For me the thing that put this more out of bounds than most of the batshit things Trump says is that he should be able to relate to it. A father being killed by his son is truly tragic, unless the father has covered for grievous crimes the son has committed. It doesn't look like that's the case here, just that Nick Reiner is a complete and utter schizophrenic nut. I don't know that he's terrorized anyone but his parents, and a parent should be able to empathize.
The reason the left's response to Charlie Kirk hit me so hard is that he was assassinated - again, the form of death matters. If he was hit by a car, the left being a bag of dicks would feel normal. When your own side extra-judiciously kills someone, you should not cheer.
When parents are killed by their mentally ill child, it's a true tragedy that you wouldn't wish on anyone.
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For me the thing that put this more out of bounds than most of the batshit things Trump says is that he should be able to relate to it. A father being killed by his son is truly tragic, unless the father has covered for grievous crimes the son has committed. It doesn't look like that's the case here, just that Nick Reiner is a complete and utter schizophrenic nut. I don't know that he's terrorized anyone but his parents, and a parent should be able to empathize.
The reason the left's response to Charlie Kirk hit me so hard is that he was assassinated - again, the form of death matters. If he was hit by a car, the left being a bag of dicks would feel normal. When your own side extra-judiciously kills someone, you should not cheer.
When parents are killed by their mentally ill child, it's a true tragedy that you wouldn't wish on anyone.
Also, The Princess Bride is a national treasure.
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