Gary Marcus

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Score 38
7/19/2024, 12:46:15 AM
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Max Kesin
@nlpnyc
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99d
@GaryMarcus Not that we can resolve this bet but it seems like a terribly implausible model of how (even crazy) people think. You can go to a range to impress your dad not blow someone’s head off, esp when you immediately get your your ticket punched
Gary Marcus
@GaryMarcus
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100d
@nlpnyc Impressing both dad and rifle club. All the more likely given the below: it was apparently an opportunistic target, not a specifically political motivation.
Brandy Zadrozny
@BrandyZadrozny
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100d
"When the F.B.I. was able to finally access Mr. Crooks’s cellphones and other electronic devices, agents could see that he had searched for images of Mr. Trump as well as President Biden, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and even F.B.I. Director Christopher A. Wray.

Mr.…
Max Kesin
@nlpnyc
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101d
@GaryMarcus So he did it to impress his gun collector dad, is that your explanation? Do you find it psychologically plausible?
Gary Marcus
@GaryMarcus
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101d
So basically, if I have understood all the facts correctly, Thomas Crooks was trying to impress his right wing gun-collector dad and the rifle club that didn’t accept him, and yet the *left*, which had zero to with any of this, got immediately blamed, without any evidence.

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MeidasTouch
@MeidasTouch
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101d
"Channel 4 News can reveal that Thomas Crooks's, [the shooter's] father, the owner of the rifle that was used to shoot at Donald Trump, was held on a database and profiled by the former president's election campaign and identified by them as a strong Republican supporter, gun…

The statement engages in a discussion about the motivations behind a violent act, specifically addressing whether the act was politically motivated or driven by personal factors such as impressing family members. This constitutes public discourse as it deals with societal issues related to violence, political blame, and psychological motivations.

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    The statement respects privacy and dignity by not engaging in cyberbullying, harassment, or hate speech. It focuses on analyzing motivations rather than attacking individuals. [+1]
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