Texas man accused of plotting Pride parade shooting as revenge for Charlie Kirk
www.the-independent.com
Exclusive: ‘Come on bro let’s go hunting fairies,’ Joshua Cole wrote to a friend two days before the Abilene Pride Parade, according to an FBI probable cause affidavit reviewed by The Independent
    • null@lemmy.nullspace.lolEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Obviously. But same goes for the accusations that he’s far-right – of which there doesn’t really seem to be anything to go off.

      • Jorunn@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        22 hours ago

        I might’ve misunderstood? I thought you meant I had said this, or supported this claim.

        But yes as far as I can tell there’s not much to suggest a strong political alignment of any kind. I don’t know what info we can trust that has been provided. If we take their statements at face value he was in a relationship with a trans person and found kirk hateful. He engraved memes from a video game on his bullets and shot this guy.

        There were also some weird statements about his actions while running after shooting which confuse me, but it’s not something I’ve read all that much about.

        • null@lemmy.nullspace.lolEnglish
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          21 hours ago

          Oh then yes, we agree – there’s nothing of substance to support really any claims about his ideology whatsoever. The focus should not be on which “side” he was on regardless, but we’re way past that level of rationality.