John Russell Houser stood up during a screening of Trainwreck at the cinema in Lafayette on 23 July and opened fire on the audience.
On Wednesday, police released a copy of the 59-year-old drifter's hand-written journal, in which he described Dylann Roof - the man accused of killing nine black people at a South Carolina church - as "green but good".
In the 40-page journal he left at a Motel 6, he calls the US a "filth farm", and rants about the news media, national political figures, women, homosexuals and black people.
He wrote: "If you have not stood against filth, you are now a soft target.
"America is in the midst of celebrating filth, and as such they are the enemy."
Jillian Johnson, 33, and 21-year-old Mayci Breaux were killed in the shooting. Houser turned the gun on himself as armed police arrived at the scene.
On the last page of the journal, Houser wrote that he was leaving the diary "in hopes of truth, my death all but assured".
A police report on Wednesday showed the drug tests on the gunman revealed some alcohol was present, but no illegal substances.
He hid a handgun inside his trousers before entering the cinema, waiting several minutes and then began shooting.
Authorities said that after the attack they discovered social media posts about the gunman's "anti-government tendencies".
Houser reportedly posted that he had "battled his local government and had a hatred for the United States Government".
He also wrote about his interest in Golden Dawn, a Greek organisation which holds neo-Nazi beliefs.
The police report described Houser as having had a history of erratic behaviour in the Georgia and Alabama communities where he lived before moving to Lafayette.
In 2008, a Georgia judge ordered him to undergo a mental evaluation after relatives claimed he was a danger to himself and others.
He was not involuntarily committed, which could be how he passed a federal background check in 2014 allowing him to buy the .40-calibre handgun he used in the shooting.
In Alabama, Houser became estranged from his family, lost his business and faced eviction from his home.
Before he left the house, he poured concrete into the plumbing and glue into the fixtures, police said.
His estranged wife, Kellie Houser, filed for divorce in March last year, claiming he had repeatedly threatened her.
Investigators revealed he had visited the cinema more than once and found wigs and disguises in his room. Police said he tried to blend in with the fleeing crowd, but turned back and shot himself as police approached.
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