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skip fox

(19,359 posts)
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 07:48 PM Jul 2022

The Highland shooter's manifesto video can be found

at Crooks and Liars for now.

it consists of his open, young voice reading a voice-over script about his mental state with videos of a geometric sign over crude animations flashing amid photos.

I don't know how long it will stay up, but it's worth contemplation.

My grandchildren (9-12) made a video this summer which was innocent, beautiful, and funny. And then I see the derangement of a 22 year old. The fact that his voice is that of a child, at least a young adolescent, makes it all the worse.

Thinking long thoughts . . .

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The Highland shooter's manifesto video can be found (Original Post) skip fox Jul 2022 OP
I saw it earlier today leftieNanner Jul 2022 #1
Do you have a link? iemanja Jul 2022 #2
I do have the link, but don't want DU mad at me. skip fox Jul 2022 #4
"it's worth contemplation." WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2022 #3
In a metaphysical sense: such horror in such a vacuous youth. skip fox Jul 2022 #6
If anyone *has* already watched it and wants to give a two sentence summary, it would save RockRaven Jul 2022 #5
I'm with you, I can't. onecaliberal Jul 2022 #7
Not much there... WarGamer Jul 2022 #10
Thank you for saving us the trouble. RockRaven Jul 2022 #16
which would give some value to this, found on reddit no idea if real thatdemguy Jul 2022 #17
He calls himself a liberal but I doubt if he can even think clearly because of his distrubance. skip fox Jul 2022 #19
I think that account is a false flag. It states he is a product of MK Ultra and is a liberal and ARPad95 Jul 2022 #20
As the OP states: skip fox Jul 2022 #9
In regards to this query, repeating the OP is worthless since its vagueness prompted the query. RockRaven Jul 2022 #14
So glad you're there to keep us all straight. skip fox Jul 2022 #21
not much of a manifesto... WarGamer Jul 2022 #8
Yes. THAT's the contemplaltion. skip fox Jul 2022 #11
Just your typical lonely, geeky, attention-seeking 2A patriot. Frasier Balzov Jul 2022 #12
I worked over six years in mental hospitals in the 1970s and I think skip fox Jul 2022 #18
I only called it a manifesto because that's what C&L termed it. skip fox Jul 2022 #13
Mainstream Republican unfortunately. Johnny2X2X Jul 2022 #15
so the guy is getting people to spread his propaganda nt msongs Jul 2022 #22

skip fox

(19,359 posts)
4. I do have the link, but don't want DU mad at me.
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 07:54 PM
Jul 2022

Just google "Crooks and Liars." They are a safe and worthwhile progressive site. You have my word.

RockRaven

(14,972 posts)
5. If anyone *has* already watched it and wants to give a two sentence summary, it would save
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 07:55 PM
Jul 2022

the rest of us, which would be appreciated...

WarGamer

(12,449 posts)
10. Not much there...
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 07:58 PM
Jul 2022

Says he's a "sleepwalker" and feels like he was dropped into thi slife and this action without a choice in the matter.

Weird.

skip fox

(19,359 posts)
19. He calls himself a liberal but I doubt if he can even think clearly because of his distrubance.
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 08:13 PM
Jul 2022

That's not what i was interested in anyway. It was the pyshcology and its manifestation in the video that interested it, not who to blame.

(And we all know what the answer is no mater his supposed affiliation: control of the weapons of war.)

ARPad95

(1,671 posts)
20. I think that account is a false flag. It states he is a product of MK Ultra and is a liberal and
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 08:14 PM
Jul 2022

posted a few minutes ago.

skip fox

(19,359 posts)
9. As the OP states:
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 07:58 PM
Jul 2022

It consists of his open, young voice reading a voice-over script about his mental state with videos of a geometric sign over crude animations flashing amid photos.

If you want more, it's only 1:41 long.

RockRaven

(14,972 posts)
14. In regards to this query, repeating the OP is worthless since its vagueness prompted the query.
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 08:05 PM
Jul 2022

The desired clarification is what "about his mental state" consists of, briefly. Thankfully someone else was already willing to provide that useful information, saving the rest of us the time AND not adding to the page views/clicks of morally dubious content.

WarGamer

(12,449 posts)
8. not much of a manifesto...
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 07:57 PM
Jul 2022

Gives no reasoning for the shooting... nothing political, nothing hate related... nothing.

It's gonna' take a while to figure this out.

skip fox

(19,359 posts)
11. Yes. THAT's the contemplaltion.
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 08:00 PM
Jul 2022

Not what his politics were or who we can blame this on, but how someone can be so disturbed at such an age and talk about it so mildly (even with music in the background), romanticizing it and playing its leading role.

Much to think about.

skip fox

(19,359 posts)
18. I worked over six years in mental hospitals in the 1970s and I think
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 08:09 PM
Jul 2022

the homicidal maniacs that are "presenting themselves" today are a breed beyond what I witnessed (and I got to see and talk with some that were being down-graded from the state hospital for the criminally insane, each with a murder conviction or two).

skip fox

(19,359 posts)
13. I only called it a manifesto because that's what C&L termed it.
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 08:04 PM
Jul 2022

But it is sort of a manifesto of psychosis.

Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)
15. Mainstream Republican unfortunately.
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 08:06 PM
Jul 2022

This is who they are. The sooner we accept that the better we will be.

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