"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,"
"According to Klippenstein, there were only a couple of mentions of either President Donald Trump or former President Joe Biden in the chat logs, and those were apolitical mentions of recent news events. "Cat memes, weather updates, home improvement and the odd Garfield reference populate Robinson's posts," Klippenstein writes. "Obviously he's okay with gay and trans people having a right to exist, but also believes in the Second Amendment," an apparent childhood friend of Robinson's told Klippenstein."
Alleged gunman Tyler Robinson admitted to the crime in a Discord message to friends. Screenshots of messages from a gaming Discord server show mostly apolitical content and everyday chatter. The chat logs contained only a couple of apolitical mentions of Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Members exchanged cat memes, weather updates, home-improvement tips, and Garfield references. A childhood friend described Robinson as accepting of gay and trans people’s right to exist, supportive of the Second Amendment, and fond of games like Sea of Thieves, Deep Rock Galactic, and Helldivers 2, as well as fishing and camping.
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