All the rhetoric at the time was around shooting (don't retreat, reload - there's a common surveyor's phrase) and the districts were said to be "targeted" (usual political speak but not at all related to surveying).
You just look foolish and nobody buys it. at least nobody who hasn't joined the cult.
Using the symbols was stupid with predictable results.
I’m not in any cult. Sorry you peed in your Hheaties this morning.
I’m not in any cult. Sorry you peed in your Wheaties this morning.
Do you think the shooter did this because of the symbols on a map?