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[-] fallowseed@lemmy.world 116 points 5 days ago

my guy looks a little like mona lisa with similar ambiguity of expression. no matter where you stand in the room, he thinks you're palestinian.

[-] babypigeon@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago

This is the most hilarious comment I've read in a while. Thank you!

[-] fallowseed@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

that means i've reached my biannual quota of hilarious comments-- and so soon into 2025, see you in 2027 lemmy! 👋 (me realizing biannual is twice a year.. its too late)

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago

Biannual is two years. Half a year is semiannual.

[-] babypigeon@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

It's unfair that bimonthly and biweekly can mean either or, but biannual gets to be specific. I say we banish it to ambiguity like the others.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

No, those follow the same rule.

[-] babypigeon@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I could never keep those straight.

[-] bcgm3@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

He's got a bit of that patented Mr Beast Combo of vacant gaze and simulated smile, too.

[-] Thrashy@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Mona Lisa's eyebrows may have faded with time, but his appear to have migrated down onto his eyelids, somehow.

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 51 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I had to verify that this is a real story because of how batshit insane it is, and, well, yes, apparently it is. :(

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article300433159.html

The married, 27-year-old Collins Avenue condominium owner gave “plumber” as his occupation to arresting officers

Not only is he a racist asshole, and murderous asshole, but he's also a landlord, hence, triple asshole.

The only saving grace here was this chucklefuck was as bad at killing people as he is at basic common sense and decency. The guy is literally a storm trooper.

[-] Tedesche@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Per the article you linked to:

Dustin Tischler, Brafman’s attorney, said in a statement to the Herald on Monday night that his client “was experiencing a severe mental health emergency” when he opened fire.

Maybe don’t rush to judgment so much? Wait for more information.

[-] GunValkyrie@lemmy.world 41 points 4 days ago

What the hell? What mental health emergency explains wanting to kill two people based on their perceived race?

[-] Tedesche@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago
[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 19 points 4 days ago

Schizophrenia seldom manifests as racist attacks involving firearms. More often that's a different DSM-4 category, "being a murderous fascist."

[-] warbond@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

We're on the DSM 5 now, they recategorized that one to just "brain damage: fascist"

[-] Bacano@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Legit response, your down votes are undeserved lol

[-] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

Ah, so it stated that in the article or you're a qualified psychiatrist?

[-] Tedesche@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Please rethink that career path.

Every defense lawyer in a shooting case is going to claim mental duress in a shooting.

People who commit racially motivated crimes don't get the benefit of the doubt.

Does this man have a history of mental health problems? Are they under the care and supervision of a mental health provider? Are they taking anti psychotic meds?

If any of those statements are true, what were they doing in possession of a firearm in the first place?

[-] Tedesche@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

All those questions deserve proper investigation. I was not excusing this man from his crimes, merely pointing out his lawyer was claiming he’d had a mental health crisis and that they should be investigated.

And I’m a pretty damn good therapist so I think I’m gonna keep it up. Maybe you should just go fuck yourself?

[-] dnick@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

Kind of two different things. You didn't ask what mental health emergency he was specifically having, you asked what kind would explain it. That would definitely explain it

[-] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Being a racist schizophrenic who murders people still makes you a racist murderer. He certainly targeted a perceived race he hated.

[-] dnick@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

It explains it, it doesn't excuse it. If your brain snaps and suddenly you perceive something as a rational thing to do you don't really have control at that point. Basically just points to punishment or treatment, not a get out of jail card.

Well the lawyer for their client is going to say something like this. Has the man been evaluated for this mental health emergency?

I also wonder which disorder in the DSM manifests with wanting to kill Palestinians.

Perhaps you shouldn’t listen to the defence attorney in their press releases and see what comes out in court.

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 9 points 4 days ago

I also wonder which disorder in the DSM manifests with wanting to kill Palestinians.

IIRC it's called Settler Syndrome.

[-] dnick@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Isn't that kind of what he's saying? Maybe don't rush to judgement because there might be more to it?

Not that it makes a significant amount of difference aside from treatment, he's obviously a danger to society whether the cause was medical or otherwise. At that extreme you might argue that it's mental health disorder range whether it's diagnosed as something specific or not.

[-] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago

It hurt itself in its confusion!

[-] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 58 points 5 days ago

Somehow someone's gonna blame this on Hamas.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 69 points 5 days ago

Moments after being shot, the Israeli man who was the victim of the shooting took to social media and wrote, “My father and I went through a murder attempt against anti-semitic background.” He finished his social media post with the words, “Death to Arabs.”

[-] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 35 points 5 days ago

Dude is literally an Arab Jew. Wow. You can't make this shit up.

Blinded by hatred seems applicable here. 😔

[-] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago

Do you think when he went to the barber he specifically asked to look like a ventriloquist dummy who is also a sex criminal, or was this just the best he could do?

[-] Tyfud@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Presumably, at some point they needed a real life reference to make the first dummy from.

So...

[-] otto@sh.itjust.works 25 points 5 days ago

Nothing like a little hate crime to get social media all abuzz

[-] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 9 points 4 days ago

Florida man gonna do Florida man shit.

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

less a florida man and more a zionist terrorist. He went out to "hunt" palestinians with a gun. In the US.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 days ago

Shot at the victims 17 times. He didn't hit them 17 times.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

That’s his best “My bad.” expression.

[-] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago
[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Won't be the last case with these kinds of radicalized assholes.

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