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[AP] Conservative activist Charlie Kirk dies after being shot at Utah college event

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by No Worries, Sep 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM.

  1. durvasa

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    Good quick read on the online meme culture from which these shooters spring:

    https://www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-kirk-was-killed-by-a-meme


    It’s also possible Robinson genuinely believes in antifascist principles. But his alleged use of random internet brainrot is notable. Many extremism researchers this morning are wondering if Robinson is a self-identified “groyper,” or follower of far-right streamer Nick Fuentes. As we wrote yesterday, Fuentes has spent years attacking Kirk online. Groypers believed that Kirk was a sellout and blocking a much more extreme version of Trumpism from taking root. For years, Groypers have been carrying out what they call “Groyper Wars,” attending Kirk’s events and trying to disrupt them. For what it’s worth, 4chan users thinkRobinson was a Groyper.

    But the conflicting tone of the bullet casings’ inscriptions may also point to a connection with the Com network and the 764 terror cell offshoot. We’ve covered these groups several times on Panic World. They primarily exist inside of Discord and Telegram group chats. They recruit vulnerable young people around the internet, including inside of multiplayer games like Minecraft and Roblox. They encourage their members to commit horrible crimes with the promise of internet clout, intentionally using conflicting political messages to obscure any larger motive besides inspiring other members of the group to do the same. A month after a school shooter made an “OK” hand sign post, mentioned above, another teenager in Nashville made the exact same joke before allegedly shooting classmates at their high school. ProPublica found they crossed paths several times in these online communities, and the Nashville shooter was making a deliberate reference to his fellow community member. Which is what is so existentially terrifying about our current political moment.
     
  2. Surfguy

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    So, every time there is a shooting, Trump immediately blames the Radical Left. Then, the evidence comes in and reality sets in. Trump is full of it yet again. That's a Trump Fact for you. It's the same playbook over and over. When someone does something he interprets as against him, then he immediately goes on the "so-and-so is a loser and has been for a long time" press tour. It's just so predictable with this guy. At least he's consistent. How anyone sees any credibility there is beyond me?
     
  3. mtbrays

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    Good luck getting the general public to understand the the motivations of a 20-something with terminal brain rot. The initial wrong reports of "trans ideology" already landed with the intended audience and it's a lot easier for them to understand than the online stew this guy existed in. He might not have shared the exact politics of the Minnesota shooter, but they swam in similar ponds full of nihilistic memes.
     
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    Fuentes doesn’t have the reach or power that Kirk did - but he is doing well. He can afford multiple body guards, despite being repeatedly deplatformed has around a million followers and gets lots of media coverage and is well known with young people.
     
  5. SamFisher

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    Hasan should declare victory and say "prove me wrong"
     
  6. DonnyMost

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    Yeah, Fuentes is doing fine. But he's hardly a flea on a dogs ass compared to Kirk in terms of wealth and power.
     
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    “Post Not Found”
    Translation- Garbage

    get it together, MAGA
     
  8. GOATuve

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    Translation:dumbocrat
     
  9. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum

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  10. across110thstreet

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    garbage in, garbage out.

    a poster in this thread said it earlier-
    Quality over quantity

    and I have brought it up in previous threads just like this one.

    When you peddle misinformation from a source that ends up getting deleted, it means it was never worth sharing and it was a lie. I stand by that. It tells us everything we need to know.

    sorry about your maga on maga crime ruining your theories, folks.
     
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  11. El_Conquistador

    El_Conquistador King of the D&D, The Legend, #1 Ranking

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    Oh look — a passive aggressive mocking of the father of two who was just murdered. Liberals have anger and rage issues — any more proof needed?
     
  12. DaDakota

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    All those angry MAGAts calling for civil war, and it was one of their own....UNSUPRISINGLY !!!!!!

    This culture of anger generated by DUMBASS influencers like KIrk and Fuentes is most of the problem.

    Just like Rush, they get rich on hate speech and will be forgotten pretty quickly.....

    Get off your phone, touch dirt, and talk to people......before it is too late.

    Government should be doing laws to protect society but they are paid off not to do so...

    Here is KIRK Debating HIS KILLER....allegedly

    https://www.facebook.com/reel/1966941944121194

    DD
     
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    Trump induced inflation is reducing the size of word salad servings.
     
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  14. El_Conquistador

    El_Conquistador King of the D&D, The Legend, #1 Ranking

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    That is not Tyler Robinson… and has been debunked repeatedly online.

    You are the lowest quality poster I’ve seen on this BBS. Literally at the very bottom. But make it a great day, amigo!
     
  15. across110thstreet

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    no that is clearly not him and this is in line with what I am saying. The governor of Utah was right when he said social media is a cancer on our society.
     
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  16. deb4rockets

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    Then why are they not labeled a terrorist group?
     
  17. dc rock

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    So Kirk was not so much a “martyr,” forever silenced because of his political beliefs but probably a victim of some random, young dork’s pathetic chase of internet clout? He hunted Kirk like he was a mule deer whose head he could mount on his Discord wall? Sick, sad times we’re living in…
     
  18. DaDakota

    DaDakota Fight Facism
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    Well yes, but how do you know it isn't him? I will change it to allegedly.

    DD
     
  19. mtbrays

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    You're debasing yourself by posting so much unverified and speculative social media content. It's like the broader point of this entire saga is whizzing right by you.
     
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