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This Hodgkinson miscreant brings negative attention to the left (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 OP
he wasnt left. he was angry white male who was a republican JI7 Jun 2017 #1
link? Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #2
i cant view facebook but others said he posted something about how the gop left him JI7 Jun 2017 #7
Link to his Facebook page... WePurrsevere Jun 2017 #10
I would rather see the truth no matter how bad... glad to have read some of his posts. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #19
Here's his second page... WePurrsevere Jun 2017 #24
Thank you for this. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #25
You're welcome. I recommend not reading recent replies on any of his posts... WePurrsevere Jun 2017 #29
His FB page is a shrine to Bernie Sanders. geek tragedy Jun 2017 #4
Except most of the left gets castigated for being pro gun control. Not so simple. bettyellen Jun 2017 #13
His Facebook postings sugest he's pro environment, hates Trump, supports Bernie. Kaleva Jun 2017 #6
"NeverHill" is his subsection- and loads fell into a pit of hatred last year. bettyellen Jun 2017 #14
He says Hillary is a Repub, he doesn't trust Democrats. Kaleva Jun 2017 #15
This can't be the first time you've heard HRC is a "republican light", a neo liberal bettyellen Jun 2017 #16
No. Just saying shooter appears not to have been a Democrat. Kaleva Jun 2017 #17
+1. I am not owning this. pirateshipdude Jun 2017 #21
NONE of us own it but that doesn't mean our opponents won't hit us over the head with it. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #27
The point I am making is, it has nothing to do with Democrats. pirateshipdude Jun 2017 #30
Belleville MFM008 Jun 2017 #3
Bernie is Independent...not sure how LW Dems can be associated with that? bresue Jun 2017 #5
Sen. Sanders is an independent not a Democrat. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #8
I know. Between that, Kathy Griffin and the Trump play.. Initech Jun 2017 #9
Pro Gun bpj62 Jun 2017 #11
Consiering he was for both Sanders and Orange Turd, I don't think so Warpy Jun 2017 #12
He was against Orange Turd. Kaleva Jun 2017 #18
Apparently he was for him before he was against him Warpy Jun 2017 #20
I haven't seen any pro Trump postings. Even going back as far as 2015. Kaleva Jun 2017 #22
Why are we assuming that he is a "leftie?" Tatiana Jun 2017 #23
Because his Facebook page rants against the 1% and super-rich... JHB Jun 2017 #28
he was anti hillary . JI7 Jun 2017 #31
How does that conflict with what I noted? JHB Jun 2017 #32
Got it. Tatiana Jun 2017 #33
A genuinely deplorable act. RadiationTherapy Jun 2017 #26
Narrative enid602 Jun 2017 #34

JI7

(89,276 posts)
1. he wasnt left. he was angry white male who was a republican
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 11:19 AM
Jun 2017

Who wanted to stop Hillary from becoming pres

JI7

(89,276 posts)
7. i cant view facebook but others said he posted something about how the gop left him
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 11:23 AM
Jun 2017

And Bernie or bust means he wanted trump over clinton

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
10. Link to his Facebook page...
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 11:37 AM
Jun 2017
https://www.facebook.com/jthodgkinson

FB should lock it IMO but I tend to think they should with all like this no matter what political or religious beliefs they may have.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
24. Here's his second page...
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 12:43 PM
Jun 2017

There's more showing his political stances on it. He's anti-Trump, anti-DNC and anti-Hillary. He was a write in vote for Bernie or vote for Stein one.

https://m.facebook.com/james.hodgkinson.568

I believe that mental stability or instability isn't partisan. Obviously something snapped inside of him enough that he took the trip from Illinois put aside the feelings and love of his family and friends up there and started shooting at people. That's not mentally healthy no matter how you look at it.

On his page above there's a picture of what I think was his granddaughter, young girl having fun on a jet ski. My heart goes out to her and any other grandchildren or loved ones he had. I suspect they didn't see this coming.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
29. You're welcome. I recommend not reading recent replies on any of his posts...
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 12:51 PM
Jun 2017

If you suffer from high blood pressure already. I started to and had to stop. It was just too much.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
4. His FB page is a shrine to Bernie Sanders.
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 11:22 AM
Jun 2017

America is a violent country, and the left is just as American as the right is.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
13. Except most of the left gets castigated for being pro gun control. Not so simple.
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 12:05 PM
Jun 2017

It's bizarre that he's from the place where CDS helped swing the election.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
16. This can't be the first time you've heard HRC is a "republican light", a neo liberal
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 12:20 PM
Jun 2017

And corporate shill? Or heard a "progressive" call her "shillary" ? I heard it over and over again from people both here and in the real world. Doesn't help to pretend that hatred was not ginned up on both sides. Wikileaks, Guccifer, Greenwald, TYT and Stein all pushed this crap and did it well after the primaries.

 

pirateshipdude

(967 posts)
21. +1. I am not owning this.
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 12:31 PM
Jun 2017

Sanders to this day aggressively goes after the Republican vote. We know many supporters were not Democrats and never Democrats, needing caucus and open primary in Red States. Because he is a Sanders supporter or shot Republicans, does not make him a Democrat.

 

pirateshipdude

(967 posts)
30. The point I am making is, it has nothing to do with Democrats.
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 12:53 PM
Jun 2017

I do think Republican voters own the hate, divisiveness, violence, murder committed thru their agenda. And I would have to own this as a Democrat, if the man was a Democrat. He was not.

That is my point of not owning it. How I will address on social media is that this was not a Democrat. He was a Sanders supporter that voter Stein. Anti-Democrat and X-Republican. I understand media will not present it that way. I will argue that point.

MFM008

(19,820 posts)
3. Belleville
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 11:22 AM
Jun 2017

Illinois is not a hot bed of liberalism ( where gunman is from). I was raised near there. My mom's family is from Decatur. They are all republicans.
Another reason she doesn't speak to them.

bresue

(1,007 posts)
5. Bernie is Independent...not sure how LW Dems can be associated with that?
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 11:22 AM
Jun 2017

Is there not a label for extreme Independents? Just saying....

Initech

(100,105 posts)
9. I know. Between that, Kathy Griffin and the Trump play..
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 11:35 AM
Jun 2017

The GOP is looking for any excuse to lock us up. This is getting scary. This is the last thing we need, this fucking lunatic.

Warpy

(111,359 posts)
12. Consiering he was for both Sanders and Orange Turd, I don't think so
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 12:01 PM
Jun 2017

He was just one of those mad as hell people who wanted CHANGE and I don't think he much cared what form it took.

A deep thinker is not something he'd seem to be, nor was he partisan.

However, the gunz, gunz, gunz drumbeat of the GOP has finally bitten some of them on the ass. They'll try to deflect, of course, and the breathless bafflegabbers on the TV will twist themselves into corkscrews trying to spin it away from the NRA, but Republican Congressmen feel a lot less safe today than they did yesterday because they know how many gunz they've managed to get out there.

Now they know: and armed society isn't a polite society, it's a terrified society.

At least the injuries were not life threatening this time. The shooter has died so we'll never know what was going on in his head.

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
23. Why are we assuming that he is a "leftie?"
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 12:40 PM
Jun 2017

There were many libertarians and Republicans who supported Sanders. This individual may be one of those types.

JHB

(37,162 posts)
28. Because his Facebook page rants against the 1% and super-rich...
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 12:50 PM
Jun 2017

...at one point he had changed his photo to FDR, pretty consistent hate on Republicans, etc.

If he was an ex-Republican as some people claim, then it was from before 2012. Joining a Facebook group doesn't mean he actually was one.

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
33. Got it.
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 01:20 PM
Jun 2017

Thanks for the informative response.

I took a look at the page, and while it does seem to be anti-1%ers and anti-Trump, it would be interesting to confirm this information with voter registration and/or party affiliation data.

enid602

(8,658 posts)
34. Narrative
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 02:33 PM
Jun 2017

It gives tRump some shade. Let's see if he can change the narrative. He's still on a desperate position.

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