I doubt anything NYPD has published so far. it’s all sus.
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aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoDoubt. Doesn’t include any of the statements authorities have quoted. They also mentioned the handwritten manifesto was 262 words.
Even if this isn’t the manifesto, his family had money, this reads like it was written by a high schooler, and it was posted yesterday.
JoYo@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
This does seem very amateurish (Gladiator, Greenday, “smile through the pain”). These are emo trops. I’d be disappointed to know it’s him.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 week ago
You’d be disappointed if he isn’t also a genius writer?
aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Not necessarily but basing an idealogy in fantasy (as he talks about the emperor being god in gladiator) neglects reality. Anger and whatever sense of righteousness you subscribe to should be based firmly in reality, otherwise you’ll find you are acting on nothing but hypotheticals.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 week ago
I don’t see the issue in quoting works of fiction if you think they express something you’re trying to say. People quote Shakespeare all the time to make a point but nobody cares because that’s old and accepted. No I’m not saying Gladiator is on a level with Shakespeare but there’s a weird imbalance in what you’re allowed to quote in your argument and what not. If the imagery spoke to him, why not?
frostysauce@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Did… Did you just gatekeep anger?
tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
I liked that the writer stuck with clear and simple english instead of flowering up his prose, but I just feel that using borrowed quips and popart philosophy isn’t an honest way to write. It feels more in line with a teen or a young adult trying to find their voice in the words of others (and we’ve all been there)
Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 week ago
I still feel being “disappointed” is harsh. He’s 26 and just wanted his thoughts out. He may have been trying, maybe even subconsciously, to emulate some literary devices more or less successfully in an effort to better convey his feelings but I really don’t think the point was to write great literature.