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NBCMAR 28 2022
Crimo swam in the dangerous waters of a toxic internet culture urging young men to kill and drawing them to hard-right US authoritarianism. The glorification of weapons, fixation on violence, and interest in rightist ideology fit a template we have seen for years, including in Buffalo and Uvalde. Internet fascism is spawning this era of mass shootings in America.
This was not an organized ideological attack. Crimo lived in an isolated world of violent video games and social media, amidst an epidemic of prescription drug abuse and even legalized marijuana. Democrats and the left-leaning media harp on guns, but they don't want to consider mental health issues exacerbated by rampant substance abuse.