He posted online to explain his reasoning for this action: https://open.substack.com/pub/theponzipapers/p/i-have-set-myself-on-fire-outside?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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To my friends and family, witnesses and first responders, I deeply apologize for inflicting this pain upon you.
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Was it Trump?
Found this, dunno if it’s legit but sounds like a plausible motivation from someone with some screws loose
It seems disconnected from the report that the pamphlets he tossed around before self-immolating were about grievances against NYU. Not saying it couldn’t be real, I’d just expect a mention of NYU in there somewhere if what he chose to take with him was NYU-related.
Edit: if the thread is longer than that one post I can’t see it because I don’t use my twitter account anymore
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Couldn't get this working in archive.org so here's a different article without the paywall. https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-apparently-sets-fire-courthouse-trump-trial/story?id=109433903
Should've used a gift link, my bad:
Thanks!
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Nobody bothered to look at the pamphlets I suppose.
For anyone else curious about the pamphlets here's his Instagram where he posted pictures of them.
Here's an image of one of the pamphlets.
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Gonna guess Qult or Qult-adjacent
The NYT article was updated to say his politics lean in no discernable direction, and that honestly does seem to be the case. He said Biden and Trump were working together on a fascist takeover of the US and the only solution was to tear down the government immediately.
I don't remember the exact name of the psychiatric condition this reminds me of, maybe schizophrenia? But I think our politics has reached a point where fringe beliefs are now so close to the mainstream that we can't identify them as signs of mental illness, opposed to just stupidity.
And for that, I blame Q Anon. It sounds like this man needed therapy and a psychiatrist.
CNN reporters on the scene observed one of the flyers, which said “NYU is a mob front” and “had various allegations of wrongdoings against the school.”
So this had nothing to do with Trump it sounds like.
There's a huge amount of press there, so that's the place to go if you want to get the attention.
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Despite the balance of probability being a disgruntled mentally ill former student, an outsider pro'ly 'otta look into that.