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[–] sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works 79 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Who's to say he didn't just want to die and take someone important out with him. In the mental state he was in at the time, he may not have even cared about politics.

[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 76 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I was thinking there's no proof he didn't do this to impress Jodie Foster. We may never completely understand

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Narrator:

Jodie Foster was not impressed.

Are we sure?

Can somebody get her on the phone please, we need to get to the bottom of this...

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

He did it... for Johnny. This is like that movie Citizen Kane where you later find out Rosemary was a sled, but we'll never find out who Johnny is, cause, like, he's dead.

Context It's quite prescient because he did indeed catch the bullet right in the ear.

[–] geissi@feddit.de 7 points 4 months ago
[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Crazy that that song was made before school shootings were even a thing

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 2 points 4 months ago

Hopefully he wrote something down somewhere that gives us an idea to his motivation, but you're absolutely right. We may never know. From the little bit that has come out about the shooter, it sure seems likely to be a typical case of a young man feeling isolated and angry at society. I'm certainly not convinced that politics had anything to do with it at this point.

[–] halferect@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

He left a note saying it was to impress Taylor swift according to fox News proving is was a psyop