My tin foil hat moment: So, the guy with a gun outside of Kavanaugh's house was the one

[Baitball Blogger]

who called 911 on himself. I realize there is a whole lot going on, but why hasn't someone mentioned the possibility of an intentional made up situation so that the Republicans in Congress would have a cause to demand protection for the Supreme Court justices? Our side is not the side that resorts to guns. That's their Karen nightmare.

It's obvious that the conservatives on the Court are now the battering ram for their causes, so this is giving the cover and protection for them to continue without any consideration to how they are negatively affecting people's lives.


WASHINGTON — An armed man was arrested overnight near the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after he called 911 on himself, law enforcement officials said Wednesday

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/man-gun-arrested-justice-kavanaughs-residence-rcna32535

[FBaggins]

1. Lots of people have "mentioned the possibility"

But there doesn't appear to be a rational reason to believe it.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. That would require getting background information on the gunman.

Is anyone investigating him? Shouldn't be too hard to discover his political beliefs.

[FBaggins]

9. You think they haven't?

Why confuse your own limited knowledge on a subject to mean that nobody else knows anything either?

There has been lots of reporting on the gunman

[Baitball Blogger]

10. Because these things tend to move forward with public pressure.

Seriously? You have to ask why people keep asking hard questions on this site?

[FBaggins]

11. Lol... that wasn't "asking a hard question"

"Tinfoil hat" was the correct label in the OP.

Your OP presupposes that people know nothing else about this guy but that he called 911 on himself.

That simply isn't close to true.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. Tin foil, because it's the question unasked. And the first time always gets bloodied.

As you have been so helpful in demonstrating. I'll be sure to leave you a good review.

[FBaggins]

15. Again - you missing lots of posts is not the same thing as them not happening

There were lots of people who very naturally (like "stages of grief" ) wanted to deny that it could possibly happen. The reporting had to be mistaken or it had to be some sort of false-flag operation.

Get over it. It happened. Some nut wanted to "give his life meaning" by killing a SCOTUS justice. Just because he agreed with you on a gun ruling and/or an abortion ruling does not mean that you are somehow tainted by the similarity.

My reply didn't "bloody" you. It merely pointed out that "denial" is supposed to be fairly short-lived in rational people. It's been over two weeks. It's time to give up the fantasy that perhaps some right-wing plant was trying to make you look bad.

[Baitball Blogger]

18. Oh, I won't give up on anything. Not until we hear the full story.

I would rather be a part of the group that provides an incentive to investigate, than the one that rolls over.

[PoliticAverse]

21. The beauty of a good conspiracy theory is that you can always believe you haven't heard...

"the full story". Look at the case of any completed or attempted political assassination. People are still writing books on the Kennedy assassination.

[Baitball Blogger]

22. That's correct. I remember a time when DU frowned on conspiracy theories, until one by one, they

proved to be true. Everything from the FBI monitoring phone calls to ufos. Not believed until it became common knowledge today. The only way that we can be sure is when we're convinced that all the information and data is released to the public.

[Meadowoak]

2. +1

[LuckyCharms]

3. It's certainly a possibility.

But we'll most likely never know if that was the set-up.

Also, the guy's going to prison I would assume. How would they find someone willing to take that fall?

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Unless we know his situation, we can never know.

There are people who have fallen on misfortune that would accept a couple of years in prison just for a chance of a clean slate.

[LuckyCharms]

7. True enough...

Was just considering that as you posted.

Good OP.

[2naSalit]

5. They will do anything...

And they always tell on themselves, there shouldn't be any second guessing anymore.

[TeamProg]

8. Report Drunk Drivers! uh hiccup honk honk, whats da numbererer?

[snowybirdie]

12. Ha, I thought

he now has a great defense. He was only exercising his right to a gun and just happened upon "I like beer's" house.

[BradAllison]

14. He was a plant

Everyone has figured it out.

[PoliticAverse]

17. Have you informed his defense attorney? n/t

[BradAllison]

20. Oh, he'll be well taken care

(pats head) Don't trouble yourself too much about it all......

[PoliticAverse]

16. There's no conspiracy theory quite like one based on no evidence except what one wants to believe...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/06/13/kavanaugh-sister-threat-arrest/

He apparently didn't go through with his plan (which appears to have been a murder-suicide) because he ran into 2 marshals that were guarding the house. It's not surprising he turned himself in as he didn't know what to do with himself after his suicide plan failed.

> Our side is not the side that resorts to guns.

Congressman Steve Scalise, Three Others Shot at Alexandria, Virginia, Baseball Field
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/congressman-steve-scalise-shot-alexandria-virginia-park-n772111

[Catherine Vincent]

19. I'll always believe that gunman was a setup