A ‘Lone-Wolf’ Shooter Has an Online Pack

MSN ^ | May 15, 2022 | by Juliette Kayyem

[artichokegrower]

Wolves are not a particularly special species. They are not as menacing nor as powerful as mountain lions. They are not as big as many other predators, nor as strong, nor terribly wise, nor do they have sophisticated tools or genetic dispositions that make them individually dangerous in the animal kingdom. Their ability to capture prey worthier than themselves results from collaboration—from the pack.

[artichokegrower]

The manifesto is an ode to a particular variant of hate—espoused by political and conservative media leaders—called “Great Replacement” theory. Pulled from European extremists’ fear of Muslim immigrants, the American variant has grown out of undeniable demographic shifts. The year Donald Trump was elected president, 2016, was also the first year that the U.S. Census Bureau reported more nonwhite babies born in America than white babies. The country is not going back to a white majority.

Didn’t take long to bring Trump into the discussion

[proust]

Could also describe Washington DC.

[Fresh Wind]

Sweet Juliette

[MercyFlush]

Paranoid conspiracy theories are always so entertaining!

[Lurkinanloomin]

It’s not really a theory anymore, it’s a fact.

15,000 a day are being admitted to our country in contravention of our laws.

[Az Joe]

This bitch is a far Left MSNBC crazie

[boycott]

She needs two paper bags over her head. She’s all kind of ugly.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

She looks like she crawled out of a sewer.

[Irenic]

Is that a guy?

[Drew68]

Finally, a mass shooter we can talk about.

[griswold3]

What’s the difference between a conspiracy and the truth?

About 6 months.

[griswold3]

That’s a man, Man!

[Eagles6]

That’s one ugly dude!

[Valpal1]

The writer is a moron. I had hope from the headline that perhaps she would in fact identify the “online pack”, the sorry mess of the dark web trolls that feed the crazies and manipulate their beliefs and actions. I have no doubt that many of them are agents of other countries. Some are probably agents of our own corrupt deepstate intelligence agencies.

The ultimate goal is to build public support for disarming ourselves.

This is why they never ferret them out and prosecute them for their encouragement of mass shootings.

[Lisbon1940]

She has a name like Omar Khayyam.

[mewzilla]

But the perp was a known wolf, wasn’t he...

Running loose.

Deep State needs to explain why that was.

[D Rider]

Donald Southerland had a daughter?

[Robert A Cook PE]

And all had previous arrests for criminal violence.

[freeandfreezing]

I'd like to hear an explanation for the nature of the material included in the shooter's manifesto:

The plan of action:

-At home I will pick up all my gear and put it in an industrial trash bag, then I will put this bag in a laundry basket and place it on the floor in front of the passenger seat. I will put the three guns (two of them have carriers) behind my seat with a blanket over them to cover it from outsiders. I will also have discord at my house running a live recording of my twitch account.

-I eat a large portion of corn beef hash for breakfast

-I will leave my house at 7:30 and travel to Buffalo in regular clothing, should arrive just before 12:00

-At 12:00 I will go inside the store for the second to last time and make sure everything is as expected

-I will follow my planned course of action and make sure I know exactly where to go between 12:00 and 2:45. I will also get some food at McDonalds.

-At 3:30 I will park in the designated gear up spot off of Sherman St and fully gear up. I will take my 3 guns out of their carriers and put them in the passenger seat of my car. I chamber the shotgun and add another in the magazine tube, and do the same to the savage axis. Both of these guns will have the safety engaged. (I may change the location I gear up if I determine it is too risky.)

-At 3:50 I will publish my 8chan post on 8chan.moe, 4chan post on 4chan linked to 8chan post, send links to the discord servers I’m in, and send links to all people on my discord friend list. After I’m done posting I will take the XM-15 and properly wear the sling and place the gun to the left of my legs. I insert the coupled magazines, chamber a round with the M855 mag and make sure the gun is on safe.

-At 3:55 I start the livestream, and make it out onto Sherman St, I will take a right on to High St, take a right onto Johnson St, make it across Best St onto Wohlers Ave, and park on the side of the road just before Riley St.

The detailed list of steps continues, but I think that is enough to convey how strange it seems. Perhaps that kind of writing and thinking is just another symptom of a really deranged mind, but it almost seems like a set of directions that someone is repeating.

Any thoughts from the psychologists?

[Valpal1]

Probably the result of long term discussion/coaching with like minded denizens of the mentioned 8chan and 4chan some of whom are probably government agents or foreign agents whose ultimate goal is to build public support for disarming ourselves.