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
That means he is in a queer relationship, but not that he is queer. I suppose that doesn’t matter to conservatives either way.
Also that info is incredibly sus and sounds fake af. The way the fbi director talks is sus, as he clearly isn’t all that competent and keeps bragging about how quickly they could release info, which is not how investigations work.
Grindr always reports a spike in usage whenever the RNC convenes. Being gay or in a queer relationship sadly doesn’t mean that the person isn’t far right. They might just be self-loathing.
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.
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.
That means he is in a queer relationship, but not that he is queer. I suppose that doesn’t matter to conservatives either way.
Also that info is incredibly sus and sounds fake af. The way the fbi director talks is sus, as he clearly isn’t all that competent and keeps bragging about how quickly they could release info, which is not how investigations work.
The same people who provided this as “evidence” of the ICE shooters ideology.
Sure, but that certainly lowers the likelihood that he’s a far-right Kirk-hater, no?
Grindr always reports a spike in usage whenever the RNC convenes. Being gay or in a queer relationship sadly doesn’t mean that the person isn’t far right. They might just be self-loathing.
The suggestion wasn’t that the shooter was secretly queer.
Only if true
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.
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.
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.
I make no claims as to why he did what he did. If he is the one that did it, I dunno.
Okay, but that’s the thread we’re in.
That’s great. It’s not a claim I’ve made or implied at any point. I just said a thing about being queer vs being in a queer relationship.
Okay?