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      Somebody had a link to a kill charlie kirk themed groyper site and I think all the bullet etched memes were there. The kids grandma said she didn’t know any democrats and republicans don’t kill each other so they must have arrested the wrong kid. He is a registered republican and donated to trump*

      A classmate called him a reddit kid as of 4-5 years ago (right wingers are circulating a redacted misquote that a classmate called him a “leftist”) Like even if the kid wasn’t a groyper he was likely being egged on by groypers.

      There’s also this article going into different ties:https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2025/09/12/charlie-kirk-suspect-is-a-gun-loving-trump-supporter/

      All in all he’s at the very least alt right.

      *this last one may be a name mixup

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        As disappointed as I am, I don’t see any concrete evidence to support the shooter is alt-right.

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          You are disregarding that the bullet text inscriptions are common alt-right memes? That the suspected killer is from a conservative family upbringing?

          Or you don’t believe those inscriptions have nothing to do with the alt-right movements? That the conservative family is also to be disregarded?

          Now about more evidence of participation of the killer in alt-right movements, or other links, you can be damn sure the current US administration is not really intereesting in making any of that public anymore, since it goes against the current administration propaganda. If it was some “leftist” you can be damn sure there would be a deep investigation into the killers electronics, internet activity, and etc, to find other “leftists” and politicians to associate with him and ALL that would be publicized by Donald Trump himself.

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            Are “Hey fascist, catch”, and “Bella ciao” alt-right memes? I know at least “Bella ciao” is an anarchist thing.

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              I’ve definitely seen some people say that nick fuentes called charlie kirk a fascist. I’m not going to sort through hours of footage on this though. Like most the alt right calls leftists fascist, this can be seen everywhere from alex jones to like all the right wing youtubers. Groypers see kirk as a leftist.

              And “groyper war” (the groyper website dedicated to harassing charlie kirk) definitely had bella ciao memes.

              Like I think with this shooter the memes all being from that site would be a hell if a coincidence if they’re not related.

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      Some Twitter guy has multiple awards for journalism, I’m inclined to give him some benefit. But I would like someone to provide an official statement.

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    I’m hearing the shooter had a trans girlfriend from a right wing friend of mine, but I can’t find proof, does anyone know what he’s talking about?

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      Some marking on the bullet got around, I think it was TRN but that’s the manufacturer of the bullet if it’s accurate. Apparently that is, I willI will say cause there’s been so much crap about this douche being killed it’s muddying any real info. Also read that the manufacturer doesn’t make bullets for that caliber (30 odd 6? For a hunting rifle, I don’t know guns well but know it’s a hunting type still) so I really dunno and I did not look into that so need to check that out if it’s important to the story. I only saw the the manufacturer didn’t make that caliber from a single comment but read many with the bullet marking and one mentioned the pic going around is a 9mm.

      Don’t take my word for this Ive just been reading about the story, but it’s what I’ve gleened from them all.

      It appears he was just a more extreme right wing person than even the deceased is and that provoked him into action. Seems likely from due to how easily they’re (extreme right wing) provoked in general.

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        Just a slight correction, it’s “thirty ought six” or “30-06” where thirty is the caliber(diameter of projectile) and ought six is the year the military adopted it. Not that that makes much difference, I’m just a nerd.

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          I appreciate the correction I always heard odd not ought but probably cause I heard it much, much younger heh. Grew up in a small town in Canada so was just thinking how I heard it (seriously all these years heard 30 odd 6 in my memory), maybe our accent too. Have a good one, appreciate the knowledge! Always a good day when you learn something new, doesn’t happen as often these days.