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kentuck

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2. Yes, he mentioned that it would not have happened if he had not been steeped in the gun culture.

Reply to JI7 (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 16, 2025, 10:40 AM

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He was oriented in the right-wing philosophy but was drawn to the Groyper movement when he was about 15-16 years old and that it was very much like a cult.

But that it was a separate movement from any far left or far right philosophies.

It was like everything was a joke to them. Nothing was serious. They had "unwritten" rules. They did not need any type of manifesto.

It seemed that Robinson wanted to kill Charlie Kirk to impress his friends.

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Tyler Robinson was neither "far-left" or "far-right"? [View all] kentuck Tuesday OP

Yes, but him coming from a conservative gun culture JI7 Tuesday #1

Yes, he mentioned that it would not have happened if he had not been steeped in the gun culture. kentuck Tuesday #2

Being in LDS is basically like a cult too, soo... sboatcar Tuesday #6

Yep. kentuck Tuesday #14

Also there is no such fucking thing as the "far left" thomski64 Tuesday #4

Yep. There's only maga and anti-Maga. Right and left don't have anything to do with it Walleye Tuesday #8

There has not been one since the 1970s johnnyfins Tuesday #12

Don't you think Marxism is far left? Mosby Tuesday #19

What brand of marxism can you differentiate? GreenWave Tuesday #20

I saw or read a piece where the person described it as an act of trolling ms liberty Tuesday #3

Yes. That would fit. kentuck Tuesday #7

Poor guys, everybody else was getting laid in high school and they weren't Walleye Tuesday #11

That was a part of it that they discussed. kentuck Tuesday #15

Well, it's no mystery why girls didn't like them Walleye Tuesday #16

So Groyper nihilist clowns? harumph Tuesday #5

That is how I read it also. kentuck Tuesday #10

I would be willing to believe that he did it to impress his "friends" Walleye Tuesday #13

All of the above is true. Also, Robinson was obsessed with Kirk in the way Chapman was obsessed with Lennon. John1956PA Tuesday #9

TBH, I think this is right biocube Tuesday #17

The hatefest is benefiting someone. Baitball Blogger Tuesday #18