VICE: Man Who Shot Store Owner for Flying Pride Flag Was a Far-Right Conspiracist

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1. You do know that Guilt by association is a logical fallacy, right?

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   1. Hey Joe. Great talking point if it was applicable here. But it fails.

      The guilt by association fallacy is a logical fallacy that aims to discredit a proposal or argument based on its previous support by a vilified person or group of people.

      Hey I thought your Phd and vast computer skills would know how to look up stuff. No proposal or argument was put forth. The man who shot a wonderful woman because he did not like the flag she was flying and hurled hate, vile slurs, and venom at her when she confronted him. He then shot her. And all reports about him show he was a far right conspiracist. A search of his computer history and personal media shows he was a far right conspiracist. Links and information below. Hugs. Scottie

      https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7ed4q/laura-carleton-pride-flag-shooting

      The man who shot and killed the store owner last week over her display of a pride flag outside her store was a far-right conspiracy theorist who shared deeply anti-LGBTQ and antisemitic content on his social media accounts.
      But a review of 27-year-old’s social media accounts on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, and the far-right social network Gab, show that the shooter had fully embraced a wide range of conspiracy theories—from claiming the 9/11 attacks were staged to suggestions that former first lady Michelle Obama is a man to denying climate change. He also posted content opposing gun control measures.

      The shooter spent much of his time online sharing anti-LGBTQ content, reposting and responding to content shared by right-wing figures like commentator Matt Walsh and fringe networks like One America News. His pinned tweet, posted in June, simply showed a rainbow flag on fire with the caption: “What to do with the LGBTQP [sic] flag.”

      There is a lot more of his off the rails conspiracy ideas at the link above.

      https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-22/who-was-travis-ikeguchi-shooter-in-lake-arrowhead-pride-flag-killing

      He appeared to have an account on the social media platform Gab, where a user with his name routinely posted anti-LGBTQ+ screeds and conspiratorial content. He posted often about his distrust in police — and at least once about killing police, social media posts show.

      “I know it’s controversial for me to mention the option to kill a police officer, but these police officers are not the servants for the people they are the servants for the laws,” a post in 2021 reads.
      Court documents and a few social media posts paint a narrow picture of Ikeguchi’s troubled life, a young man struggling to make ends meet and support his mother while falling further into an abyss of social media conspiracy theories and hate-fueled rhetoric online.

      https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2023/08/23/travis-ikeguchi-online-posts-before-pride-flag-shooting/70654706007/

      As shocking as the shooting was, to experts who study extremism it was also sadly predictable. It’s just the latest attack by someone apparently steeped in far-right extremist rhetoric and conspiracy theories about the LGBTQ+ community.

      Again so much more at this link.

      One more link for you. https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/21/us/california-pride-flag-shooting/index.html

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