Now that Charles Manson has finally bitten the big one, it’s only natural that the hot takes start flowing like lava. Here’s the L.A. Times own scorching contribution:
The human side of infamous cult leader Charlie Manson (via @latimesopinion) https://t.co/u144qtvrea pic.twitter.com/wkSSJkqL0K
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) November 20, 2017
L.A. Times opinion contributor David Ulin writes:
Manson, though, was no devil but a human being, as his death makes clear. I don’t say that to soften or absolve him. But I don’t believe in demons; people are frightening enough. Indeed, to accept Manson as a person, to see him through the filter of his humanity, is to acknowledge what we resist: that he was perhaps not so utterly different from the rest of us.
The rest of us didn’t lead murderous cults, though, did we?
For those who have faith in an afterlife, I suppose there’s some solace in imagining he will get his karmic comeuppance. But it makes more sense to me to see him as an agent of the hells we create on Earth.
Manson was a killer, yes, and he was a psychopath, but he was never otherworldly. The violence and the hatred he embodied may be his most human attribute.
Oh.
WTF @latimes ?!?!?! pic.twitter.com/DLrRi4uODI
— Martha (@Martha_pnw) November 20, 2017
What the actual fuck?
— Debosaurus Rex (@debosaurusrex81) November 20, 2017
Whisky. Tango. Fuck? https://t.co/0vUO5uvFdO
— Sam Valley (@SamValley) November 20, 2017
While Manson may have been human in the most technical sense, he didn’t possess a shred of humanity. Humanizing him is … not a good look. Not only was this take wholly unnecessary, but it was just plain stupid.
https://twitter.com/BonerG0ku420/status/932647011144179714
https://twitter.com/CounterMoonbat/status/932643279442718720
Guy had a swastika engraved into his forehead. I don't much care about whatever other side he had.
— Rory MacGregor Kirkwood (@rorymkirkwood) November 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/VoteIndpndt/status/932653414076600320
https://twitter.com/JobaccaWookiee/status/932643576563027968
Humanizing monsters is what modern journalism does now. Which is why it’s dying.
— JCorrado (@ForzaCorrado) November 20, 2017
I read the article- def get your point, he should be seen as human garbage, not some kind of Satanic Evil being, and the weird Iconic status that seems to bring. BUT, that is a horribly misleading headline, and you guys are either idiots, or you're shameless clickbaiters.
— Paula Perez (@ivybelle1) November 20, 2017
This is quite possibly the worst thing I’ve ever read. Don’t just publish something because it’ll get you clicks.
— Claire Goldberg (@ClaireGoldberg) November 20, 2017
Human side, my ass. I don't believe he had one, but if he did, it deserves to be in hell right alongside the rest of him.
— moodyredhead (@moodyredhead) November 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/ohnonotreality/status/932643878188044293
https://twitter.com/Cameron_Gray/status/932651904164917248
https://twitter.com/KayDubsDeuce/status/932654248814358528
https://twitter.com/DeepStateAgent2/status/932643560792510474
— Nick Pappas (@NickAPappas) November 20, 2017
Delete this
— Ricardo Gavino (@rgavino) November 20, 2017
— Max Peters (@TikiMaximus) November 20, 2017
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