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[Punished Miku]

Still don't even know if this is the guy, but if it is, this is meticulously planned. And even the idea of walking and not using a car. Any cop or detective would tell you cars are far better identifiers than people. Walking to this event makes him much harder to trtrack.

Hearing theories that the old dude yelling shoot me was a distraction and a plant. Getting Oliver Stone vibes. It just sounds too absurd to be true. Apparently another guy with a pellot gun was distraction 2. And talk of a plane that removed its transponder taking off an hour after the shooting right next to it. Mission Impossible shit. I think this is going to be the next big conspiracy shit show if they don't have absolute smoking gun evidence. Not even touching the Epstein vote and recent reporting and the Trump AI video. Mental.

 

[Boo Who?]

He did security for trump and kirk? Kirk got secret service security? I thought that was reserved for The President? Genuine question

Not sure. Very well could have become private security if that is indeed the same guy.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

I'm a little confused why so many here are going out of their way to trigger themselves to see what the crazies somewhere else are saying.

Ignore them. You're allowing them to live rent free in your minds. Don't give them that power.

Anytime you feel tempted to see what they're saying, go to YouTube and type Norm McDonald.

The problem is that it's not just a few, it's hundreds of thousands. If X was still Twitter, it would dominate there too.

 

[DragoonKain]

Btw the more hours and days that go by without that person coming forward, the more likely he's the guy. His image is on every website and news network in America. If he's not the guy eventually he's going to come forward and be like "whoa whoa I'm not the shooter. Clear my name ASAP I don't want a SWAT team knocking down my front door"

 

[TransTrender]

This is the way.

It's always a mask with these fucking people.

 

[MayauMiao]

I promise I'm not a conspiracy nut but...

That's an overreach. It was a very sunny day and you don't want bodyguards tiring their eyes from squinting all day long.

 

[jason10mm]

It's always a mask with these fucking people.

It's almost as if the whole covid masking thing was to pave the way for paid actors to go around doing shit like this with enhanced anonymity.

 

[ReasonBeing]

The problem is that it's not just a few, it's hundreds of thousands. If X was still Twitter, it would dominate there too.

Are you not aware of the strong probability that much of it is being driven by bots. Not all of it, but if you went by shit you saw on social media, one would reasonably assume that 70% of people were out of their fucking mind. It is a statement of fact that there are countless bot accounts across social media platforms. Much of what you see is quite literally designed to piss you off and dehumanize people that are different than you. And believe me, it goes both ways.

Edit: I wanted to point out my own experience over the past 24 hours. I've seen countless number of individuals talking about civil war and wiping out all the liberals, am I to believe there are literally hundreds of thousands of Americans that are ready to start murdering people?

Edit edit: I don't know If this gives me a more accurate picture or it obfuscates the truth, but I have two Twitter accounts, one liberal and one conservative. I really hope that what I'm seeing on these two profiles is not an accurate representation of people's mindsets. If it is true, I would be scared no matter what side of the aisle I was on.

 

[Punished Miku]

Are you not aware of the strong probability that much of it is being driven by bots. Not all of it, but if you went by shit you saw on social media, one would reasonably assume that 70% of people were out of their fucking mind. It is a statement of fact that there are countless bot accounts across social media platforms. Much of what you see is quite literally designed to piss you off and dehumanize people that are different than you. And believe me, it goes both ways.

Edit: I wanted to point out my own experience over the past 24 hours. I've seen countless number of individuals talking about civil war and wiping out all the liberals, am I to believe there are literally hundreds of thousands of Americans that are ready to start murdering people?

I remember the Epstein stuff breaking the bots and revealing them. I knew they were there but it was like .... right there to see that time.

 

[Scary_Larry]

It's always a mask with these fucking people.

Yeah, totally

 

[Vestal]

new pics circulating.



Def nothing "remarkable" about him. At least from the pics. Only thing is that limp from the video that has also been circulating.

 

[Kiwicha]

So Retardera are just bots?
Lefty, pro abortion trans bots?

 

[Unknown Soldier]

 

[Scrawnton]

Can't argue with that.

 

[Punished Miku]

Can't argue with that.

A giant chunk of Trumps AI speech was pretty explicitly totalitarian going off this set of definitions.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

 

[Unknown?]

They've just made it worse for themselves because people will come out against their leftist crap.

 

[DrFigs]

But the hundreds of thousands who are cheering are.

I don't hold any individual GOP supporter responsible for laughing at what happened to Paul Pelosi. It's absurd. And it needs to be repeated that we don't know why this person targeted Charlie. Some conservative christian nutjob targeted a bunch of minnesota democrats. It would be absurd and retarded to blame all conservatives for what this person did, even if they made fun of it (which did happen). It's a stupid position that shouldn't even be dignified.

 

[Mistake]

Edit: With another suspect in custody, I'll retract this post

 

[Beretta]

Hearing theories that the old dude yelling shoot me was a distraction and a plant. Getting Oliver Stone vibes. It just sounds too absurd to be true. Apparently another guy with a pellot gun was distraction 2. And talk of a plane that removed its transponder taking off an hour after the shooting right next to it. Mission Impossible shit. I think this is going to be the next big conspiracy shit show if they don't have absolute smoking gun evidence. Not even touching the Epstein vote and recent reporting and the Trump AI video. Mental.

There is also stuff going around about the guy to the left of Charlie in the white hat by the tent just a few feet away "giving signals". He does do some baseball manager sign type stuff and then Charlie gets shot so people can just take that however they want. Coincidences do happen. I'd like to think the guy was just fixing his hat and had an itch or something.

 

[Mondai]

Now this:

 

[Punished Miku]

There is also stuff going around about the guy to the left of Charlie in the white hat by the tent just a few feet away "giving signals". He does do some baseball manager sign type stuff and then Charlie gets shot so people can just take that however they want. Coincidences do happen. I'd like to think the guy was just fixing his hat and had an itch or something.

Yeah I saw that and didn't find it very compelling.

 

[Unknown?]

The internet found this guy. Seems to fit

Bu bu but he got to be the gender he was supposed to be, he should have been happy.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

 

[Jsisto]

Are you not aware of the strong probability that much of it is being driven by bots. Not all of it, but if you went by shit you saw on social media, one would reasonably assume that 70% of people were out of their fucking mind. It is a statement of fact that there are countless bot accounts across social media platforms. Much of what you see is quite literally designed to piss you off and dehumanize people that are different than you. And believe me, it goes both ways.

Edit: I wanted to point out my own experience over the past 24 hours. I've seen countless number of individuals talking about civil war and wiping out all the liberals, am I to believe there are literally hundreds of thousands of Americans that are ready to start murdering people?

Edit edit: I don't know If this gives me a more accurate picture or it obfuscates the truth, but I have two Twitter accounts, one liberal and one conservative. I really hope that what I'm not seeing on these two profiles is an accurate representation of people's mindsets. Is it was true, I would be scared no matter what side of the aisle I was on.

I think if people really knew how many of the interactions they see on social media were bots or dishonest rage baiting reactionaries, they'd be truly shocked. I think most people realize it's a thing, but don't fully understand the scale of it. X in particular is practically set up just to make you angry. If you start SERIOUSLY analyzing profiles with some scrutiny it's pretty staggering.

 

[ReasonBeing]

I think if people really knew how many of the interactions they see on social media were bots or dishonest rage baiting reactionaries, they'd be truly shocked. I think most people realize it's a thing, but don't fully understand the scale of it. X is particular is practically set up just to make you angry. If you start SERIOUSLY analyzing profiles with some scrutiny it's pretty staggering.

Exactly. People severely underestimate the prevalence of the issue. Depending on the topic, you can have hundreds of bots interacting with content (as in an individual tweet)

 

[MayauMiao]

Terrible use of AI. It made the suspect look almost completely different from what people perceived from the unedited photo.

 

[Mondai]

 

[12Goblins]

Holy shit, that jump... is that 20 foot building?

edit:

 

[12Goblins]

They have nothing on this guy....Yikes.

edit; Patel didn't even say anything wow

 

[Tygeezy]

 

[Mondai]

The FBI is very incompetent...

 

[TheChadOfGaming]

wow literally info from 10 hours ago
this looks like a sloped roof situation again
just pay 4chan to find this clown

 

[12Goblins]

Why even do this conference and humiliate yourself? I'm confused

 

[MayauMiao]

Now it make sense?

 

[12Goblins]

The internet found this guy. Seems to fit

Nah,this guy isn't some gay libtard, stop doxing people.

 

[delirium trigger]

Bro, the most successful news organization in America is Fox News

Q1 2025's Top 15 Shows Among Total Viewers (cable)

1. The Five — Fox News (4,552,000)
2. Jesse Watters Primetime — Fox News (4,103,000)
3. Hannity — Fox News (3,544,000)
4. Special Report with Bret Baier — Fox News (3,503,000)
5. The Ingraham Angle — Fox News (3,418,000)
6. Gutfeld! — Fox News (3,333,000)
7. The Will Cain Show — Fox News (2,591,000)
8. Outnumbered — Fox News (2,453,000)
9. The Faulkner Focus — Fox News (2,392,000)
10. America Reports — Fox News (2,351,000)
11. The Story with Martha MacCallum — Fox News (2,338,00)
12. America's Newsroom — Fox News (2,285,000)
13. The Rachel Maddow Show — MSNBC (1,981,000)
14. Fox News at Night — Fox News (1,907,000)
15. Fox & Friends — Fox (1,519,000)

And here is fox bragging about its success over cbs, abc, etc: https://www.foxnews.com/media/fox-news-channel-finishes-summer-2025-trouncing-abc-nbc-cbs-primetime

Mainstream media is right wing media.

Congratulations, you've managed to use one station like 14 times in a list of 15.

 

[poppabk]

Terrible use of AI. It made the suspect look almost completely different from what people perceived from the unedited photo.

There was an episode of Bakersfield PD (really cool old show that sadly only got one season) where there was a police sketch artist that could only draw celebrities. Got a feeling AI is gonna be the same for awhile.

 

[GloveSlap]

The internet found this guy. Seems to fit

When i saw the blurry pictures my first thought was that he looked like he has a odd looking mouth/upper lip, but i thought the low quality might be to blame. There it is though so.....maybe.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I've traced this quote back and it is accurate and really said by him

Charles Krauthammer Quotes (Author of Things That Matter)

174 quotes from Charles Krauthammer: 'Krauthammer's razor (with apologies to Occam): In explaining any puzzling Washington phenomenon, always choose stupidity over conspiracy, incompetence over cunning. Anything else gives them too much credit.', 'To understand the workings of American politics...

www.goodreads.com

"To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil."
― Charles Krauthammer, Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes, and Politics

 

[Trilobit]

The internet found this guy. Seems to fit

This is the one I think is the closest to the FBI photos thus far. The chin shape and the space between lips and nose match pretty well. It will probably take some time before the feds have gone through his fingerprints, phone tracks etc. Then they have to connect him to the gun.

I'm not American, but I felt whiplash when I started seeing what a deep hatred people had for Kirk and for conservative views. I knew people on the left disliked those two things, but I did not expect that vitriol.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Now it make sense?

The shirt he is wearing is for wounded veterans. Maybe that explains the limp.

Or he has a rifle in his pants.

 

[Madonis]

I've traced this quote back and it is accurate and really said by him

Charles Krauthammer Quotes (Author of Things That Matter)

174 quotes from Charles Krauthammer: 'Krauthammer's razor (with apologies to Occam): In explaining any puzzling Washington phenomenon, always choose stupidity over conspiracy, incompetence over cunning. Anything else gives them too much credit.', 'To understand the workings of American politics...

www.goodreads.com

"To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil."
― Charles Krauthammer, Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes, and Politics

Well, the Simpsons already made that point about how each party is perceived. Many, many years ago.



That said, I doubt that Twitter guy's interpretation of the quote is being made in good faith.

Other right-wingers have used violence in the past and other people on the left have tried to talk, so the implication is incredibly biased.

 

[DrFigs]

This is the one I think is the closest to the FBI photos thus far. The chin shape and the space between lips and nose match pretty well. It will probably take some time before the feds have gone through his fingerprints, phone tracks etc. Then they have to connect him to the gun.


I'm not American, but I felt whiplash when I started seeing what a deep hatred people had for Kirk and for conservative views. I knew people on the left disliked those two things, but I did not expect that vitriol.

Thanks for your opinion on U.S. politics. I would say that the hatred for conservatives is warranted in this country. But as a foreigner, i don't blame you for not being aware of the issues we have.

 

[Mistake]

The shirt he is wearing is for wounded veterans. Maybe that explains the limp.

Or he has a rifle in his pants.

Most likely the gun. I read that vet organization possibly mass distributed that shirt for awareness or something, so it probably doesn't matter

Well, the Simpsons already made that point about how each party is perceived. Many, many years ago.



That said, I doubt that Twitter guy's interpretation of the quote is being made in good faith.

Other right-wingers have used violence in the past and other people on the left have tried to talk, so the implication is incredibly biased.

They brought up the left and right multiple times. Like democrats letting sideshow bob out of jail

Nah,this guy isn't some gay libtard, stop doxing people.

I don't know if he is, and you don't know if he isn't. I didn't say it WAS the guy. Police already interrogated two suspects with no results ya know

 

[Porcile]

They probably already know his name, especially if they got the gun and other evidence. Whether the Keystone Cops can find him is another question. Might even be dead by now. Who knows.

 

[FoxMcChief]

They probably already know his name, especially if they got the gun and other evidence. Whether the Keystone Cops can find him is another question. Might even be dead by now. Who knows.

If it's a hunting rifle, it might be hard to trace. Can't you just buy them at Walmart?

 

[DaciaJC]

Thanks for your opinion on U.S. politics. I would say that the hatred for conservatives is warranted in this country.

The fuck?

 

[Boo Who?]

Thanks for your opinion on U.S. politics. I would say that the hatred for conservatives is warranted in this country. But as a foreigner, i don't blame you for not being aware of the issues we have.

Get help.

 

[Boo Who?]