> The killing of Brian Thompson was the act of an apparent madman whose confused ideology defies social media ambitions to make him some kind of hero. In my vie

> The killing of Brian Thompson was the act of an apparent madman whose confused ideology defies social media ambitions to make him some kind of hero. In my view much of the celebration of the killing is self-indulgence. I doubt it accomplishes anything. But treating it as an aberration is self-delusion. It’s as American as cherry pie. This sort of argument is half-way to a Thompsonian act. Given a large enough population, the entire spectrum of human behavior, from moral to depraved, will be on offer. We have liberty to do much. We want minimal legal constraints on liberty. Yet without some sort of moral compass to keep us more or less on course, we can rationalize all depravity. I don't see Mr. Popehat offering much right/wrong guidance, but I may have missed it. He blocked me on X/Twitter long ago.