Knock it off. I'm tired of this.
There has been nothing but online speculation linking him to Groypers. Even that seems to be built entirely on the much less compelling reading of the bullet casing reference to an old 19th-century Italian antifascist song
Bella Ciao that was originally used to protest the fascist Mussolini as being linked to Groypers. Meanwhile, in recent years, that song is more strongly associated with Antifa and the antifascist movement across the world dating back to
OWS (Occupy Wall Street). More recently, it was sung by those
opposing the German right-wing party AfD, and to those opposing the politician Viktor Orban in Hungary. The OWS movement was openly supported by left-wing politicians, especially progressive leftists, like Bernie Sanders, but also more mainstream politicians like Nancy Pelosi. It had strong roots in the anti-WTO protests that were also in New York City in the early 2000's. From the remnants of OWS many leaders and organizers later began coalescing Antifa chapters, and spontaneous disruptions in the streets. This is because there is an undercurrent of anarchism that runs between all of these movements.
This is reinforced by his other bullet casing which also references antifascist sentiment with the
Helldivers 2 video game reference, "Catch fascist!" What is being caught? The bullet. Ergo, the person he shot is the person he presumes to be a fascist. That would be Charlie Kirk. Who called Charlie Kirk a fascist? The left wing. For example, the
Democratic Socialists of America chapter at Purdue. Typically, anti-Trump students have been
cited as chanting "fascist" at Kirk at college campuses. Left-wing news magazines like
The New Republic have specifically
used that term to slur Kirk in editorials.
Authorities, including the governor of Utah, Spencer Cox, have made
statements in interviews indicating a radical left-wing turn in Robinson: "“It’s very clear to us and to the investigators that this was a person who was deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology,” said Cox. In addition to the family's account that he grew to despise Kirk, an electrician coworker also said "
he wasn’t too fond of Trump or Charlie”.
We also now know his roommate wasn't just his roommate, but apparently his
transgender, furry gay lover, Lance Twiggs. He was transitioning from male to female. Reports are that after authorities already had determined Robinson was a person of interest, apparently, when the FBI went there to interview Twiggs in their dorm/apartment, he revealed a Discord chat he and Robinson had had wherein Robinson talked about stashing a rifle in a bush. So the lover helped investigators. Nevertheless, it's a fair takeaway, given Kirk's strongly critical stance against the transgender movement, and critical comments against gender identity theory, that Robinson's personal sexual involvement with a transgender motivated him to hate Kirk. This further favors his motivation being related to leftist ideology. Because one of the other bullet casings had a
weird reference to furry culture.
Additionally, Robinson was registered as unaffiliated despite that his Mormon family are
Trump supporters.
With what little we have, especially that which has been confirmed by authorities with access to the most information, all signs point to him killing Kirk because he didn't like Kirk's right-wing beliefs, specifically about LGBT/transgenders.
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