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To: george76

The best reason not to release the manifesto is to not encourage other would-be mass killers with manifestos.

Second reason, to spare families of the victims.

Weighed against that is the possibility of understanding what makes someone turn murderous in that way, and preventing that evil turn, or of recognizing murderousness in time to stop it.


8 posted on 11/09/2023 10:48:29 AM PST by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: heartwood

“spare families of the victims”

That excuse has been used to oppress the masses for centuries—it is just not going to cut it any more.


18 posted on 11/09/2023 10:55:10 AM PST by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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To: heartwood

And most importantly — to show how the left’s relentless racist messaging about “white privilege” can inspire deadly violence.


21 posted on 11/09/2023 10:57:15 AM PST by Yardstick
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