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Crazyass gunman killed in Dallas, Texas

William Parcher said:
The link in the OP has now been expanded with more info on him. I can't tell what he was about yet. Crazyass for sure.
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There don't yet seem to be any obvious markers, that I recognize at least. The focus on training and remarks about "defending the Republic" suggest some ideological motivation, but there's nothing specific.
 
Checkmite said:
There don't yet seem to be any obvious markers, that I recognize at least. The focus on training and remarks about "defending the Republic" suggest some ideological motivation, but there's nothing specific.
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My view is that many clinically mentally disturbed individuals are attracted by crazy political groups and views. Their "crazy" views of the world are re-affirmed and encouraged by the crazy social group and so they reject medical help and they align with the crazy political group. They are told that they are "correct" to believe what they do (unlike what their family, friends, and doctors tell them) and some of the actions their illness tells them to do (e.g. shooting up an office) are not crazy but actually are morally correct and will make the world better. This can include people who are primarily hurting themselves (anorexics have pro-starvation websites) or those who may hurt others.

In the USA a mass-shooter with right wing religious/ideological views is often dismissed as "just a crazy person" whereas a mass-shooter with radical Muslim religious/political views is considered a terrorist. But fundamentally they are both mentally-ill people with support groups encouraging their crazy views as acceptable and as part of a greater ideological goal. The size and nature of the support group varies but the overall concept is much the same. Sane and rationale people do not seek to kill large groups of innocent strangers. Obviously it will be the mentally least-stable members or followers of a hate group who are most likely to actually do the immoral, dangerous things that the hate group advocates (directly or by "a nod and a wink"). These groups are responsible for the events that then follow. "Sure he was a member of our neo-Nazi group but he killed those 23 people because he was crazy" doesn't get the neo-Nazi's off the hook.
 
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Giordano said:
My view is that many clinically mentally disturbed individuals are attracted by crazy political groups and views. Their "crazy" views of the world are re-affirmed and encouraged by the crazy social group and so they reject medical help and they align with the crazy political group....
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Generally these people who join up with "crazy political groups" will let it be known on their Facebook and other social media. The press has already had a look at his Facebook site.

So far we can't even determine his political party or his ideology. The media would jump on that immediately if it were there. So far.... all we have is crazy.
 
He has no criminal record.

The details of his military discharge are not yet known. It's possible that he had anger or resentment of the discharge. Maybe he was at a Federal building because he was pissed off at the government and crazy enough to start shooting.
 
William Parcher said:
Here is an insane video rant he put on Facebook. This is what crazy looks and sounds like.

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/video/4106602-brian-isaack-clyde-facebook-rant/
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I'm not in the video games/movies cause violence camp but I can't help but feel these idiots draw major inspiration from movie villains. This feels like an attempt to create a movie villain persona or an impassioned movie villain style monologue.

He has the quirky mannerisms (lip smacks and finger sucking), dramatic pauses and the punchy one liners. Feels like a theatrical reading of a terrible joker fan fiction. All he's missing is Joker makeup and green hair. The Colorado movie theater shooter even called himself the Joker. Think this is a case of life imitating art (not the shooting itself but the over dramatic "hey look i'm a psycho" style of his rant)..
 
William Parcher said:
Generally these people who join up with "crazy political groups" will let it be known on their Facebook and other social media. The press has already had a look at his Facebook site.

So far we can't even determine his political party or his ideology. The media would jump on that immediately if it were there. So far.... all we have is crazy.
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Many don't. They are followers but not joiners. Or simply are too paranoid of social or governmental negative reactions to announce it on Facebook, etc. But they can still be driven by the ideas of the hate groups.
 
William Parcher said:
I would agree that he seems inspired by supervillians.
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I think mentally unstable people that have a tenuous grip on reality can easily be absorbed into fantasy worlds and develop a sort of fantastical sense of self and being and develop a distorted view of reality. Seems these people are highly impressionable and easily influenced by political ideologies and fantasy worlds.
 
Giordano said:
Many don't. They are followers but not joiners. Or simply are too paranoid of social or governmental negative reactions to announce it on Facebook, etc. But they can still be driven by the ideas of the hate groups.
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His social media posts don't even suggest that he is a follower of anything.

His Facebook is like one big non sequitur.
 
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Surprise surprise. Right wing terrorism strikes again. But...but ANTIFA!! :rolleyes:
 
Stupid crazyass lunatic. Why do insane people get involved with this crap? A certain number of crazies are drawn to it like a magnet.

I wonder what his target(s) was supposed to be at the federal courthouse.
 
William Parcher said:
I wonder what his target(s) was supposed to be at the federal courthouse.
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That's a good question.

Assuming the attack was aimed at the court itself: the building houses the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The DA there at the moment is Erin Cox, a Trump appointee. The chief judge however is Barbara Lynn, a Clinton appointee. But that may not mean anything; and I don't know anything about the other judges on that court, or how that court tends to rule on issues. I also don't know if that building contains other federal offices besides the District Court. I presume it does, as the building is named the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse, and I can't find any other federal building in Dallas with a cursory search; but if so I have no idea what offices those might be.
 
This photograph was taken by a Dallas Morning News reporter who happened to be at the courthouse and took this shot moments before he started shooting. This reporter can actually be seen in the overhead video of the incident that you may have seen.

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I think it's worth noting this photograph does not depict an unlawful activity. Everything about the gunman, every single thing he's wearing and carrying - the weapon itself, the multiple high-capacity mags strapped around his waist, the body armor, the face mask - and the manner in which he is carrying and wearing it all: all 100% legal in Texas.
 
Checkmite said:
I think it's worth noting this photograph does not depict an unlawful activity. Everything about the gunman, every single thing he's wearing and carrying - the weapon itself, the multiple high-capacity mags strapped around his waist, the body armor, the face mask - and the manner in which he is carrying and wearing it all: all 100% legal in Texas.
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Wow. :jaw-dropp
 
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