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Sam Brinton Warrant Issued—Biden Official Accused of Stealing Luggage Again
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I think it's safe to sayI believe that that Tweet thread that accused him of having a continually escalating fetish was right. IIRC there was some criticism of the Tweeter's objectivity and credentials, but I guess even a broken clock..I suppose my reaction could be called bigoted but I'm not surprised by this, nor was I surprised by the initial charges or even the claims that he was playing out a sexual fetish. In fact, I found it highly more plausible than the alternative given his bizarre behavior and reported lies when confronted.
Taken as a whole, I am more likely to distrust someone who shows such suspect behavior while also apparently being hellbent on signaling deviancy. Not a good combination.
EDIT: Strong language edit.
Two stolen suitcases is “beyond reasonable doubt” that he has a fetish that he can’t control, probably related to the idea of stealing the identity of a woman and/or her clothes (imo). If he merely liked to steal, he is smart enough to realize that he shouldn’t steal at an airport again. Instead, he has a fixation on stealing women’s luggage from the airport specifically. He would not have been able to make it this far in his career if he simply couldn’t control himself with stealing any random object. This perfectly mirrors his identity as a man that likes to dress and appear as a woman, and who likes to receive attention based on the strangeness of his doing so (his interviews, manner of speaking demonstrate this).
The danger of such a person in government is that he could decide to steal secrets for attention. If he gets off at transgressing his identity, then he may get off as transgressing his identity as an American government employee.
This happened just recently, when an MTF transgender military officer — the first in history — tried to give private medical information to a Russian spy. This transgressed his identity as a military officer, Then there’s Bradley Manning, who leaked information to WikiLeaks, transgressing his identity as an intelligence officer.
The base rate of transgenders in these sorts of positions is… half a percent total makeup? Probably much less? So if you imagine 200x more of these crimes, surely that’s an overrepresentation.
It's hardly that. It's good evidence that he is in fact a thief, but it's not good evidence as to why he is a thief. As I pointed out in another comment, even someone stealing two bags at random would expect to get two women's bags about 25% of the time. When purely random targeting would yield the same results with decent frequency, the case is not settled beyond a reasonable doubt as to what his motives are.
People's argument basically boils down to "he's a sexual deviant in other ways, so this behavior must be related to his sexual deviancy". But that's a poor argument. I have the bad habit of drinking too much soda, it doesn't mean that if I steal two bags that it must be because I thought there was soda inside.
I don't think this is sexual fetish as such, but Brinton did look at the baggage tags. Now, if the tags just said "S. Smith", then it could be a guy's case. But if it was "Sally Smith", then they know this is (probably) a woman's case.
While we're all playing Herr Professor Freud here, I wonder if this is Brinton's way of getting back at their parents. The origin story is that they came out as bi to their Southern Baptist missionary parents, who sent them off to a 'conversion camp' for two years. Are the suitcases Brinton is stealing the type of cases their parents, particularly their mother, used on travels? Is this a subconscious attempt to both defy and shame the punitive parents by engaging in condemned behaviours? Yeah well who knows, we'll have to wait and see what happens after the court case in Minnesota (first) and then what happens in Nevada (the second alleged theft):
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You’re not accounting for the full information available.
He specifically wants to steal suitcases.
He leaves the suitcases he steals in his hotel room.
Knowing that he is being extra scrutinized, he still chooses to steal suitcases at an airport rather than a thrift store or somewhere less risky.
There is evidence he does not steal random objects routinely (his gainful employment), yet that packed suitcases specifically are irresistible.
He loves to dress like a woman which is pretty good evidence for a motive, and humans commit crimes for motives. He is obsessed with this identity. There is no financial or acquisitive motive (left suitcase in room).
I thought he left the suitcases' contents in hotel rooms but allegedly kept and used the suitcases themselves?
They claimed they left the woman's clothes behind in the hotel room but not the suitcase which they took with them, but the hotel denied that any clothing had been left in the room.
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I hadn’t read that but if true it would poke a hole in my theory
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He claimed he did that, but the hotel denied it.
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That was his story in the middle. I'd be curious to (have somebody else) search his drawers though, to see if there's evidence of trophy-taking.
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