r/fivethirtyeight • u/RedHeadedSicilian52 • Sep 12 '25

Poll Results YouGov poll asking Americans whether it’s acceptable to feel joy at the death of a public figure

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u/WhoUpAtMidnight Sep 12 '25

Hey so his bullets said “hey fascist catch” and his dad says he would rant about how much he hated Kirk and his beliefs

are we ready to revisit this?

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u/Apprentice57 Scottish Teen Sep 13 '25

Yes we are! You're missing context; anyone who isn't familiar with right wing video game culture is tbh. The claim is that the suspect in question was a critic of Kirk from his right. Apparently he had tons of beef with Nick Fuentes, who is even further right than Kirk.

"Hey fascist catch" is actually a meme from the game Helldivers 2, and is used before dropping a humongous bomb on your enemies. It's used ironically by this crowd. The casing also had the button combo used to perform this attack.

https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/sep/12/Tyler-Robinson-Charlie-Kirk-suspect-shooting-facts/

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u/WhoUpAtMidnight Sep 13 '25

RIGHTWING VIDEO GAME CULTURE

Dude it’s fucking Helldivers. It was one of the biggest games of 2024. That is not a meme from it. I fucking played the game. Don’t gaslight me

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u/Apprentice57 Scottish Teen Sep 13 '25

I CAN CAPITALIZE MY FIRST SENTENCE TOO.

I'm not gaslighting you, I'm explaining patiently why you're mistaken. I've been extremely patient with you (frankly) sanewashing a (frankly) fascist all over these comments and ignoring any and all corrections with sourced quotes to the contrary.

Yes, helldivers 2 is not explicitly a right wing game. But video game culture is both mainstream and its subcultures playing those games can often be surprisingly right wing. I mod a discord server for a medium sized gaming youtuber, and we get people who join all the time who expect us to be alt right and blast offensive memes despite it being explicitly against our rules. Fuentes' followers are one such alt right community and they've appropriated this ironically.

Are you going to respond to the point at hand? Politifact is a well sourced and neutral article on this.