I remember a time when if you wanted to get people’s attention, you said something really controversial. But with the advent of social media and the normalization of controversial, the attention seekers have been forced l to turn to more eextreme methods for getting people to listen to them, and increasingly that method is murder.
Case in point. A terrorist just walked into a building, shot a bunch of people, shot himself, left behind a note requesting his brain be studied for CTE, and authorities have now shockingly agreed to “honor” his request.
Evidently murder is now an honorable way to make your grievance go viral.
It worked with Luigi Mangione and now it’s working for Shane Tamura. Evidently, if you attach some sort of grievance to your depraved act, it will be considered legitimate, and you may even become a hero and a martyr. No need to think, influence people through persuasive argument and evidence, or God forbid, hard work; just lock and load and boom, instant headline notoriety. I will file this under #InsaneTimes.