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Crazy to think he was murdered.
Edit: the president, not the dog.
The reason is even crazier
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Shinzo_Abe
Tl;dr the killer held a grudge against this religion (cult) which Abe helped spread in Japan. His mother had given all of the family's money to them and basically ruined the entire family's lives.
And succesfully using a makeshift gun at a rare occasion of Abe visiting his town. The whole story reeks of wtf moments. Reddit was mad when it started to uncover.
As an American I both respect and fear that man's ability to redneck engineer a working gun and kill a president
Surprisingly enough, makeshift guns are plentiful and incredibly ingenious. Some are even made with completely out of the box thinking.
I've seen guns made from these, steel pipes turned into single shot rifles and even muzzle loaders.
Why was Reddit mad?
It wasn't mad as very angry. It was overly enthusiastic about sharing the first details of this hit and speculating about what the murderer's motives were, about the gun he made (and Japan is mostly gun-free since ww2), about Abe's links to moonies, about moonies, what are they compared to scientology and other cults. Threads exploded with comments. And one of the point that made many arguments by itself: was the killer right or not.
Whats even 🤪 is that Japan actually has a very strong history of reposinding to presidential killers goals
That's quite impressive for a nation that doesn't have a President.
(The Emperor is the Head of State. The government is led by the Prime Minister.)
I think they were implying that Japan supported either John Wilkes Booth, or Lee Harvey Oswald? I can't imagine they'd support the attempt of John Hinkley Jr. or John Flammang Schrank. The dudes didn't finish the job.
Why does every presidential assassin have 3 names?
To avoid someone else facing repercussions for the crime, no matter how unlikely that there's gonna be someone named Lee John Oswald, there might be.
(You could argue that since Oswald is dead, this shouldn't be a problem, but that's where the logic comes from)
Lee John Oswald at the DMV a year later trying to renew his license.
LJO - I assure you I'm not dead.
DMV Worker - That's not what the system says. It also days you shot President Kennedy. If you wanted a license you shouldn't have done that.
LJO - That wasn't me. That was Lee HARVEY Oswald.
In this case, the assassin had a pretty good point and the people took it seriously. Turns out a lot of people had been scammed by said cult.
Thank you for the edit, because I was about to commit a hate crime.
Yeah the president can go fuck himself I guess.
Well yea he was assassinated for a very good reason, there's a reason his approval ratings TANKED after people found out why the guy killed him.
Yeah that is why I kind of despise outrages. It comes not at the sign of trouble, but at the sight of drama. In this case it waited up until it was no longer even that much of a thing while it poisoned politics for over 2 decades.
The guy did nothing of positive note, it was plain bloody revenge and people cheered for it, at least that is what you are saying.
It helped expose a lot of government connections to the moonies, so something positive came out of it. Abe kinda sucked anyway. The conservatives have held power in Japan for literally like 60 years (minus a couple years right before the 2011 tsunami).
Amazing execution, good cause, excellent effects. I like it.