nai06 said:

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All of things point to him being conservative in his views:

-Statements from classmates- most statements from old classmates are vague statements by people who knew him in passing and nonspecific. However we have a classmate who recounted a very specific conversation with him where he became very passionate about his hatred of Trump. one well detailed and recounted specific example is more believeable than vague "maybes". The quotes from classmates that claim he was conservative run along the lines of. "I didn't know him well. He was quiet. I think he was mostly apolitical. But he struck me as maybe a conservative. His dad had a Trump sign in their yard." I will also point out that most of the interviewees point out that this kid hung out with the loners, kids who were considered wierd, kids they though would be likely to shoot up the school, kids who got pulled out to be homeschooled or alternatively schooled. Most school shooters about 80% identify with leftist politics.
^^this is not a reliable recounting or evidence of someone's political beliefs at all^^
-Demo Ranch Tshirt- This is a company that puts out info on guns. It's not a conservative podcast. First, don't equate guns with conservatives. There have been many militant leftist groups pop up lately that have gotten heavily into the gun scene. Once again you are drawing a parallel between guns, gun violence, and conservatives. I have pointed out that you did this earlier and here you are doing it again.
-Conservative father This is probably your worst piece of evidence. Seriously....how may kids follow their parent's political leanings. The kid was by all accounts a disaffected loser who had not been social in highschool and continued that pattern after highschool. How many of those kind of disaffected kids maintain their parent's beliefs? Most actually reject their parent's values. So this if anything supports evidence he leaned left. If you hate your dad you actually will be militantly opposed to thier beliefs.
-Trump signs previously in the lawn already addressed
-Member of a gun club if you are planning to shoot people you learn how to shoot. The best place to learn to shoot is by joining a club. Once again, stop equating guns and mass shooters with conservatives. This is inaccurate.
-Regularly practiced at the range see above
-Active interest in fire arms see above
-registered Republican Democrats register republican all the time in order to affect the choice of nominee. It costs nothing to register republican. It costs money however to donate to actblue. Most importantly if this kid hated Trump as vociferously as one class mate characterizes it would indeed make sense that he would register republican so he can vote in the primary to try to make sure Trump was NOT the republican nominee. It would then follow that because that failed and Trump became the nominee and he believed all the Trump is literally Hitler rhetoric he may have moved on to wanting to assassinate Trump to make sure Trump could not become president. This is the absolute MOST LOGICAL explanation of his behavior. But If we want to put our tin foil hats on for a moment-

If I was going to commit a mass shooting event in order to paint one political side in a negative light I would commit an atrocious act and then leave evidence that I was aligned with the people I wanted the blame to fall on.

All of these things point to him being liberal in his views
-Made a $15 donation to Act Blue in 2021
EDIT: Updates below
-Tried to kill Donald Trump
-a former classmate said he had a disdain for all politicians including Trump
(I'm putting this here even though the interview linked, quoted the student as saying he felt like Trump is/was a good president and Crooks insinuated he was stupid for thinking that. That same classmate also said the conversation took place in 2016, before Trump was elected)



So help me expand on the second list. What have you seen that leads you to believe he wasn't conservative in his views?

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