Republican on Republican violence, how sad.
this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2024
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I assumed he just voted republican because the area was and he wanted some influence but this would blow that theory out of the water.
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Conservatives are shooting conservatives now, so I guess I better vote conservative for being so brave by standing up to conservatives.
Not the first time they go against each other, this is just the most high profile target so far. Remember that redditor who murdered his own father because he thought he's some sort of liberal? Or when they tried to hang Mike Pence? There's quite a few such cases, just typically not the former president / current presidential candidate. Who knows what went on in this guys head, he was likely kinda deranged like many of the other perps were. Maybe something about Trump made him think he wronged him in some way or the recent reveals actually opened his eyes and made him feel betrayed. Or he was just conservative but anti-Trump and saw him as dangerous enough to make use of his right to squash a fascist uprising. There's so many potential scenarios.
right around 20 years old is a prime time for schizophrenia to surface
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A former classmate of the 20-year-old man who tried unsuccessfully to kill former President [and convicted felon] Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday recalled him being staunchly to the right of the political spectrum. “He definitely was conservative,” Max R. Smith told The Philadelphia Inquirer of Thomas Crooks. “It makes me wonder why he would carry out an assassination attempt on the conservative candidate.” Smith shared an American history class with Crooks, and remembered a mock debate where their teacher made students stand on one side of the classroom or another to signal their allegiance. “The majority of the class were on the liberal side, but Tom, no matter what, always stood his ground on the conservative side,” Smith said. “That’s still the picture I have of him. Just standing alone on one side while the rest of the class was on the other.” Crooks died in the assassination attempt. Trump, who suffered a minor injury to the ear, was “fine” Sunday after being treated at a local medical facility, his campaign said. One audience member was killed and two others critically injured amid the gunfire.
That's kind of fucked up, asking kids to inventory their political allegiance... In debates we were assigned an opinion and had to defend it no matter what our personal opinion was to make us understand how to build arguments...
When I was in 8th grade, at a Catholic private school.... I was the only person who preferred liberal. During the debates we had, I won over a majority of my classmates with my arguments in favor of doing things how Jesus would behave. I won the debate but the teacher didn't recognize my success. It was actually very illuminating at the time and has stayed with me all my life. Hardcore conservatives will choose reactionary ideas over their religion.
I had a similar experience in middle school when my parents signed me up for CCD (after school program to get you ready for Catholic confirmation). I considered myself a Christian until then and was looking forward to the program....until my non-combative questions about applying Jesus' teachings to the real world were dismissed and I saw the cult mentality I had fallen for.
Weirdly enough, the final nail in the ~~wrist~~ coffin was when I asked my teacher how he knew that What Dreams May Come was not an accurate representation of pergatory and he said "it just isn't."
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We never had debate, but in a performance acts class once we were asked our opinion on something and then would have to defend the opposite opinion.
It was nothing so blatantly polarising as only one person on one side though.
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Let them fight
Maybe Trump wasn't extremist enough for him. Or maybe he recognized that Trump and the Republican party have ceased being "conservative" a long time ago. Or maybe he recognized Trump as the danger to America.
Or he wanted a different candidate. Imagine if he was a vivek ramaswamy fan lol
I keep wondering if he thought Trump was just the right target to kick off the Boogaloo
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