I’m surprised that no one is picking up the hard-core communist theme in the manifesto. “Your Mercedes wasn’t enough; your gold jewelry wasn’t enough.. your trust fund wasn’t enough”. The guy was driven by social class hatred. He is essentially a modern Pol Pot.
This guy was not a Nazi, he was a communist. No secret decoder ring needed.
Do we really care which side insane people pledge loyalty to? No!
This was a loner looking for a sense of belonging. I'm sure he was fascinated with being a Nazi, a commie or something else at one time or another.
Cho is classic outsider wanting to "fit in". Mental illness turned that outsider into a threat that needed to be dealt with many, many years ago.
What groups he adored or what he proclaims is as irrelevant as asking if Hitler played golf and then painting with a broad brush.
You said — “This guy was not a Nazi, he was a communist. No secret decoder ring needed.”
Actually, to sum it up — he was all, and he was none...
That’s about what it adds up to.