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Oregon shooter Chris Mercer disliked organized religion and considered himself “conservative, republican.” This according to the Daily Beast<\/a>.<\/p>\n But then, an attempt to paint Mercer as a righty runs into problems. He also expressed sympathy for the race-card-playing black Roanoke shooter, e.g., and is himself half black (which sadly matters, even if that says more about the observers<\/em> of these atrocities). On the other hand he appeared to be critical of the Black Lives Matter movement.<\/p>\n Though he loved guns, he also had beef with Christians, as those scary accounts of his actions Thursday inform us.<\/p>\n Secular rightists of course have a greater beef with Islam, not Christianity. (I’d\u00a0say if forced to choose, but it’s not even a contest.)<\/p>\n The New York Times<\/a> reports that Mercer chimed in on the topic of “commercialism” in online forums, which would suggest a progressive’s form of discontent – it’s unlikely he was approvingly citing passages from Tyler Cowen’s In Praise of Commercial Culture<\/a>, afterall\u00a0– but then that’s not much to go on.<\/p>\n No, all we really know is that Mercer was in awe of the negative attention mass murder grabs; he liked guns; he had problems attracting women; and he might have had Asperger’s.\u00a0There’s a manifesto apparently in police custody, but since Mercer opted to go the typewriter route ala 1965 and not post it on Medium, it’s not publicly viewable.<\/p>\n I think the blogger formerly known as Half Sigma might have it right: Beta Male Rage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oregon shooter Chris Mercer disliked organized religion and considered himself “conservative, republican.” This according to the Daily Beast. But then, an attempt to paint Mercer as a righty runs into problems. He also expressed sympathy for the race-card-playing black Roanoke … Continue reading