Would-be assassin-turned-folk singer John Hinckley Jr., who attempted to kill then-President Ronald Regan in 1981, was scheduled to perform at the Hotel Huxley in Naugatuck, Connecticut on March 30…
He didn’t shoot Reagan for any of the billions of reasons Reagan deserved to be shot for, though… he did it as an attempt to impress Jodie Foster after developing an obsession with her after watching Taxi Driver about fifteen times.
It’s important to note that Foster had been twelve when shooting the film, and that even the deranged and mentally ill protagonist of said film abandons any sexual interest on her character the instant he becomes aware of her age, despite her being a child prostitute, and that the character said protagonist was trying to impress by shooting a politician was in her twenties (Foster was barely eighteen when Hinckley shot Reagan).
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Also fuck it he shot Reagan, fuck that guy
He didn’t shoot Reagan for any of the billions of reasons Reagan deserved to be shot for, though… he did it as an attempt to impress Jodie Foster after developing an obsession with her after watching Taxi Driver about fifteen times.
It’s important to note that Foster had been twelve when shooting the film, and that even the deranged and mentally ill protagonist of said film abandons any sexual interest on her character the instant he becomes aware of her age, despite her being a child prostitute, and that the character said protagonist was trying to impress by shooting a politician was in her twenties (Foster was barely eighteen when Hinckley shot Reagan).
That’s why he didn’t go to jail, he spent 30 years in a mental hospital.
If someone had shot Hitler, I wouldn’t hate them for it.
If someone had shot Reagan and then gone on to be a jerk I’d dislike him for being a jerk.
This is the emotional intelligent and insightful response to the grab your pitchforks mentality. Hats off and a respectful bow.
The book ‘Determined’ makes a great point on how schizophrenia victims have been mistreated throughout history.
In the words of Brutus “Brutal” Howell:
He’s paid what he’s owed. He’s square with the house again, so keep your goddamn hands off him.
Exactly. Thank you.
you don’t get it, he isn’t PURE anymore, he is stained and thus should be shunned from society!