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Charlie Kirk was killed by a groyper (lemmy.zip)

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[–] Railison@aussie.zone 20 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Anyone got a source for this?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Which part?

Here's an article about the suspect in custody that mentions his recent interest in politics, and another article that mentions him being conservative. From the second link:

But several years ago in high school, Robinson – like his family – was politically conservative, and supported President Donald Trump ahead of the 2020 election, one of Robinson’s former classmates told CNN.

“When I knew him and his family, they were like diehard Trump,” said the former classmate. “When this happened, I was like… I don’t know what changed.”

Between the two, I think you can read between the lines and verify what's in that tweet.

[–] cyborganism@piefed.ca -1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

That's still not definite proof. Having the same opinion as your parents in high school can change within 5 years, especially after entering college, getting smarter and making up your own mind about politics.

I'm going to wait and see. As time goes by, we'll get more information and we'll have a clearer picture.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

He largely stayed around home though. I didn't look up exactly where he grew up, but Dixie Tech is in the same county as he grew up, and he only spent one semester at the university at the other end of the state. Utah State isn't very progressive either (they're an agriculture-heavy school), and I doubt Dixie Tech is either (it's a small technical college, not a full university).

We'll certainly get more information in the coming weeks, but my money is on him being radicalized by the far right.