Appreciate you trying to share perspective, and you’re right that the current climate of selling fear begets violence. That said, the next step is to hope that the perpetrator is penalized to the full extent of the law because anything less normalizes this reaction.

I meant that they are still a killer. Even if they are deemed incompetent to stand trial, they’ve taken a life. Yes, castle doctrine exists, but in most other places the wording is “reasonable force”. As in, it would be unreasonable to attack and kill someone unarmed at your door regardless of what you thought their intentions were.

I wonder if there is a name for someone who kills someone who shows up at their door, even if they thought that person was a threat.

Comparing to the dotcom bubble is what finally made it make sense in my brain. Though I know the toll it took on that sector’s workers and I don’t envy those in fields that are going to be affected the same way.

Can you explain how we’re beyond bubbles like I’m 5? Is it that there are gentler market corrections now?

SMH Declaring the fictional antifa a terrorist organization while leaving real organizations like EVIL on the table.

I asked my google home the same question and it told me that I told it that my dog is a good girl 3 times. I know it’s not great for privacy, but it made me chuckle.

I think that you mentioned that the application might be narrow, and they wanted to chime in on how it might personally have helped them. They aren’t arguing, just adding.