Editing Brenton Tarrant (section)

==Reactions ==

His actions were univerally condemned at home and internationally, by political figures, civilians, and Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Many world leaders, including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, officials engaging in foreign affairs to New Zealand, and other foreign heads of state and government issued statements condemning the attack and wishing New Zealand and those affected well. Many actions/interventions have occured, such as firearm regulation, attempts to combat hate, and prohibiting the livestream footage. Arthur Brown, and even Željko Grmuša, the singer of the highly xenophobic "Karadžić, Lead Your Serbs" condemned the actions of Tarrant upon learning that he had been listening to their music during his heinous crimes.

His family was appalled by his actions. In an interview with his grandparents, they said he was "quiet" and "awkward with girls", but still enjoyed himself doing things on computers. When asked what they would say if they saw him, his grandmother said "not anything nice". Brenton Tarrant's cousin even said that he deserves capital punishment for what he did.

However, the vanguardist faction of the white nationalist movement celebrated his actions with numerous 8chan users applauding his heinous crimes. It is almost regular to see extremely offensive internet memes of the massacre on websites like 4chan and 8chan's [[pol]] discussion boards. He also appears to have inspired a cult following who have made recordings of verbal support, and made other forms of media praising him, and the cult has received a lot of backlash. For example, a video game developed by a group of alt right members titled ''Jesus Strikes Back: Judgement Day'', which received an extremely high amount of controversy, had a playable character who was an obvious homage to Tarrant. A ''Doom ''level sharing website permanently banned a user and issued a blog post condemning their actions, because the user made a level which resembled the Al-Noor mosque, and also had UI with Tarrant's face and weaponry. Several ''Steam Workshop'' submissions that have themes regarding the Christchurch mosque shootings have been taken down.

Brenton Tarrant‘s Christchurch mosque shootings were a heavy influence on killers like Escondido mosque arsonist/Poway synagogue shooter [[John T. Earnest]] and El Paso Walmart shooter [[Patrick Crusius]] both of whom also uploaded manifestos of their own on 8chan and also had similar beliefs against specific groups (Jews/Muslims and Hispanics/Mestizos/Mexicans respectively). Earnest had even spray-painted "For Brenton Tarrant -t. /pol/" on the mosque he set on fire.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/synagogue-killer-was-directly-inspired-by-new-zealand-attack-court-papers-show/ Poway synagogue killer was inspired by New Zealand attack, court papers show], ''The Times of Israel''</ref>

Brenton Tarrant, like many other criminals who committed heinous crimes, has received a lot of fan mail while in prison. However, he was scrutinized by the prison staff when he sent a letter perceived as hateful and inciting of violence to a man apparently named "Alan" in Russia. 
[[File:Ending the Subscribe to PewDiePie meme.jpg|thumb|251x251px|Brenton Tarrant's actions was one of several reasons PewDiePie ended the "Subscribe to Pewdiepie" meme.|link=Special:FilePath/Ending_the_Subscribe_to_PewDiePie_meme.jpg]]
Brenton Tarrant said "Remember lads, subscribe to PewDiePie" prior to the shooting, a reference to a subscriber battle between T-Series and PewDiePie that was occurring at the time. PewDiePie issued a statement on Twitter and YouTube condemning the statement, and offered his condolences to the victims of the shooting. PewDiePie said that having his name "associated with something so unspeakably vile" has caused him a significant amount of personal distress, and that he didn't address it in-depth right away due to him not wanting to make the situation all about himself. Tarrant's actions were also one of several reasons PewDiePie called on his fans to end the "subscribe to PewDiePie" meme.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/technology/pewdiepie-new-zealand-shooting.html PewDiePie Put in Spotlight After New Zealand Shooting], ''The New York Times''</ref>