• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    I love how transparent the billionaire media is now. everything I’ve heard about this guy is a character assassination or speculative at best.

    they even mobbed the highschool he graduated from…EIGHT YEARS AGO. All to get some clips they can piece together to fit the narrative that he’s “a bad crazy man with a gun”.

    this shooting has certainly scared the fucking shit out of the aristocracy though. you can tell how scared they are by how hard the media is pushing the story of his capture.

    • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      Maybe plotting how to dispose of it, perhaps extra paranoid with how much he blew up. Unfortunately all the memes of him probably helped spread the search for him. Not everyone who saw a meme agreed with his actions.

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        18 days ago

        It was a ghost gun, he could have thrown it into any ditch and not have it traced back to him.

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          18 days ago

          He’d probably be ditching more than just that. He could be caught on a security camera disposing of it which could give further clues. He may also had no intention of disposal and intended to keep the firearm.

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            17 days ago

            There are not security cameras all the way.

            He may also had no intention of disposal

            The whole point of a ghost gun is to be able to throw it away and have it not traced back to you.

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              17 days ago

              Private security footage could have caught him disposing, someone could have witnessess and grabbed another photo of him using his their cell phone. He could be worried about finger prints on the gun or other biological clues. And if a ghost gun is so untraceable, keeping it after a crime shouldn’t be proof, because how do you prove it was this ghost gun used in the crime? He could claim he just keeps it for self defense or was interested in how far 3D printed tech has come

              He could be planning another assassination or desire to keep the weapon for self defense purposes. I think you are downplaying the parannoia that would come with such a large scale manhunt accompanied with becoming an internet meme spreading your photo and awareness of your act over night. Paranoia makes you constantly think “but what if?” And that paranoia is even stronger in an extreme circumstance like this.

              The fact is, we may never know why he kept it.

    • AnyOldName3@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      In other threads, people have suggested that he might be carrying the manifesto in case he was shot and killed if/when arrested.

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    17 days ago

    You know, is said he worked UI at Firaxia from '15 to '17, which first made me think he worked on Civ VI, but then more likely Xcom Chimera Squad?

    You don’t get that job without having some interest in games. I hope it turns out he actually played Assassin’s Creed and is intentionally pulling an Ezio look, smile and all.

  • Josey_Wales@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    Is he repped yet? If not and anyone knows how to get in touch with his people please contact me. I have a line on a few free attorneys that take cases of this magnitude.

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      17 days ago

      Nice nothing better than a free lawyer off the internet to defend you in a murder case. I can’t imagine that ever going wrong.

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        17 days ago

        Hey genius… Ben Crump is a free lawyer off the internet. Maybe instead of shooting down offers to help you take your head out of your ass.

        Any paid Manhattan attorney has more in common with the CEO. This guy needs a real street fighter. Not some prissy bitch.

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      17 days ago

      He comes from money, he won’t be needing free legal help.

      https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9nxee2r0do

      "He attended a private, all-boys high school in Baltimore, called the Gilman School, according to school officials. Mr Mangione was named as the valedictorian, which is usually the student with the highest academic achievements in a class.

      He comes from a prominent family in the Baltimore area whose businesses include a country club and nursing homes, according to local media.

      He is reportedly the cousin of Republican state lawmaker Nino Mangione."

  • BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    Problem solving. Maybe we shouldn’t have pushed STEM so hard to the underpaid, unemployed, underinsured masses.

    -Somebody with the wherewithal probably

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    17 days ago

    Lemmy went from being outraged at the elections to becoming un ironical Unabomber stans so fast that I didn’t even realized it

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        17 days ago

        Yeah I can’t help but feel from everything I read he’s a bit of a STEMcel, but hating health insurance companies is one thing that unites almost all Americans.

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          17 days ago

          The people shooting Trump would maybe have a 10% approval rating if they succeeded. This healthcare CEO got the whole working class celebrating his deposal. It is truly impressive.

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        16 days ago

        Dude, what tells you he “loved” the Unabomber? All I’ve seen is a five-paragraph review of his book of which three paragraphs were a quote.

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    17 days ago

    if you check out his twitter, seems to be your typical toxically masculine techbro… kinda disappointing