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Hold on. Livelsberger's uncle said "He loved Trump, and he was always a very, very patriotic soldier, a patriotic American." He was also very dissatisfied with
by BryantD 2y ago
Hold on.
Livelsberger's uncle said "He loved Trump, and he was always a very, very patriotic soldier, a patriotic American." He was also very dissatisfied with the government but I don't see strong indications that he was criticizing from the left.
Crooks donated once to ActBlue. He was also a registered Republican and the FBI deputy director described his social media activity as anti-semitic and anti-immigration. Again, case seems open.
Routh is certainly reasonable to classify as a leftist.
- ben_w 2y agoThat's why I called them collectively: > well, I'm not sure "left" is the right word, but more generically not-the-Right Americans with guns who I would categorise as an "extremist". Despite who and what they targetted. For a mere protest-based example of oppositon: an ex of mine is an actual literal communist, so way to the left of the Dems in a lot of regards, and yet was still so anti-Dem as to promote Trump the first time around. The "anti" part seems more relevant than the "pro", when the question is violence. But perhaps that's just me.
- BryantD 2y agoYeah, I see where you're coming from. For my part, I'm very wary of accelerationist tendencies and there are hints of that in the two cases I noted. Only hints, though, neither of those guys made a point of leaving full-on manifestos. (Livelsberger came kind of close with his letter talking about how he needed the country to wake up: "This was not a terrorist attack, it was a wake up call. Americans only pay attention to spectacles and violence. What better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and explosives?")