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When “Catch This Fascist” Doesn’t Mean What You Think,

How far-right trolls use leftist symbols to hide in plain sight

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Sep 12, 2025
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You’ve probably heard by now that they’ve taken into custody the alleged shooter of Charlie Kirk. He’s a 22-year-old white male from Utah, whose parents were Republicans, his mom was a social worker, his dad worked for the sheriff’s department, he was a Christian who was brought up shooting guns and who got a scholarship to college.

But he’s being sold to the public as a leftist because they found a bullet casing that said “catch this fascist.”

But wait a minute. Not so fast.

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