Suspect In MLK Home Arson Posted About ‘Cult’ Leader

The woman who was arrested after allegedly attempting to burn down Martin Luther King Jr.’s childhood home appears to have posted about the imprisoned leader of a controversial conspiracy-fueled Black supremacist sect in the hours leading up to the incident. 


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1475481

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Completely normal. Why the fuss?

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Some of York’s supporters noted [Trump’s] penchant for pardoning allies and expressed hope he might release the sect leader.

Dream on. Donald figures covering Epstein’s behind is enough. If only York had a billion dollars too.

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Somehow this story fills me with hope for America.

Roll on, you full tilt whack-job bastards.

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If she’s just deluded and not actually delusional, lock her up.

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I understand your point. Is there a distinction in the context of PTSD?

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What a vast strange land with so many dreams and nightmares haunting our villages and neighborhoods. Trump and his cult fit easily into an intricate crazy quilt of ‘free thinking’ Americans.

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Having PTSD is not a get-out-of-jail-free card. If it made her so delusional that she attempted this crime, that’s a good legal argument for an insanity or diminished capacity defense, and it probably just warrants some sort of diversionary treatment. If the reason she did it instead is that, while suffering with PTSD, she went down a conspiracy theory/cult rabbit trail that led her to conclude she needed to burn down the home, that’s on her.

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I can’t be the only reader reminded of the Jonestown cult, can I? So many similar elements…

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I’m with the pooch.

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America is becoming an armed open air asylum

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Dogs smile because they are very good at observing humans. Mine occasionally laughs.

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“And dogs are the true observers of the universe.” Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

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So many ways information overload and bad actors can combine to make people crazy.

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York is barking mad, and this pitiful Henderson creature is obviously off her rocker also. The question is: How much her craziness was engendered by reading and following the bilge coming out of Yorks crazed mind? When was she reading this stuff? Or was she already nuts? When did he go to prison? Is he still putting out this nutty stuff now while he is incarcerated?
Words and insane ideas affect people whose minds are only minimally active and connected to reality. The followers of DJT are perfect examples

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Obviously there are plenty of people around whose minds are so weak that they are vulnerable to the insane ravings of some cult leader.

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It’s always comforting to me that no matter how crazy I am, there’s always someone out there who is crazier. Her knight in shining armor is in for 135 years, for what seems to be some pretty heinous crimes, and some of her fellow travelers are hoping Trump will pardon him? You can’t make this shit up! Only in America! God save the Republic.

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Also, she was in the Navy. Usually the only naval PTSD sufferers are Special Ops and flight crew members. I’d like to know what her job was. Although PTSD is a horrible condition, it appears many try to use it as an excuse for inexcusable behavior.

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MLK was a hero to me
Just sayin’.