In the broader sense? Oh, he did. I've read his "manifesto" at Klippenstein, and he states his motivation, and to the degree neither political party has addressed this issue, it's political motivations. Not conspiracy-theory political motivations, but in a broad sense, political motivations.
Beyond that, it's grossly wrong for its author to say they're sure Mangione is a paranoid schizophrenic.
I’m not a doctor, but Luigi Mangione is clearly paranoid schizophrenic.
You admit you're not a doctor. You don't admit you've never seen him in person.
This is almost as irresponsible as the conspiracy theory chuds she calls out.
It is POSSIBLE, per the Baltimore Sun editorial you cited?
A gradual personality change, signs of delusional, disordered thinking, a recent withdrawal from family and friends, all raise the possibility that the man caught Monday morning at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, was not entirely of sound mind. Mental health professionals tell us these are the common symptoms of schizophrenia and the mid-20s are the peak years for onset and diagnosis.
Yes. No more than that. Especially since Bev Potter cut off the last one third of that paragraph, which says:
Did Luigi Mangione suffer from it? That’s highly speculative but that possibility haunts the case — and at least offers some rational explanation of so much irrational behavior.
So, POSSIBLE. Not sure.
AND? IF he has a diagnosable mental illness, maybe it's not schizophrenia, whether of paranoid or non-paranoid type. As for him "dropping out," including from his family? Others have done similar. The just-reunited (we think?) Hannah Kobayashi is an immediate example. It's no proof of mental illness, and if it is seen as a hint of possible mental illness, that doesn't necessarily mean schizophrenia. In fact, the snarling anger at his first post-arrest hearing would contra-indicate schizophrenia. Flattened effect is one of the more common symptoms of schizophrenia.
The fact that he read and favorably reviewed Ted Kaczynski's manifesto also does not make him a paranoid schizophrenic.
Back to that manifesto. As many people have noted, it's nothing like Ted Kaczynski's. There's no conspiracy thinking there, for one thing.
And, it WAS wrong.
We in Merikkka aren't 42nd in life expectancy. We're 55th, behind fucking Albania.
Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi got a hip replacement after her fall in Luxembourg. And, she got a medevac from there to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany for the procedure. Shit, United Healthcare wouldn't even give the average Joe a hip replacement rather than some sort of fusion surgery, and sure as hell wouldn't medevac you to the surgery. And, especially since Pelosi has no official Congressional leadership position, even if not technically, it smacks like an abuse of resources. No wonder people hate Congress about as much as health insurance companies.
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