The depraved maniac in New Zealand has already accomplished his stated goal of spreading his sick views, which are now being amplified across the world. Breivik (cited by the maniac as inspiration) had the same goal and also succeeded. The incentives operative here are so warped.
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His comments appear to be a fusion of trolling and ardent self-described fascistic ideology. So it's important to parse with care. He's not citing Candace as a real inspiration (Breivik is his inspiration). He's citing her to discredit conservatives, for whom he professes hatred.
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He obviously hates leftists as well. However, he devotes more space to maligning conservatives. He perceives the delegitimization of conservatives as integral to achieving his ultimate objective.
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His reason for bringing up a figure like Candace is to embolden American liberals/leftists to more aggressively restrict the Second Amendment, thereby fomenting political strife and a violent backlash. I am choosing not to post excerpts on Twitter. But that's my initial read.
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What he fundamentally advocates is "fascistic accelerationism." (He self-identifies as a fascist). He perceives the principal enemies of that objective to be conservatives, especially US conservatives. Although the attack took place in NZ, his main political focus is the US.
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So rather than help him achieve his stated objective (fomenting political strife in the US) you'd hope that US media would exercise caution and not start leveling wild, ill-considered charges. However, I am not optimistic.
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Was he playing 4D chess Michael
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Look at this tweet from Candace Owens. The NZ shooter could have cut and pasted this into his manifesto. I don't see any sarcasm.pic.twitter.com/iDIRQxFo0i
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Maybe trolling doesn't practical differentiate between a joke and an endorsement and we should blame them all regardless. The right have never cared about escalation. They'll do this regardless of what anyone does to them. Backing down doesn't encourage the same from the right
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We're such lemmings
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Lol if he wanted maximum political division he'd have been screaming about Trump or Bernie or Hillary, he wouldn't have name-dropped a D-tier commentator that only a tiny subsection of Twitter care about He was trolling but still playing to his audience who love her as an "ally"
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