Mystic Warriors wrote:Galloism wrote:They call the Antifa connection a conspiracy theory - not that the shooter was very left wing.
He retweeted an Antifa account once, and that's the sole connection to Antifa. That doesn't change the fact that they admit he was left wing.
They say so twice in the article:
And even cited Buzzfeed, which used the term "progressive" instead of "leftist"
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/el ... grind-band
He was definitely a leftist, but there's no evidence to speak of that he's part of Antifa. That's the part that's misinformation.
Nothing you quoted backs up your lines. Even your second rolling stone quote doesn’t confirm the first. Hell, your buzzfeed quote implies he didn’t practice what he preached and implies he was more right than left.
Nice try though. You gave more ammo to this being a false flag attack.
TIL that explicitly stating "The Dayton shooter undoubtedly harbored left-leaning rather than extremist right-wing views" doesn't mean he's left wing.
How about CNN?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/05/us/conno ... index.html
Dayton shooter appeared to have leftist Twitter feed
A Twitter account that appears to belong to Dayton mass shooter Connor Betts retweeted extreme left-wing and anti-police posts, as well as tweets supporting Antifa, or anti-fascist, protesters.
The most recent tweet on the @iamthespookster account was on August 3, the day of the shooting, when he retweeted a post saying, "Millenials have a message for the Joe Biden generation: hurry up and die." He also retweeted messages supporting Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
The user's Twitter bio reads: "he/him / anime fan / metalhead / leftist / I'm going to hell and I'm not coming back." One tweet used the hashtag #HailSatan.
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The account also retweeted posts against ICE agents, including one that said, "these people are monsters," and multiple posts condemning police, and supporting Antifa protesters, who often use violent tactics. There were also many tweets of selfies, photos with a friend and ordinary memes and nonpolitical content.
Sounds like a hardcore right winger. You know how them right wing trump supporters hate ICE and call them monsters, and immediately support Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
Those crazy right wing extremists. You can't predict them at all.