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iemanja

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44. We have no idea what the shooter's motivation was

Reply to yellow dahlia (Original post)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 12:48 AM

Sep 11

and we won’t unless he’s apprehended or identified. That Trump and the MAGAs are blaming the left is just what they do. Saying it’s a false flag assumes a motivation to counter. We have to know the motivation before dreaming up alternate scenarios.

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Maybe it was a false flag. Just too convenient. This just appeared on the Alternet. [View all] yellow dahlia Sep 10 OP

sure had a quick response did he not nt msongs Sep 10 #1

If it wasn't a false flag.... yellow dahlia Sep 10 #3

A day before 9/11 usonian Sep 10 #35

Yup. SheltieLover Sep 10 #5

He doth protest too much SheltieLover Sep 10 #2

Indeed. yellow dahlia Sep 10 #7

Hiya! SheltieLover Sep 10 #11

Back atcha! yellow dahlia Sep 10 #12

I didn't want to post it, just think it, gab13by13 Sep 10 #4

Yes he did. yellow dahlia Sep 10 #8

Read this SheltieLover Sep 10 #9

There's more to this than at first glance. yellow dahlia Sep 10 #14

Absofuckingloutely! SheltieLover Sep 10 #15

He Was Too Young... DET Sep 10 #17

No idea. I was citing a kennedy's post SheltieLover Sep 11 #47

Wanted to be the R candidate for what in 2024? Wasn't he 31? Not old enough to be POTUS Attilatheblond Sep 10 #30

No idea. I was citing a kennedy's post SheltieLover Sep 11 #46

It boggles the mind! Attilatheblond Sep 11 #56

It sure does! SheltieLover Sep 11 #58

He backed off on that, said he didn't want to talk about it anymore. Bev54 Sep 10 #32

Like his massive crackdown on radical right political violence after killing of Democratic Minnesota elected politicians Bernardo de La Paz Sep 10 #6

You noticed... yellow dahlia Sep 10 #10

One thing which is believable about a conspiracy theory of that sort is the part where RockRaven Sep 10 #13

Kills three birds w/ one stone. yellow dahlia Sep 10 #16

Martial law anyone? chicoescuela Sep 10 #20

Exactly! yellow dahlia Sep 10 #22

Yup canetoad Sep 10 #36

Can he name one radical left gunman who shot up a school full of kids? Bayard Sep 10 #18

The false flag is the one flying over the White House. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sep 10 #19

Does the USA JBTaurus83 Sep 10 #21

Good point yellow dahlia Sep 10 #23

So Kirk is alive? Fiendish Thingy Sep 10 #24

I haven't seen any reports that he is alive. yellow dahlia Sep 10 #25

Well you suggested it was a "false flag" Fiendish Thingy Sep 10 #33

And, at present, Charlie Kirk is dead. Abolishinist Sep 11 #42

The idiot russian agent orange who destroyed order in this country now wants to bring it back, good luck sucker ImNotGod Sep 10 #26

Thank you. H2O Man Sep 10 #27

However ...... H2O Man Sep 10 #29

Almost by definition. PurgedVoter Sep 11 #61

No. We just live in a very polarizing country where access to firearms is really easy - especially in a state like Utah. Feel Good Inc Sep 10 #28

Fuck you Asshole Traitor! We know how you Kill Cha Sep 10 #31

Same thoughts myself canetoad Sep 10 #34

Who is "Mr. X" This Time? MrWowWow Sep 10 #37

It certainly got Epstein out off the front page. The media acting as if it's the Challenger Disaster is concerning. AStern Sep 11 #38

If the vote on releasing the Epstein files had gone the other way, it would have been huge, so a diversion was needed Doodley Sep 11 #39

Maybe it was little green men from Mars? tritsofme Sep 11 #40

until shown otherwise, the shooter was a rightwinger ecstatic Sep 11 #41

Response from the Oval Office: Rhiannon12866 Sep 11 #43

We have no idea what the shooter's motivation was iemanja Sep 11 #44

and everyone else who brings order to our country? Justice matters. Sep 11 #45

Looking at this from the outside DFW Sep 11 #48

I think it's likely that this was not politically motivated Buckeyeblue Sep 11 #57

Mr. Dahlia and I were just making some of the same points. yellow dahlia Sep 11 #60

I think the Black Bloc did it Charmin One Sep 11 #49

Fascists believe they have a reason to hate even more. Emile Sep 11 #50

I think he was supposed to be winged, ala TACO's ear. marble falls Sep 11 #51

People on the right don't realize . . . Aussie105 Sep 11 #52

What radical left? Dave Bowman Sep 11 #53

Oh ya know MaineBlueBear Sep 11 #55

Turned on Morning Joe at 6am just turned it off at 720am. The single subject doc03 Sep 11 #54

Exactly. yellow dahlia Sep 11 #59

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