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The chainsawer is a MAGA type who spent the weeks before he cut down the trees shouting racist and white-nationalist slogans at people in the downtown and neigh

The chainsawer is a MAGA type who spent the weeks before he cut down the trees shouting racist and white-nationalist slogans at people in the downtown and neighboring areas. Last year he was wearing a MAGA cap and proudly bragging about how his buddy Trump was going to appoint him to a really important position. (Yes, he's mentally ill, too. But he's not severely ill.) So, not really a sign of decline so much as it is a sign that MAGA types feel the need to physically vandalize liberal cities.

like_any_other 1y ago
The background information I could find on the perpetrator, Samuel Patrick Groft, said that he had a criminal history, was homeless, had 666 tattooed on the back of his head in Roman numerals, and believed his mind was being controlled by “electronic weapons.” I couldn't find anything on him being a "MAGA type", but supposing your claims about him are true - can you explain why you think he, a homeless, most likely Satanist paranoid schizophreniac, is representative of "MAGA types"? Do you think he is a typical representative of that group? Was Trump elected mostly by the homeless mentally ill? Sources: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-24/who-is-los-angeles-tree-chainsaw-suspect https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-24/who-is-l... https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5376478/los-angeles-trees-chopped-down https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5376478/los-angeles-tre... https://laist.com/brief/news/criminal-justice/alleged-tree-cutter-charged-with-felony-vandalism https://laist.com/brief/news/criminal-justice/alleged-tree-c... https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-22/police-arrest-man-accused-of-felling-downtown-l-a-trees-with-a-chainsaw https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-22/police-a...
juniperus 1y ago
That’s wild that you think he isn’t mentally ill. I wouldn’t trust him with a goldfish, you think people lurking the streets shouting insane things like that to people aren’t mentally ill? Are you daft?
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like_any_other 1y ago

The background information I could find on the perpetrator, Samuel Patrick Groft, said that he had a criminal history, was homeless, had 666 tattooed on the back of his head in Roman numerals, and believed his mind was being controlled by “electronic weapons.” I couldn't find anything on him being a "MAGA type", but supposing your claims about him are true - can you explain why you think he, a homeless, most likely Satanist paranoid schizophreniac, is representative of "MAGA types"? Do you think he is a typical representative of that group? Was Trump elected mostly by the homeless mentally ill? Sources: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-24/who-is-los-angeles-tree-chainsaw-suspect https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-24/who-is-l... https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5376478/los-angeles-trees-chopped-down https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5376478/los-angeles-tre... https://laist.com/brief/news/criminal-justice/alleged-tree-cutter-charged-with-felony-vandalism https://laist.com/brief/news/criminal-justice/alleged-tree-c... https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-22/police-arrest-man-accused-of-felling-downtown-l-a-trees-with-a-chainsaw https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-22/police-a...

juniperus 1y ago

That’s wild that you think he isn’t mentally ill. I wouldn’t trust him with a goldfish, you think people lurking the streets shouting insane things like that to people aren’t mentally ill? Are you daft?

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