What possesses an 18 year old, who should be studying for finals to prepare for graduation, to drive 200 miles from his home to a Buffalo supermarket, and go on a shooting spree?
The influence of right wing rhetoric, especially from white supremacists.
Payton Gendron, from Conklin, drove those 200 miles with a helmet camera for the purpose of live-streaming his act of violence. Why? Why would anyone live-stream themselves committing a crime? We've seen that reported about gang muggings and lootings, and some morons live-streamed themselves at the Capitol in January 2021. I hate to break it to you, but that's not the way to earn your 15 minutes of fame. That's not what the late Andy Warhol had in mind.
Politicians on both sides of the aisle have spoken up. Republicans like Elise Stefanik have used the same, tired cliches about expressing sympathy to the families of the victims. Thirteen people were shot. 11 of them were African-American, the other 2 were white. 10 of those African-Americans are dead.
But, watch. Fox Shmooze, One America, and Newsnax will try to spin this to give Gendron some sympathy. There is none to be had. The deputy public defender hired to represent Gendron entered a plea of not guilty, as if he thinks that's going to help. The punk had a racial slur on his rifle. The intent is as obvious as the day is long.
I'm guessing here, but Gendron probably dropped out of high school, or had already graduated, say, a year ago, but he's wasted his future by buying into BS he read online. Some idiot on YouTube said this will stop when NY turns red. No, it won't, jackass. Regardless of who's running the state or the country, these shootings are going to continue until troubled people like Gendron get the help they need, whether they seek it or not!
2 comments:
That motherfucker is going straight to Hell where he belongs.
Well, he did waste the prime years of his life listening to bad ideas from right wing morons....
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