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Shooting is a skill you can learn, improve, and build expertise in. You don't need military or agency training, just a place to practice and maybe an instructor. Next, it's hard to locate a single shot, especially when unexpected. There would be echos and conflicting reports from observers under duress.

Occams razor is the shooter was a practiced with good aim, good optics, and a good escape plan(so far). That much has zero requirement for outside assistance.

The United Healthcare shooting was way dirtier in terms of evidence, skill, and plan. It still took them days to find the suspect they wanted to prosecute and that after other suspects were released. They will do a similar manhunt here.

Here's my prediction on this escalation.

It will be Seattle. They will cite the Capital Hill Occupied Zone as evidence that the area is a radical leftist stronghold and that the shooter is probably from there and hiding there. They will then use that military influx to target the migrant-rich area for deportation while also oppressing gay rights. This will fuck the local economy and give Trump leverage over Microsoft and Amazon, both of which kick it there and employ hella visa holders. The gay bashing will just be icing on their shitty cake.

Seattle is big enough to make a point, but far enough away from New York and LA that they won't feel directly threatened and abstract enough that the American Middle, primed by previous negative coverage of activism there, will not only accept, but they will also support it.

Charlie Kirk was a false flag.

If it turns out it was an Israeli/Nazi joint effort, I will break my ribs from excessive sardonic laughter.

Charlie had 8 armed security guards with him. Makes you wonder if that was an increase because of said issues or his usual entourage.

That explains why the state of Israel was in Utah yesterday on Google maps.

Shit birds attract shit storms, Randy.

meh let the babies have their bottles. He said it himself as you posted that shootings are a necessary evil of the 2nd amendment so he went out, as far as I'm concerned, exactly as he would have wanted. He died for his cause so why should I or anyone else care?

One less Nazi.

That's true, there isn't much sadness going around. It reminds me a bit of the reaction to the healthcare CEO shooting.

I remember the take that resonated with me the most was in a piece by Josh Johnson at that time. He first told a story about a friend named Marty that had died from disease. "Brian Thompson was a human being. He was a husband, a father. Ok. So was Marty." It feels the same this time around.

It is sad that a person died. It is sad that kids are now left without a father. But you can simultaneously acknowledge that the person who has died has actively helped to create more people who lost their loved ones. And once you do that, it is hard to hold up the general sympathy.

It's not my thing to celebrate the death of a person. No matter how evil. I cannot wholeheartedly yell out good riddance. But weighing one against the other, I can't force a tear.