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33. This won't be popular, but I want to step in and defend Spencer Cox

Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:23 PM

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I highly recommend this forum. Time codes for sections below.

Wes Moore's promotion and work to expand funding for a service year after high school is something that is truly a step in the right direction. And Spencer Cox has championed a similar program in Utah.

The entire program is worthwhile, but the section with Spencer Cox and Wes Moore (14:01 to 51:29) is a must see for anyone looking for signs of hope in a bleak political landscape.

With Malice Toward None, With Charity for All, 2/21/24
https://www.youtube.com/live/8SFSkWxUxeo

37 minutes
14:01 to 51:29
Keynote: Spencer Cox and Wes Moore

44 minutes
52:15 to 1:28:44
Panel
Dr. Timothy Shriver
Ruth Okejiji
Rachel Brand
Donna Brazile

1:28:30 to 1:55:00
Panel
Rev. Dr. David McAllister-Wilson
Joshua Dubois
Peter Wehner
Judge Thomas Griffith
Dr. Timothy Shriver

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Looks like those who guessed that the shooter would be a maga rwnj [View all] mwmisses4289 Friday OP

Look for a "he secretly pulled a 180, and was radicalized by the left" narrative. RockRaven Friday #1

Oh, they already are relayerbob Friday #12

Yep, blaming his exposure to leftist college professors Attilatheblond Friday #20

They Have to shift blame IbogaProject Friday #23

Or their ideology. Amaryllis Saturday #72

On Fox News they're claiming Diraven Friday #16

I saw a professor's post that said, "if I could indoctrinate my students, I'd make them read the syllabus." nt spooky3 Friday #17

🤣🤣🤣🤣 mchill Friday #34

It's true róisín_dubh Saturday #47

I saw a post from a second grade teacher BlueKota Saturday #54

I posted something similar on threads earlier moose65 Saturday #77

not community college: Utah State University Celerity Friday #25

Quick.....have the National Guard occupy Utah!! n/t AdamGG Friday #40

Gotta be nice when you have - or are provided - excuses to exclaim horrible behavior. calimary Saturday #81

That's already being pushed on the rwnj sites I monitor. SeattleVet Friday #21

Actually, I am finding arguments from other posters who say that Jack Valentino Friday #43

Have seen that on other sites as well. It's gang violence period. PortTack Saturday #74

Yeah, those liberal electrican instructors LogDog75 Friday #39

Nope, DC current 😁 gab13by13 Saturday #52

AC-DC - Swings both ways. reACTIONary Saturday #73

"The Left", is anyone that uses their head a bit to figure things out... IthinkThereforeIAM Saturday #67

It takes rigid, authoritarian, paranoid minds bucolic_frolic Friday #2

Critical Thinking. multigraincracker Friday #32

That was basically my point Cosmocat Saturday #45

I think it's more accurate to say that in general, left leaners are slower to resort to violence harumph Saturday #60

The right has been accusing the left of being cowardly, pacifist pansies for decades. sop Saturday #76

Was he radicalized by Fuentes? Sneederbunk Friday #3

I think he was radicalized by his family Farmer-Rick Friday #14

I dont get the sense they got him there Cosmocat Saturday #46

He was so young. A weird combo of Groyper Army, gaming culture, and manosphere... pat_k Friday #31

Wow, Ellie Reeve's observation is a good one, particularly for the RWNJ who are blaming the left. FadedMullet Friday #35

She seems to know of what she speaks. pat_k Friday #36

Nick Fuentes, republican, white supremacist, misogynist, antisemite, Holocaust denier. Norrrm Saturday #59

Pretzelogic Clouds Passing Saturday #63

Steely Dan much? Ligyron Saturday #75

I do Clouds Passing Saturday #78

And this is important because of the violence that comes from the right is way more than from the left uponit7771 Friday #4

I am seeing bothsiderism comments in the NYT tonekat Friday #19

Statistical likelihood was in favor. MaineBlueBear Friday #5

lol yeah, i heard that. stupid rat Gov. but...he did give other good points. Nimble_Idea Friday #9

This won't be popular, but I want to step in and defend Spencer Cox pat_k Friday #33

Interesting that one white wing racist assassinated another. Silent Type Friday #6

Not racist enough for a racist roamer65 Friday #8

Saying XCSki Friday #11

In the end, I think this guy will turn out to be like most of similar shooters, young, living at home, Silent Type Friday #29

He shared an apartment with a friend 10 minutes from his parents' home LogDog75 Friday #41

Gee, and what else do those types also have in common? W_HAMILTON Saturday #44

I guessed that the shooter would be a maga rwnj. markodochartaigh Friday #7

Remember the old Bolsheviks? JanMichael Friday #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 Saturday #55

I was way off. StarryNite Friday #13

No professional Greg_In_SF Friday #15

Nope RandiFan1290 Saturday #48

My thinking was if it had been one if us ms liberty Friday #18

Knew it before the news came out Picaro Friday #22

Same. Delarage Friday #24

Yep, me too blubunyip Friday #27

What do I win? yourout Friday #26

I'm honestly a little disappointed. Queso Delicioso Friday #28

He was a Groyper AncientOfDays Friday #30

Link? RandomNumbers Saturday #50

Link Heidi Saturday #57

Thanks! will read it. RandomNumbers Saturday #58

David Shuster posted something (yesterday, IIRC) about this. keep_left Saturday #71

85% chance you would be right. Old Crank Friday #37

This message was self-deleted by its author 58Sunliner Friday #38

Maybe they'll agree to withhold the death penalty AdamGG Friday #42

The trolls are losing their mind over calling him a "Groyper" RandiFan1290 Saturday #49

Sucker bet. Missed an opportunity to sucker a MAGAt. nt eppur_se_muova Saturday #51

Anyone with common sense could see that. Emile Saturday #53

White, Christian, gun rights supporter, Second Amendment solution. republican family, Trumpster, straight, non-trans, Norrrm Saturday #56

I'm going with MAGA-cide. Kirk the MAGA killed by another MAGA. Something Trump/GOP never figured on. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Saturday #61

It was obvious to my friends and me. rickford66 Saturday #62

I didn't think the shooter would necessarily be a MAGA head case, but given the venue and the state where Texin Saturday #64

Me! Immediately! Jrsygrl96 Saturday #65

Yep... IthinkThereforeIAM Saturday #66

There is little to nothing factual showing that this guy was a MAGA or anything else. Callie1979 Saturday #68

They may have guesed, but could still be wrong. Yorkie Mom Saturday #69

That was my first thought. mwb970 Saturday #70

He was braver than many.. I-teach-kids Saturday #79

That's not the stories i'm seeing. Groundhawg Saturday #80