@duglop
My train has jumped your track. Usually I follow your message pretty well. Can you elaborate?
(Here's my signature friendly snek 🐍 to clarify my genuinely curious tone)
@Helical_Code that's from the employer for Thomas Matthew Crooks
@duglop
Right, but why do you view it as a sob story?
@Helical_Code let's put it like this - they didn't notice anything out of the norm about him in any way shape or form over the past few days? Granted no one has magic words to say during a tragedy like this - but that gives another "thoughtas & prayers" kind of vibe to me...
@duglop Ah, I see. Certainly it's self=serving for the employers not to have noticed anything. I have known a number of pretty intense introverts, and so find it plausible that someone could keep their true intentions that buttoned up.
I knew a guy from college who was pretty introverted, and knew at his core he was dissatisfied with the state of his life. We lost touch, and a few years later, I saw his picture in the paper - he had murdered someone in a drug dispute. I was genuinely shocked.
@Helical_Code yes sometimes it can be difficult if not impossible to tell if things are good or just ok or something is off beat... again, to me this felt like a hurried reply just to get it out there, they said they couldn't go into details, which makes sense - I'm sure we'll eventually get a much broader deeper reply about it from them - at least 1 would hope so
@duglop
Thanks for sticking with me and sharing your insights.
The one thing I noticed in the statement was the word "former" - to me, this is a shibboleth, and so created some distance from Trump.
If I understood the shooter's job correctly, then I think he could have had pretty limited interactions with the people who formulated the statement.