Thomas Crooks - what we know
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@jon-nyc said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
You tell us. Where’d you find that?
Some rando on twitter. Not anyone I follow.
Looks like Crooks, though.
Yesterday, Mrs. George said, "He's just a kid - look he's wearing braces." Probably a picture from high school, or earlier.
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@Mik said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
I think the truth is that a sad, lonely young man made a very bad decision.
Agreed. Not that anyone cares, but my gut was this was just a dude who decided to see what he could get away with and likely live famously in history books. I lived long enough in DC to know that there are a billion security gaps if you really wanted to try to get away with something... and much easier when it's in the middle of the Pennsylvania countryside.
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@Mik said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
I think the truth is that a sad, lonely young man made a very bad decision.
Yup, I think this is it. I heard that when they searched his phone, there were searches for both President Biden and President Trump. My guess is that if President Biden would have had a rally in the area rather than President Trump, he would have been at it. Quite sad.
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Trump signs in his yard?
Granted he lived with his parents but he’s the only republican in the house.
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"The assassin was your guy", say the people who hate the guy who the assassin targeted.
My own perspective remains that it doesn't matter what this young crazy guy had in his addled brain. We know about this for reasons other than what was going on in his brain. Most importantly, a ridiculous faceplant by the secret service.
Education is extremely important.
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Seems to be the other way around. George’s post is from a guy who runs an alt-right twitter clone, who wants to assure us that the shooter was the lone libtard on Gab.
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Seems to be the other way around. George’s post is from a guy who runs an alt-right twitter clone, who wants to assure us that the shooter was the lone libtard on Gab.
@jon-nyc said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
Seems to be the other way around. George’s post is from a guy who runs an alt-right twitter clone, who wants to assure us that the shooter was the lone libtard on Gab.
“The assassin was your guy” is implicit in the messaging that was sure to lede with “registered republican” as they described the shooter. GK’s post was I’m sure more nuanced.
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"The assassin was your guy", say the people who hate the guy who the assassin targeted.
My own perspective remains that it doesn't matter what this young crazy guy had in his addled brain. We know about this for reasons other than what was going on in his brain. Most importantly, a ridiculous faceplant by the secret service.
@Horace said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
My own perspective remains that it doesn't matter what this young crazy guy had in his addled brain. We know about this for reasons other than what was going on in his brain. Most importantly, a ridiculous faceplant by the secret service.
Yup. He wasn't from one side or the other. Just from the crazy side.
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@Horace said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
My own perspective remains that it doesn't matter what this young crazy guy had in his addled brain. We know about this for reasons other than what was going on in his brain. Most importantly, a ridiculous faceplant by the secret service.
Yup. He wasn't from one side or the other. Just from the crazy side.
@taiwan_girl said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
He wasn't from one side or the other.
I was assured he was a registered Republican.
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More like an unregistered psychiatric patient.
Elbows up!
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@Renauda said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
More like an unregistered psychiatric patient.
Of course.
But there was so much chatter about the fact that he was a registered Republican.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@Renauda said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
More like an unregistered psychiatric patient.
Nope, he was diagnosed.
The Brad
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@Renauda said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
More like an unregistered psychiatric patient.
Of course.
But there was so much chatter about the fact that he was a registered Republican.
@George-K said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
@Renauda said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
More like an unregistered psychiatric patient.
Of course.
But there was so much chatter about the fact that he was a registered Republican.
Chatter is synonymous with gossip. Plenty of that from all sides of the spectrum of current mendacity. No cause to pass any of it along.
