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by gainda 279 days ago
Allegedly, Charlie Kirk's killer, Tyler Robinson, may have been a groyper.
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What's the evidence for this claim? Seems at odds with the details reported here: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-polit...
You don't think writing Helldivers memes on shell casings means anything?
"Hey, fascist! Catch!", "Bella ciao" and three arrows are all antifascist. I would assume that the shooter is motivated by antifascist political ideology at odds with Kirk's political ideology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Arrows

The groypers are not antifascist, so the reported symbolism doesn't add up. If there's evidence of the shooter being a groyper, then I'm curious to see it.

If you have Spotify you can look for the years-old (so not invented today) playlist called Groyper Wars.

Actually you don't even need an account. TIL. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0ais7KJXx8Gyd0hsrbakKW

ETA: And you have the wrong "three arrows" iconography.

Ok, the song exists on a playlist with a few hundred saves. I don’t think it’s a widespread groyper meme though. I’ve never seen them reference it on Twitter.

Maybe the arrows are a video game reference? I still don’t see a groyper tie there.

Meanwhile mainstream sources are reporting that the shooter appeared to be motivated by left political ideology.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/12/charlie...

You seems to be trying to cram this into an inapplicable left-right frame. This is intermemetic warfare. That's why major newspapers need extremely online editors to fact-check their reporting.