Doesn’t change much for me. Violence is a consequence of a broken system. Whatever the motive was, fixing the system is the solution either way.
I go from it being a statement about the times to a mundane murder that warrants no coverage.
He had a sweet life until he didn’t. Still don’t feel bad. If that makes me a bad person, well, America doesn’t care about that either clearly so guess it is what it is. Shrug emoji
That’s what I’ve been wondering, we really don’t even know what the motive was, but the one thing that kind of elevates this beyond him being a “basic murderer” is the carved words on the bullets. That seems to suggest some kind of motive above just him being a hitman or just killing some random person.
Regardless, I think most people are having the reaction they’re having to this because of our ridiculous healthcare system, everyone recognizes it as a problem and alot of people have a loved one who has been wronged by it. Almost any other issue would’ve created a partisan split where Republicans took one position and Democrats took the other position. That a set of clear Left/Right narratives haven’t emerged yet kind of suggests that alot of people aren’t particularly bothered by it. Where this goes though is anyone’s guess, maybe it’s just a single unified moment that is quickly overshadowed by some other bullshit that comes along.
Don’t extort people using their health?
meh. Ends justify the means. Destination, not how you get there.
nazi Germany didn’t lose because the world cared about the genocide, its because the world didn’t like their invasion of other countries. Nevertheless, I celebrate the downfall of nazi Germany and death of hitler.
Same thing can be applied here. Doesn’t matter if this mass murderer CEO fell down some stairs, choked on a burger, or get beaten to death over a personal dispute, death of a killer is a good thing.
I mean, is this just a wild hypothetical? Because it’s really obvious that this isn’t the case. Nothing about this murder was normal. He wasn’t some professional killer because he was sloppy with cameras and the garbage in Starbucks. But he definitely plotted and planned to murder this guy. And then he purposely left evidence of his motive. The gun he used was rare, and he clearly trained with the weapon because of how quickly he was able to clear the jam he had and then kept firing.
To be clear: I’m talking about a possibility, not a prediction.
We’ve nothing to go on but incomplete and likely incorrect public information. It would be foolish of me to entrench around speculation.
Speculative discussion is pointing towards the smiling guy but bring the same person. Any conclusions to the methods of the shooter are still very fraught.
How about now? You think they just released some random person’s photo still?
You mean how I used the word speculative?
Or how I said conclusions are fraught?
You didn’t know any better than anyone else, and perhaps you forget the Boston bomber situation, but it’s always good to slow down on plastering someone’s face/identity on a crime till reports are concrete.
The police released that information because they were confident in it. It wasn’t reddit.
And reports from authorities, at the time I commented that, were raising concerns that it may not have been the same person. My comment was one of caution, yours is of luck.
What the hell is a “basic murderer”?
It means society is in danger because lots of people think lots of other people deserve death.
Good riddance to bad shit. Sometimes the right thing for the wrong reasons is right enough
The effect that Gun violence has against one man vs a plethora of school children.
Serendipity :)
That’s not just hypothetical but downright false. The shooter made his motive very clear.
Just your average delay/deny/defend/depose killer
That doesn’t mean it’s the truth
Why would we ignore facts on the ground? Do you have any better facts?
They said it’s “false” that the killer was motivated by something else. It’s not false, it’s unknown, because there isn’t enough information to actually be confident about that. People trying to give a misleading sense of their motives to throw investigations off when committing crimes is something that happens. If you think there is enough information, that’s more of an opinion than a fact.
It says we don’t care how wealthy people die. We just want them to be six feet under.
If you don’t want most of the world to celebrate your death, try to be less of an asshole.
