barrel_of_a_gun [none/use name]

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Cake day: September 10th, 2025
  • barrel_of_a_gun [none/use name]@hexbear.nettonews@hexbear.net•Story they’re going with now: Tyler Robinson’s roommate (the one who helped the cops) was trans and they might have been in a romantic relationshipEnglish
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    1 hour ago

    important to remember this is because people want to believe these lies: see https://redsails.org/false-witnesses/ and https://redsails.org/masses-elites-and-rebels/

    both essays are incredible and i always highly reccomend reading both, but i will put a couple of relevant parts below.

    from false witnesses:

    But it is the case. Let’s go through that list again. The following are all true of the people spreading the Procter & Gamble rumor:

    They didn’t really believe it themselves. They were passing it along with the intent of misinforming others. Deliberately. They did not respect, or care about, the actual facts of the matter, except to the extent that they viewed such facts with hostility. Being told that the Bad Thing they were purportedly upset about wasn’t real only made them more upset. Proof that the 23rd largest corporation in America was not in league with the Devil made them defensive and very, very angry.

    …

    But in truth they were neither innocent nor dupes. The category of innocent dupe does not apply here. No one could be honestly misled by such a story. The only way to have been misled by it is dishonestly — which is to say deliberately, willingly and willfully. They are claiming to believe a foolish thing, but they are not guilty of foolishness. They are guilty of malice.

    from masses elites and rebels:

    In short: Westerners aren’t helpless innocents whose minds are injected with atrocity propaganda, science fiction-style; they’re generally smug bourgeois proletarians who intelligently seek out as much racist propaganda as they can get their hands on. This is because it fundamentally makes them feel better about who they are and how they live. The psychic and material costs are rationally worth the benefits. As for those anti-imperialists who don’t participate in this festival of xenophobia — and here I include myself — we have our own elitist consolation: we accept the tragedy of masses of gullible sheeple falling for cunning propaganda because having overcome it flatters our own intelligence. The more we condemn society’s stupidity, the smarter we feel in comparison.

  • barrel_of_a_gun [none/use name]@hexbear.nettochapotraphouse@hexbear.net•I FUCKING KNEW ITEnglish
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    1 day ago

    We have additional reporting from Tyler Robinson’s high school associate who played video games with the suspected gunman.

    The friend, who asked to remain anonymous, said Robinson had expressed sentiments to him that were critical of Donald Trump when they were hanging out several years ago despite the rest of his family being broadly conservative in their views.

    The friend acknowledged he could not be certain about Robinson’s more recent political views, as they lost touch after graduating Pine View high school. Voting records show Robinson was unaffiliated with a political party ahead of the 2024 election. His parents were registered Republicans.

  • barrel_of_a_gun [none/use name]@hexbear.nettochapotraphouse@hexbear.net•I FUCKING KNEW ITEnglish
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    1 day ago

    would you actually engage with why people think he’s a groyper instead of hitting this smuglord off of the smallest bits of evidence ever? this is actually better evidence than anything else ive seen but it’s an anonymous source who was supposedly a “highschool friend”, do you truly think this is the smoking gun?

    to be clear based off reputable accounts asking for a source in the replies this tweet should not be considered reliable and there needs to be a caveat for this in the post body