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In reply to the discussion: Effects from the man who set himself on fire that nobody is talking about: [View all]TBF
(32,243 posts)17. We ought to be talking about the substance of his Ponzi Papers as well --
the poor guy had obvious mental health issues and I agree that the ptsd is an issue too. I read in the NYTimes that he seemed to go more off the rails after his mother died a couple of years ago. And we should not stop talking about mental health (and how Reagan started the big defunding when he was president - this lies squarely with the right wing).
But there is another thing about Mr. Azzarello that we should examine and that is the substance of his obsession. Maybe at some point I'll do an OP on it. Yes, he had gotten way off track, but his actual work is not as far-fetched as some would have you think. Most will unfortunately focus on his last very sad act but bury the work he was trying so hard to bring attention to.
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Effects from the man who set himself on fire that nobody is talking about: [View all]
niyad
Apr 20
OP
Those are good points, we can't act as if individual violence doesn't affect us as a whole
Walleye
Apr 20
#1
What do you mean? They got there with the fire extinguisher in less than 2 minutes. The man was determined to
mucifer
Apr 20
#31
Maybe because his attorney changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity
MorbidButterflyTat
Apr 20
#28
I was definitely thinking of how people who witnessed this could be affected.
electric_blue68
Apr 20
#11