Chebucto Regional Softball Club

now the great mass of runners are passing, and they fill the street from edge to edge running shoulder to shoulders not so much competing as sweeping each other along. They are like army ants.

I was up early enough (and lucky enough) to catch the tail end of the Bronx 10 mile. The leading man had already just gone by so I stopped to watch hoping for a dog fight amongst the top women. unfortunately, the winner was right up with some men, in perhaps 11th or 10th and the next woman to come along was hundreds of meters back, no chance of a close finish. still a great race. Could I catch the running bug again?

The mild sense of only slightly unwelcome isolation of the middle distance runner.

@Phosphenes @jrconlin

I don't find the memes "ambiguous" groypers are right wing and they have been mad at Kirk recently. They 'joke' about these types of things.

Disillusioned right wingers attacking their own is a pattern. This could fit into it.

Ask your uncle or coworker what they know about these events, how they have understood them.

@Phosphenes @jrconlin

A majority of people think that the president was nearly assassinated (twice) by "the left" -- people have largely forgotten the assassination of a Democratic lawmaker. Forgotten that the CDC was shot up just weeks ago, and now the death of a conservative pundit is being blamed on the left as well.

There is a larger pattern here that I'm worried a lot of people are missing.

Or rather there is a big lie that is trying to crystalize.

@catsalad

This is so condescending. Of course they can! In fact, I know fish who are professional chefs!

@dan

"Don't you have something you should be fetching for me?"

@Annaspanner @shellheim @ErikUden

Unfortunately I've had some run-ins with these people and recognized the non-sense on the casings right away. But more to the point this is one of a few far right communities who have been angry at Kirk and saying violent things about him in the lead up.

Now, to what degree is this just a disturbed man acting out? That's harder to say. All shootings have that element as well.

@snork303

nah. I'm good brah.

@nazokiyoubinbou

Perhaps some one should run around saying "this is war" after to help focus the attention of the media?

@Kuniti_shino

i just want u to know it's ok to ask for help if you need it...

@gemini6ice

OMG

@tobinbaker @MightyRedPanda

I think it's more that Republicans see it as bait, and Democrats want to keep a lid on it.

But, if you talk to people they are really into these ideas. They are popular. Rich people hate it!

@MightyRedPanda @tobinbaker

"class warfare is almost assuredly a-political"

I don't know about that.

If we never have to see spam posts about "notices bulge" again that is a small good.

The down side is explaining what that is to my non-online husband.

@nazokiyoubinbou

There were a few signs I thought?

@shellheim @ErikUden

Not "left leaning" groyper nonsense.

And he was in deep.

@mhoye

Well except for Kirk being that important... but I do think some people on the right saw him that way. That seems possible.

@minmi

He has connections to groypers who are pretty far right. They are also kind of nihilistic so some of that too.

@jrconlin

That is a political choice. Possibly they fear backlash, possibly they think it's a better story that way.

It's been very telling to watch this killer morph from antifa-sleeper agent to "poor sweet quiet confused boy who needed help"

Really it makes me sick.