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bucolic_frolic

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2. It takes rigid, authoritarian, paranoid minds
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 08:47 PM
Yesterday

to set out and execute someone in a premeditated manner. No ambiguity. You are right and want the other guy dead.

Generally, liberals understand shades of gray, there is ambiguity in most things in their lives. They are not good candidates for assassins.

IMHO, of course.

Look for a "he secretly pulled a 180, and was radicalized by the left" narrative. RockRaven Yesterday #1
Oh, they already are relayerbob Yesterday #12
Yep, blaming his exposure to leftist college professors Attilatheblond 23 hrs ago #20
They Have to shift blame IbogaProject 23 hrs ago #23
Or their ideology. Amaryllis 5 hrs ago #72
On Fox News they're claiming Diraven Yesterday #16
I saw a professor's post that said, "if I could indoctrinate my students, I'd make them read the syllabus." nt spooky3 Yesterday #17
🤣🤣🤣🤣 mchill 22 hrs ago #34
It's true róisín_dubh 18 hrs ago #47
I saw a post from a second grade teacher BlueKota 12 hrs ago #54
I posted something similar on threads earlier moose65 4 hrs ago #77
not community college: Utah State University Celerity 23 hrs ago #25
Quick.....have the National Guard occupy Utah!! n/t AdamGG 22 hrs ago #40
Gotta be nice when you have - or are provided - excuses to exclaim horrible behavior. calimary 2 hrs ago #81
That's already being pushed on the rwnj sites I monitor. SeattleVet 23 hrs ago #21
Actually, I am finding arguments from other posters who say that Jack Valentino 22 hrs ago #43
Have seen that on other sites as well. It's gang violence period. PortTack 5 hrs ago #74
Yeah, those liberal electrican instructors LogDog75 22 hrs ago #39
Nope, DC current 😁 gab13by13 12 hrs ago #52
AC-DC - Swings both ways. reACTIONary 5 hrs ago #73
"The Left", is anyone that uses their head a bit to figure things out... IthinkThereforeIAM 9 hrs ago #67
It takes rigid, authoritarian, paranoid minds bucolic_frolic Yesterday #2
Critical Thinking. multigraincracker 22 hrs ago #32
That was basically my point Cosmocat 19 hrs ago #45
I think it's more accurate to say that in general, left leaners are slower to resort to violence harumph 12 hrs ago #60
The right has been accusing the left of being cowardly, pacifist pansies for decades. sop 4 hrs ago #76
Was he radicalized by Fuentes? Sneederbunk Yesterday #3
I think he was radicalized by his family Farmer-Rick Yesterday #14
I dont get the sense they got him there Cosmocat 19 hrs ago #46
He was so young. A weird combo of Groyper Army, gaming culture, and manosphere... pat_k 23 hrs ago #31
Wow, Ellie Reeve's observation is a good one, particularly for the RWNJ who are blaming the left. FadedMullet 22 hrs ago #35
She seems to know of what she speaks. pat_k 22 hrs ago #36
Nick Fuentes, republican, white supremacist, misogynist, antisemite, Holocaust denier. Norrrm 12 hrs ago #59
Pretzelogic Clouds Passing 11 hrs ago #63
Steely Dan much? Ligyron 4 hrs ago #75
I do Clouds Passing 3 hrs ago #78
And this is important because of the violence that comes from the right is way more than from the left uponit7771 Yesterday #4
I am seeing bothsiderism comments in the NYT tonekat 23 hrs ago #19
Statistical likelihood was in favor. MaineBlueBear Yesterday #5
lol yeah, i heard that. stupid rat Gov. but...he did give other good points. Nimble_Idea Yesterday #9
This won't be popular, but I want to step in and defend Spencer Cox pat_k 22 hrs ago #33
Interesting that one white wing racist assassinated another. Silent Type Yesterday #6
Not racist enough for a racist roamer65 Yesterday #8
Saying XCSki Yesterday #11
In the end, I think this guy will turn out to be like most of similar shooters, young, living at home, Silent Type 23 hrs ago #29
He shared an apartment with a friend 10 minutes from his parents' home LogDog75 22 hrs ago #41
Gee, and what else do those types also have in common? W_HAMILTON 19 hrs ago #44
I guessed that the shooter would be a maga rwnj. markodochartaigh Yesterday #7
Remember the old Bolsheviks? JanMichael Yesterday #10
When you finally get a utopia of like-minded people, they will soon split into two main groups of true believers. The m Norrrm 12 hrs ago #55
I was way off. StarryNite Yesterday #13
No professional Greg_In_SF Yesterday #15
Nope RandiFan1290 15 hrs ago #48
My thinking was if it had been one if us ms liberty Yesterday #18
Knew it before the news came out Picaro 23 hrs ago #22
Same. Delarage 23 hrs ago #24
Yep, me too blubunyip 23 hrs ago #27
What do I win? yourout 23 hrs ago #26
I'm honestly a little disappointed. Queso Delicioso 23 hrs ago #28
He was a Groyper AncientOfDays 23 hrs ago #30
Link? RandomNumbers 13 hrs ago #50
Link Heidi 12 hrs ago #57
Thanks! will read it. RandomNumbers 12 hrs ago #58
David Shuster posted something (yesterday, IIRC) about this. keep_left 6 hrs ago #71
85% chance you would be right. Old Crank 22 hrs ago #37
Well, I suspected Trump of orchestrating it. Does that count? 58Sunliner 22 hrs ago #38
Maybe they'll agree to withhold the death penalty AdamGG 22 hrs ago #42
The trolls are losing their mind over calling him a "Groyper" RandiFan1290 15 hrs ago #49
Sucker bet. Missed an opportunity to sucker a MAGAt. nt eppur_se_muova 12 hrs ago #51
Anyone with common sense could see that. Emile 12 hrs ago #53
White, Christian, gun rights supporter, Second Amendment solution. republican family, Trumpster, straight, non-trans, Norrrm 12 hrs ago #56
I'm going with MAGA-cide. Kirk the MAGA killed by another MAGA. Something Trump/GOP never figured on. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 11 hrs ago #61
It was obvious to my friends and me. rickford66 11 hrs ago #62
I didn't think the shooter would necessarily be a MAGA head case, but given the venue and the state where Texin 9 hrs ago #64
Me! Immediately! Jrsygrl96 9 hrs ago #65
Yep... IthinkThereforeIAM 9 hrs ago #66
There is little to nothing factual showing that this guy was a MAGA or anything else. Callie1979 8 hrs ago #68
They may have guesed, but could still be wrong. Yorkie Mom 7 hrs ago #69
That was my first thought. mwb970 6 hrs ago #70
He was braver than many.. I-teach-kids 3 hrs ago #79
That's not the stories i'm seeing. Groundhawg 3 hrs ago #80
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