Thread by @SteB777

There is something very important to understand about the Charlie Kirk murder. All the evidence shows that he was killed by a disaffected* lone gun nut, acting on their own initiative, which happens every day in the US. It was not part of some coordinated political movement.
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Any attempt to blame it on the "radical left", Democrats or whatever, is an opportunistic, mendacious lie, of the type that the Nazis and other fascistic dictators use, to take violent action against their political opponents.
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In the US, because of their lax gun laws, almost every day, gun nuts go out and shoot other people, because of an incoherent personal grievance. Sometimes mass shootings. The victims can even be innocent young children.
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Such occurrences do happen in other countries, but they are very rare. Only in the US are they an almost daily and everyday occurrence. Often, even after a big inquiry, the real motivation of these gun nut attacks, are not clear.
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It seems to be a mixture of things, a person craving recognition, some perceived grievance against society, or a politician. In nearly all case they are acting alone, or with a like-minded person, in the case of the Columbine massacre.
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The one common factor, is that it is easy for a person so minded to this sort of shooting, is easy access to firearms. Given how easy it is to obtain a firearm in the US. This is clearly why so many such attacks happen in the US, along with the viral nature of them.
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By viral nature, I mean that disaffected individuals see that someone else got recognition by shooting people, or just that it is possible to do this, and gets lots of attention. So they are minded to think about doing it themselves. That they have easy access to the means.
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The young man, Matthew Crooks, who attempted to shoot Donald Trump, at long range, with a rifle in Pennsylvania is a parallel example. He had been researching other people, including Joe Biden, as possible targets.

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As the Wikipedia page above shows, even after long investigation, the precise motivation of Matthew Crooks isn't clear. The main motivation appears to be opportunity, that Donald Trump was speaking nearby. This also appears to be the main factor in the Charlie Kirk murder.
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I am pretty certain, that this is what will happen with Tyler Robinson, even though he is alive i.e. that no clear motivation will emerge for the murder of Charlie Kirk, other than he was irked by what he was saying, and was speaking nearby.
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The evidence is that the suspect comes from a solid Republican, Trump supporting family with an interest in guns, probably driven by this ideology, as it celebrates gun ownership. Even if the suspect had some political views at odds with his family, they were vague.
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There is no evidence of Tyler Robinson having any involvement with any political group, or like-minded individuals. If this was the case, evidence of this would already have emerged in this social media driven society.
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That Tyler Robinson, appears to have confessed to his Republican, Trump supporting family, who would have been appalled - pretty much indicates a lone action, and that he was not involved in any group, which he had a greater allegiance to, than his family.
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It may be difficult for Trump, for MAGA and all fellow travellers to stomach this, but Charlie Kirk was murdered by a lone gun nut.

They are generally reluctant to acknowledge the cause of such shootings, as it conflicts with their beliefs about the right to own firearms.
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As I say, trying to blame this murder onto political opponents, and to use this to justify violent reprisals against their political opponents, is symptomatic of the fascistic tendencies of Trump and the whole movement around him.
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Let's be clear, the militaristic invasions of California, Washington DC, and now threatened on Chicago, are really motivated by Trump wanting to intimidate his political rivals with an overt show of force and violence, to scare the hell out of them. Classic fascism.
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Most overt political violence is emanating from the Trumpian right, and there is objective evidence of this, even when it comes to lone shooters. Any claim to blame this murder on the "left", is a Nazi style, Reichstag Fire, LIE!

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Once again, Charlie Kirk was simply the tragic victim of a far too common phenomenon in this US, where disaffected lone individuals, act out their individual grievances, by murdering people with easily available firearms.
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The lie, that progressives are celebrating his murder, are outrageous lies. Because as I have already explained, most progressive are only too aware of how the Trumpian right will respond, using it to justify their own political violence.

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https://x.com/SteB777/status/1966363275240603723

All I am doing is pleading for reason, and to refrain from political violence. For reasonable people on the right, to realize that contrary to the claims of Trump and his allies, that the right are not under attack, and war by the left. This is a monstrous opportunistic lie.
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*Let me clarify what I mean by "disaffected". I simply mean individuals who are unhappy at their own status, and their position in society. This is often incoherent, and if it involves politics, it is very vague. Very few such individuals have well-formed political views.
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