The /r9k/thread is populated by users who describe themselves as outcasts. The subculture is active on a message board called /r9k/ on the website 4chan, where the Philadelphia threat and a similar post possibly linked to Mercer were posted.
Yet the image does help to explain, not necessarily the origin of the threat, but the Internet subculture where it first appeared, which has become a center for those who feel cast out from the "normal" world. His cries will be heard, his victims will cower in fear, and the strength of the Union will decay a little more." The image may seem trivial considering the severity of the threat made in the post it seemingly referenced the fatal shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon at the hands of Chris Harper Mercer: "On October 5, 2015, at 1:00 PM CT, a fellow robot will take up arms against a university near Philadelphia. At the beginning of an online thread posted Friday – which warned of impending violence to be brought against a Philadelphia-area university – was a drawing of a cartoon frog wearing a black mask and holding a handgun.
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