there’s a lot of conservatives out there who would be willing to kill someone on their same side for not being extreme enough. They would consider them traders, grifters, or not real conservatives.

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        14 hours ago

        He was born and raised in a Christian conservative family. In a religious conservative state.

        The origin story of many gay people or future political leftists.

        Gay hate can only really exist in an environment without gay people, same thing for people who hate trans people.

        Assertion. It’s like saying you can’t hate men unless you grow up in a society without them. People hate all kinds of people for all kinds of reason. This argument doesn’t work.

        Which hate comment are you talking about?

        He said Kirk was spreading hate.

        I believe there’s a lot of conservatives out there who would be willing to kill someone on their same side for not being extreme enough.

        What you believe has nothing to do with what is true. There is no evidence that he thought Kirk wasnt extreme enough. In fact his hate comment indicates it could be the opposite. (e.g. that he saw Kirk as a Nazi that needed to be killed)

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          Holy poop you are coming on wrong and hard. I don’t know if the shooter conservative or not, but you desperately don’t want him to be. Probably because it would look bad for you if he was.

          You’re not interested in the truth, just a narrative.

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            I’m challenging the certainty of this entire site. My personal opinion is that he is a broken product of a nihilistic culture. I also think that he hated Charlie because he thought Charlie hated gays even though he was a big tent conservative that was inclusive for all. What people don’t understand is that Kirk WAS the moderate conservative.

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              3 hours ago

              Kirk was definitionally a fascist.

              As for what the shooter is, I’m sure time will tell. I don’t see a need to jump to conclusions on that yet.

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                Who’s somebody on the right that’s not a fascist in your view? The craziest thing is that people are calling him a Nazi when one of the biggest goals of his organization was to stake a big tent and prevent people from being radicalized. He was a “constitutionalist” milquetoast conservative. With him being killed now his audience will certainly go further right.

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                  That is kinda a strange way to counter my point that he is definitionally a fascist. Are you saying that if enough people are fascist then the none of them are?

                  I am saying that the rhetoric that Kirk used fits the definition of fascist rhetoric. If everyone in the world meets that definition, then everyone in the world is fascist. That’s how definitions work.

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              ~~Kirk was definitionally a fascist.

              As for what the shooter is, I’m sure time will tell. I don’t see a need to jump to conclusions on that yet.~~

              Edit: duplicate post due to lag. Please ignore