And someone just set himself on fire outside the courthouse!

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      I read his manifesto and substack. He had his own brand of crazy, mixing Russian misinformation and personal delusions half-and-half.

      His gist is “climate change and resource scarcity will destroy society, the elites know it and created cryptocurrency to collapse global finance, which will fix things while making them untouchable rulers.”

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      Can we have a little bit more tact? He is a human being, and that kind if rhetoric is not helpful in any way.

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          I mean… Technically speaking the guy didn’t really hurt anyone else… I don’t know that I’d call him a terrorist over this. Stupid? Maybe. Misguided? Most definitely. But if the only person he hurt is himself I don’t think that’s grounds to be called terrorism. Frankly I think a person should have the right to set themselves on fire if they want to. Same way they have the right, technically, to eat a bullet in the garage or take a long fall with a short rope. Nobody wants to see it happen, and it is “illegal” in such a fashion that emergency services can come legally enter your home without permission to prevent a suicide in progress, but the right to self harm should be covered under bodily autonomy. I’m not going to idolize this guy but I don’t think his name should be stricken from history as though this was some heinous act of terrorism. He aimed to sacrifice his own life and no one else’s to bring visibility to his protest. I may not agree with it but I think you should be allowed that.

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          When I made the comment, my knowledge was that he is alive. Regardless of tense, it doesn’t change the point of my comment.