The suspect, stepson of a deputy sheriff, was on the Sheriff's Youth Advisory Council, and had a history of anti-communist rants, support for the Gaza genocide and hatred towards minorities.

The suspect in the Florida State University shooter, who faces first degree murder charges for killing two and injuring five on Thursday was a member of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA, a fascist youth group around the Republican Party, and is a registered Republican voter in Florida. The 20-year-old suspect, Phoenix Ikner, is the stepson of Leon County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Jessica Ikner, who has been with the department for 18 years.

  • SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    When news of the shooting broke I was with my dad who said “the shooter was probably radical Democrat since they are the violent ones”. FoxRot is real and dangerous.

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Back in the old days of Fark, I remember there used to be a flowchart of people’s reactions to mass shootings:

      • Mass shooting happens
      • initial reaction: guy is a terrorist Muslim and we need to bomb some country in the middle east.
      • news shows it’s a white guy
      • “Oh my…how sad. He must have been really struggling.”

      I feel like the right has replaced the second step with whatever out group they are trying to target.

      • frunch@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Wow, i haven’t heard anyone mention Fark in ages! I spent a lot of time there before Digg…