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fromKotaku
5 days ago

Alleged Shooter's Discord Chats Cut Against Rush To Blame Online Games And Memes - Kotaku

The race to define what the brutal murder of right-wing podcaster Charlie Kirk last week means and why it happened has led a lot of people to say a lot of things. Some of those things, like blaming the sci-fi shooter Halo for fomenting class warfare, or suggesting the alleged shooter was radicalized by the "meme-ification" of the internet, look increasingly like absurd, knee-jerk, and ill-informed reactions,
Right-wing politics
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Groypers, Christian Nationalists, and the Online Extremism Few Americans Understand

Some violent acts are performative content for online nihilist subcultures, driven by audience and status rather than traditional goal-oriented ideology.
US politics
fromIrish Independent
1 week ago

What do we know about Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson?

Mr Robinson became more political, had anti-fascist messages engraved on ammunition, briefly attended Utah State, scored highly on the ACT, and lived with family in southwest Utah.
US news
fromBoston.com
1 week ago

Here's what we know about Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin

Tyler James Robinson, 22, allegedly shot and killed Charlie Kirk and faces aggravated murder and related felony charges while being held without bail.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.nytimes.com
5 months ago

Teenager Charged With Killing Mother and Stepfather in a Plan to Assassinate Trump

A Wisconsin teenager, Nikita Casap, has been charged with killing his mother and stepfather as part of a plot to kill President Trump.
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