Destiny

  With this latest nut job committing a murder on the street and his subsequent arrest I keep hearing about his manifesto. It's a three page document explaining his position. It's the ramblings of a madman, that's what it is. It irritates me that the media is giving that scribbling the dignity, the importance of calling it a manifesto. We've all heard of the Communist Manifesto and for us boomers that went to school when they taught actual history, we heard about manifest destiny. The only other manifest we heard about was the one listing what was on a ship! But now, anyone that writes down their evil intentions and commits some type of heinous crime are the authors of a manifesto. In my opinion that adds to the allure, the desire for another nut job to imitate. I can be in the news!

  I'm hearing about this 26 year old man that has obviously lead a rather entitled life. Private school, Ivy league college, living in Hawaii. They say how intelligent and handsome he is. We are seeing x-rays of his spine showing "giant metal screws" that were placed there causing his unimaginable pain. Why, all of that was effecting his quality of life. Reports say it was restricting his intimate relationships. And the health care system is to blame. If only we had universal health care that may not have happened. A good number of people are saying just that. It's obvious to me that he had this surgery, the proof being the x-rays. Did that create a financial hardship? Haven't heard anything about that. But he wrote a manifesto and took action, some calling that action a revolution. He's a freedom fighter. Well, at least he is fighting for us to get free stuff, so that counts.

  Are there any good manifestos? The communist manifesto certainly isn't. Although not an actual document, manifest destiny certainly isn't viewed as a good thing, at least not in modern times. A ships manifest is usually only consulted after some tragedy has taken place. To manifest something is to make it appear. That man manifested evil and nothing more. Given his position in life, young, handsome, intelligent and from a wealthy, well connected family chances are he will be declared mentally incompetent. Already some are viewing him as a modern day Robin Hood. One celebrity even saying she felt joy that he killed that CEO. Her thinking was perhaps that would inspires other companies to lower their rates and approve far more claims.

  He is already lawyered up fighting his extradition to New York state. With his proclamation of being in severe pain all the time wouldn't it follow that he was taking some form of medications? Did those medications cause this? I won't be a bit surprised if that is used as a part of the defense. Oh the poor guy is just a survivor of drug abuse. He shouldn't be punished at all but given the "services" that he deserves along with everyone else in the world. And all that should be free. Big pharma is complicit in this as well. It's all about the dollar! There is even a "legal defense fund" established for this guy reportedly with 30,000 dollars already collected. 

  It won't be long before his "manifesto" will be on the New York Times bestseller list. I have no doubt about that. He will be prosecuted but never really punished. His trial will a public spectacle, impetus for "change." That will be the narrative that comes out of all this. A raising of awareness. Over time it will fade from the public consciousness, forgotten about as we move forward. There will be talk of preventing the printing of "ghost guns" and taking a closer look at the administration of insurance companies. More discussion about the mental health crisis in America. Oh, how could this happen to such a outstanding young man? If anyone thinks that this was in anyway a positive thing they have a mental health crisis! And that isn't a manifesto, just the rantings and ravings of an entitled little brat. Given the authority to do so, I'd manifest his destiny!