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Man Set Himself on Fire Outside of Trump Trial (www.rollingstone.com)
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[-] elbucho@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

One thing that I was fascinated about after reading his manifesto is this part right here:

To better understand our form of government, I will point you to one of the most astonishing pieces of stand-alone evidence I’ve found: Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton’s 1988 DNC speech where he nominated Mike Dukakis for president against George H.W. Bush. The speech is a vile, mean-spirited roast of Dukakis that makes no sense whatsoever: For Clinton to ruthlessly attack a member of his own party should have been political suicide, and he repeatedly mocks Dukakis’ noble and earnest qualities.

I went back and watched that speech. It was just a really long list of reasons why he thought Dukakis would be great as president. The only thing approaching a "roast", and not even a mean spirited one, was when he ribbed Dukakis for his loyalty to a non-Atlanta sports team.

So, like... I know this dude is totally out of this world bonkers crazy... but I can't help but wonder what he saw in that speech that he thought was vile or mean-spirited.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Doesn’t name Trump

Pamphlets he threw around were anti-billionaire and antifa

Police feel he was motivated by conspiracy theories and will start the investigation from there

[-] theareciboincident@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 months ago

Interesting, however I am a bit confused why you are being so disingenuous and straight up lying. Surely the right wing dogwhistles you used are just a misunderstanding on my part.

One of his signs claimed that Mr. Trump and President Biden were “about to fascist coup us.”

he said his critical views of the American government were shaped by his research into Peter Thiel, the technology billionaire…

“Trump’s in on it,” Mr. Azzarello said on Thursday. “It’s a secret kleptocracy, and it can only lead to an apocalyptic fascist coup.”

It looks like he struggled heavily with mental illness, and shows all the hallmarks of old school deep state conspiracy theorists.

he threw a glass of wine at a framed autograph of former President Bill Clinton

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Because that was the story at the time of my summary

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Nothing here was antifa what are you smoking ??? Lol

This was classic "globalist" talk, with an emphasis on crypto and collapse.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Didn't downvote, but I can't read it because it's paywalled. What was the motive?

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Seems like a manic delusion

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

Possibly schizophrenia, depending on when the symptoms first began.

[-] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago
[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

TL;DR....

Cryptocurrency was invented to replace money. Covid was invented to steal money and divide the population. Art and media are created to facilitate fascism.

Source: Classic Simpsons episodes and my laptop that I don't have anymore.

[-] Weirdmusic@lemmy.world -3 points 6 months ago

This might sound callous but I support the right of this dickhead to remove himself from the gene pool and would encourage others to do the same.

[-] damniticant@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

If you read his manifesto this guy had clear mental health issues. He believed the simpsons was created by “the elites” as propaganda.

[-] metaStatic@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

it wasn't?

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago

It was taken over by the elites. Matt Groening’s original stuff is much, much better than the cash cow that’s still being milked.

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