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1. LOTS of fake shit seems to be being made up about this guy.
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 07:20 PM
Tuesday

Fake manifestos, fake posts, fake evidence, shit he's outright denied in court as "Planted".

Whole episode stinks.

4. I suppose it's possible to be real, but I sure believe it FAKE, FACEBOOK is source used
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 07:38 PM
Tuesday

Anything that comes from FACEBOOK and with no other source given…

I take it as FAKE.

LeftInTX

(30,314 posts)
9. One is a screenshot because it was determined to be fake because someone with his name posted it
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 09:11 PM
Tuesday

after he was in jail. Substack said it was an imposter.

The other manifesto is being posted by a known internet prankster.

If there is one circulated, it will be vetted by MSM.

Meowmee

(5,898 posts)
3. I looked at his X profile, which is still there
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 07:24 PM
Tuesday

And I read some articles. I think part of his motivation was that he was suffering from severe spinal problems and he had surgery with three pins, put into his spine to stabilize vertebrae. He had been suffering from severe chronic pain after an injury or from some inherited spinal defect, maybe. I guess we will find out more about that in time.

His family was wealthy so he should’ve been able to afford treatment, although maybe he was not in touch with them due to his mental health problems and got straddled with huge bills for the surgery. Apparently the surgery was not successful. I think he had a surgery that is not as advanced as the most recent ones.

He also appears to me to be suffering from some type of mental illness, such as severe bipolar or some type of a mental break I don’t know what the cause could be, perhaps influenced by taking psychedelics. On his profile, he had a picture of a mushroom cartoon, and I think people had said that he was experimenting with taking psychedelics to help his pain.

mzmolly

(51,697 posts)
5. I agree with your summary.
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 07:40 PM
Tuesday

It's a shame that two lives are lost, in addition to the many who are denied health care in this country.

Meowmee

(5,898 posts)
8. Maybe
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 09:05 PM
Tuesday

We don’t know the full story about what happened with his insurance coverage. Or why he chose to murder BT.

LeftInTX

(30,314 posts)
10. Yeah. Failed back surgery is almost always pinned on the surgeon! Not insurance!
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 09:14 PM
Tuesday

I think he was just in pain and bored and started reading a bunch of stuff and got wrapped in something and saw "millions of people" with all these insurance problems and took it on as a cause. Instead of taking care of himself, he tried to "take care of the world" and got so wrapped up in all this stuff and was catastrophizing....if you know what I mean. He probably thought he was gonna "save the world".

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