Today's shooting in America thread

PinkFinal said:
www.bbc.co.uk

The dark fandom behind CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione

Online adulation painting Luigi Mangione as a folk hero and fuelled by health system anger has worried authorities.
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The bit quoted below surprised me. I have seen photos of him and he is far from what I would have thought to be considered attractive (though maybe tastes have changed):

"Much of this online reaction has focused on his looks, with the internet dubbing him the "hot assassin".

Indeed, Mr Mangione's appearance, which he showed off in shirtless social media posts, is now clearly part of the appeal, said cultural critic Blakely Thornton.

Americans are effectively "programmed" to trust and empathise with men who look like Mr Mangione, he said.

"That's why they are the protagonists in our movies, books and stories."

Public adoration for handsome men accused of crimes is not new - from Ted Bundy to Jeremy Meeks, violent men have developed cult followings."
 
Another school shooting this one in Wisconsin. Apparently a student at the school did the shooting. Depressingly familiar tale.
 
FogBlueInSanFran said:
What’s that you say? This “hero” went down a right wing rabbit hole of Russian plant Tucker Carlson and drug-addicted Jordan Peterson? Why, that can’t be. I was told he was a radical out to stick it to the health care establishment. Instead he catches guru-itis, following two of the most popular grifters around, and snaps. Who would have thunk it, eh?
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Have you got link on this ?
 
What a fucked up country. Five families waking up tomorrow without their child, all because some scumbag was able to waltz into a supermarket and buy a rifle uncontested.
 
2024 Chicago only, homicides by firearm...497.

Here's a link of a LONG list of shooting incidents at schools from 1764 to 2000.

History of School Shootings in the United States | K12 Academics

1700s The earliest known United States shooting to happen on school property was the Pontiac's Rebellion school massacre on July 26, 1764, where four Lenape American Indian entered the schoolhouse near present-day Greencastle, Pennsylvania, shot and killed schoolmaster Enoch Brown, and killed...
www.k12academics.com www.k12academics.com

Also good old Wikipedia:

Lists of school shootings in the United States - Wikipedia

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School shootings in the United States - statistics and facts​

www.statista.com

Topic: School shootings in the United States

Discover all statistics and data on School shootings in the United States now on statista.com!
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Very good introductory remarks.
 
Trevor Morley's Tache said:
Anyone who holds Jordan Peterson and Tucker Carlson as some sort of role model needs an intervention.
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It's how you interpret Peterson. Wade through the leftist attacks and he has important points, points which have been hyperbolically politicised unfortunately.

As for the Madison shooter, the girl had the 'manifesto' posted about how men need to be wiped out. I wonder how the media will deal with this..?
 
rinse and repeat.

Thank fuck I was spawned over here. Is he petrified to set foot in a country where guns are so readily available like that.
 
Aphex said:
It's how you interpret Peterson. Wade through the leftist attacks and he has important points, points which have been hyperbolically politicised unfortunately.

As for the Madison shooter, the girl had the 'manifesto' posted about how men need to be wiped out. I wonder how the media will deal with this..?
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Have you cleaned your room?

Have you read this purported "manifesto"?

I have and whilst it's rambling and incoherent and makes racist remarks, the only thing clear (if it is genuine) is that she hates everyone including herself.

It's not even a manifesto tbh.

she was a misanthrope not a misandrist.
 
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