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44. We have no idea what the shooter's motivation was

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 12:48 AM

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and we won’t unless he’s apprehended or identified. That Trump and the MAGAs are blaming the left is just what they do. Saying it’s a false flag assumes a motivation to counter. We have to know the motivation before dreaming up alternate scenarios.

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Maybe it was a false flag. Just too convenient. This just appeared on the Alternet. [View all] yellow dahlia Wednesday OP

sure had a quick response did he not nt msongs Wednesday #1

If it wasn't a false flag.... yellow dahlia Wednesday #3

A day before 9/11 usonian Wednesday #35

Yup. SheltieLover Wednesday #5

He doth protest too much SheltieLover Wednesday #2

Indeed. yellow dahlia Wednesday #7

Hiya! SheltieLover Wednesday #11

Back atcha! yellow dahlia Wednesday #12

I didn't want to post it, just think it, gab13by13 Wednesday #4

Yes he did. yellow dahlia Wednesday #8

Read this SheltieLover Wednesday #9

There's more to this than at first glance. yellow dahlia Wednesday #14

Absofuckingloutely! SheltieLover Wednesday #15

He Was Too Young... DET Wednesday #17

No idea. I was citing a kennedy's post SheltieLover Thursday #47

Wanted to be the R candidate for what in 2024? Wasn't he 31? Not old enough to be POTUS Attilatheblond Wednesday #30

No idea. I was citing a kennedy's post SheltieLover Thursday #46

It boggles the mind! Attilatheblond Thursday #56

It sure does! SheltieLover Thursday #58

He backed off on that, said he didn't want to talk about it anymore. Bev54 Wednesday #32

Like his massive crackdown on radical right political violence after killing of Democratic Minnesota elected politicians Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #6

You noticed... yellow dahlia Wednesday #10

One thing which is believable about a conspiracy theory of that sort is the part where RockRaven Wednesday #13

Kills three birds w/ one stone. yellow dahlia Wednesday #16

Martial law anyone? chicoescuela Wednesday #20

Exactly! yellow dahlia Wednesday #22

Yup canetoad Wednesday #36

Can he name one radical left gunman who shot up a school full of kids? Bayard Wednesday #18

The false flag is the one flying over the White House. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Wednesday #19

Does the USA JBTaurus83 Wednesday #21

Good point yellow dahlia Wednesday #23

So Kirk is alive? Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #24

I haven't seen any reports that he is alive. yellow dahlia Wednesday #25

Well you suggested it was a "false flag" Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #33

And, at present, Charlie Kirk is dead. Abolishinist Thursday #42

The idiot russian agent orange who destroyed order in this country now wants to bring it back, good luck sucker ImNotGod Wednesday #26

Thank you. H2O Man Wednesday #27

However ...... H2O Man Wednesday #29

Almost by definition. PurgedVoter Thursday #61

No. We just live in a very polarizing country where access to firearms is really easy - especially in a state like Utah. Feel Good Inc Wednesday #28

Fuck you Asshole Traitor! We know how you Kill Cha Wednesday #31

Same thoughts myself canetoad Wednesday #34

Who is "Mr. X" This Time? MrWowWow Wednesday #37

It certainly got Epstein out off the front page. The media acting as if it's the Challenger Disaster is concerning. AStern Thursday #38

If the vote on releasing the Epstein files had gone the other way, it would have been huge, so a diversion was needed Doodley Thursday #39

Maybe it was little green men from Mars? tritsofme Thursday #40

until shown otherwise, the shooter was a rightwinger ecstatic Thursday #41

Response from the Oval Office: Rhiannon12866 Thursday #43

We have no idea what the shooter's motivation was iemanja Thursday #44

and everyone else who brings order to our country? Justice matters. Thursday #45

Looking at this from the outside DFW Thursday #48

I think it's likely that this was not politically motivated Buckeyeblue Thursday #57

Mr. Dahlia and I were just making some of the same points. yellow dahlia Thursday #60

I think the Black Bloc did it Charmin One Thursday #49

Fascists believe they have a reason to hate even more. Emile Thursday #50

I think he was supposed to be winged, ala TACO's ear. marble falls Thursday #51

People on the right don't realize . . . Aussie105 Thursday #52

What radical left? Dave Bowman Thursday #53

Oh ya know MaineBlueBear Thursday #55

Turned on Morning Joe at 6am just turned it off at 720am. The single subject doc03 Thursday #54

Exactly. yellow dahlia Thursday #59