I don't know why anyone cares about this kid. He's the alleged shooter. The feds still haven't provided anything credible to prove he was the guy, no video of the kid on the roof with the rifle, no bullet, no medical report, weird people in the crowd causing a distraction, tampering of the crime scene, clearly fake text exchange...there are so many more important questions that need answers.

This is literally the dumbest headline I've ever read

Have you read the text exchange? No timestamp, no confirmation on what platform the exchange even took place on so that the third party could verify their legitimacy, and their exchange just so happens to layout the motive, discussed the murder weapon, uses perfect punctuation, and just flat out sounds weird.

To be real, I have no idea if those messages are fake or not. At this point, nobody but the FBI can vouch for their legitimacy and they don't have the best track record.

You gotta stop thinking of it as a left/right thing. It doesn't exist. It's clouding your perspective. Populists vs establishment might be a better way to categorize if you needed just two groups, but that's still too simplistic.

The world is a messy place with lots of different groups trying to get power, enrich themselves, and push their ideology. Whatever ideology a group is pushing has little to do with having the moral high ground and will typically result in their own benefit.

100%, that text message chain is ridiculous. The entire official doesn't make any sense. Just seems like they are trying to pin the whole thing onto a 'lone shooter' and quickly move on. And then politicians are trying to capitalize on the death to push through whatever agenda they are already trying to push through, it's disgusting and embarrassing.

Yeah, they took a shot at doing their pricing strategy backwards from everyone else. The game was cheapest when it was in early access and the cost has only gone up as they make the game bigger and better. I don't think it has ever gone on sale, but is easily worth the full price.

I see a great deal of economic rationale being thrown around and usually I love a good discussion on economics, but I believe we are overthinking the question. I would argue any group of people getting together with some shared narrative is going to want to procure more resources for themselves. This can be a family, a tribe, a friend group, a company, a nation, etc. It's just how we are.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2016/07/un-report-2014-16-killings-ukraine-highlights-rampant-impunity

I went hunting for sources and found this. It seems to highlight the chaos in the region more than assigning blame.

Again, there is no definitive evidence that this kid was the shooter. He's only been accused of that by the FBI. You know, the FBI? The people that have a LONG history of making things up to protect their friends, the organization that is renown for destroying evidence. Looking at whether this kid was left/right/trans/gay/groyper/whatever, is a giant waste of time and energy.

We don't know who killed Kirk yet, the FBI narrative is nonsense.

I found myself nodding along to most of your write up, but the idea that the Trump administration is planning on deporting all the Jews from the US is the wildest idea I've heard all day.

Some argue that there are even more! I'm definitely not an expert on this one, but I remember something about Yahweh being the god of some town or village that then somehow got absorbed into the old testament god when tribes and traditions consolidated, and then new testament god is just a completely different animal. I'm probably getting something wrong, so don't quote me.

Weren't 12 out of the 14 people plotting this working for the FBI? Like...a dozen agents were entrapping 2 guys?

I'm still not convinced that this was the guy. The FBI's narrative doesn't make any sense. Does anyone know a conspiracy theory community where I can go full tin foil hat?

Mentioning that we should be sceptical about the narratives pushed by the FBI and politicians does not mean I'm pushing some other narrative. None of us know what happened that day (and we may never actually find out), but I can assure you that if the truth ever does come out it won't come from the people in power.

None of us know anything for certain, but I sure get the sense that this kid is a patsy. I'm inclined to dismiss everything the authorities and the media are saying about him. It all sounds like incongruent nonsense. My fingers are crossed that we actually get to hear him speak before the powers that be murder him.

Hey! Someone on Lemmy actually read a history book! Thank God.

Found it, fucking wild - https://youtu.be/AUATfLDiwVA

I still can't believe it. I'm watching it and it feels like I'm currently experiencing a fever dream.

We don't need to talk about the accused shooters political views, steam profile, or sexual interests. It's all noise. There is no real evidence that he was the shooter. No video of him taking the shot, no medical report, ballistics that don't make any sense, timelines that don't make sense, no confession, etc etc etc.

Wow, this is easily the most extreme response I've received on the topic. What led you to feel this way?