this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2025
805 points (96.7% liked)

People Twitter

7611 readers
898 users here now

People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.

RULES:

  1. Mark NSFW content.
  2. No doxxing people.
  3. Must be a pic of the tweet or similar. No direct links to the tweet.
  4. No bullying or international politcs
  5. Be excellent to each other.
  6. Provide an archived link to the tweet (or similar) being shown if it's a major figure or a politician.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
(page 2) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old

What’s the rest of the sign say that is cut off above “hitler”?

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 67 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The timeline in the article doesn't line up with that picture.

Sounds like there was a nasty divorce in 2015 between the parents, including a restraining order.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 88 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We've got an article, I'm sure there will be more coming out. It's his mom and stepdad:

Social media accounts for his parents show that his dad, a U.S. Army veteran, and his mom, a pet groomer, have each divorced and remarried. Each has made Facebook posts in support of President Donald Trump and right-wing politics, but there is no indication their son shares their views.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/wess-roley-identified-as-man-accused-of-killing-idaho-firefighters/

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Per the CNN story, its certainly possible he had a mental break after failing to get a job in the forestry service and just decided to take it out on a couple of firefighters before offing himself.

Did his parents holding extremist political views and a fetish for firearms play a role in his actions? Would be more unbelievable if they didn't. But I don't think he'd have been better off with a couple of parents who were firmly in the Ted Cruz camp or disaffected Liz Cheney die-hards, either.

If I was to take a wild guess, I'd say this was the direct result of a kid who was out of high school, unemployed, with no real future on the horizon, who was terminally online in a community of (likely a large number of bot-accounts and trolls) telling him he's worthless and should just off himself.

A classic problem of "surplus males" that plague every militant reactionary society.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›