Él es el criminal. Un megacriminal. No puede pedir empatía un hombre que carece totalmente de ella. El que presume y se carcajea porque ordena asesinatos de inocentes y se atreve a amenazar con un genocidio, con destruir una civilización.
No estoy de acuerdo con la solución que quiso encontrar Cole Thomas Allen, un profesor californiano de 31 años, al problema Trump. Porque no se trata solo de quitar del camino a Trump, sino al trumpismo, debe ser absolutamente derrotado dentro de la ley y mediante la acción política, para que sus herederos no continúen su ruta de destrucción. ¿De qué sirve darles un mártir, que quien se compara con dios ascienda a su cielo vicioso para servir de inspiración y ejemplo? Trump va en caída libre y hay que dejarlo arrastrar a los suyos al abismo.
El fracaso de Allen, por otro lado, puede haber sido su mayor éxito: porque no mató a nadie a quien puedan heroificar; porque no lo mataron a él mismo y es posible que reciba una sentencia adecuada a sus delitos, en lugar de una que se ensañe con él.
Y porque dejó un manifiesto muy interesante que lo revela como una persona dispuesta a sacrificarse por el bien común, como el que no pasa al lado de una injusticia y hace como que no la ve, como el que es capaz incluso de reírse de sí mismo y del problemón en que se va a meter, y además pedir que los chicos vayan a la escuela sin seguir sus pasos.
De su escrito, destaca lo siguiente:
-Explica que actúa porque es su responsabilidad… y sin decirlo, la extiende a sus compatriotas: “Soy ciudadano de Estados Unidos de América. Las acciones de mis representantes me involucran. Y ya no estoy dispuesto a permitir que un pedófilo, violador y traidor manche mis manos con sus crímenes”.
-Define quiénes son sus objetivos: Funcionarios de la administración Trump por rango, empezando por Trump y excluyendo explícitamente a Kash Patel (no explica por qué, pero creo que le acaba de tumbar la carrera); Servicio Secreto, solo si es necesario y de manera no letal; huéspedes, seguridad del hotel y otros no.
-Rechaza causar daños colaterales: “Para minimizar las bajas, también usaré perdigones en lugar de balas (tienen menor penetración a través de las paredes)”.
-Utilizó perdigones deliberadamente para minimizar las bajas colaterales.
-Describió la seguridad del Servicio Secreto como "una locura" y afirmó haber entrado al hotel, el día anterior, registrándose con varias armas sin ser detectado.
-Trump está diciendo que Allen odia a los cristianos. Es lo contrario: agradece a su “familia de la iglesia” y pone límites al principio de poner la otra mejilla: la pones cuando el oprimido eres tú, ponerla no cuando el oprimido es otro es complicidad: “No soy la persona violada en un campo de detención. No soy el pescador ejecutado sin juicio. No soy un estudiante que murió en una explosión, ni un niño que murió de hambre, ni una adolescente abusada por los muchos criminales de esta administración”.
-Comparte lo que siente antes de cometer el atentado: "Es horrible. Me dan ganas de vomitar. No lo recomiendo en absoluto. Sigan estudiando, chicos".
Aquí, el texto original:
Hello everybody!
So I may have given a lot of people a surprise today. Let me start off by apologizing to everyone whose trust I abused.
I apologize to my parents for saying I had an interview without specifying it was for “Most Wanted.”
I apologize to my colleagues and students for saying I had a personal emergency (by the time anyone reads this, I probably most certainly DO need to go to the ER, but can hardly call that not a self-inflicted status.)
I apologize to all of the people I traveled next to, all the workers who handled my luggage, and all the other non-targeted people at the hotel who I put in danger simply by being near.
I apologize to everyone who was abused and/or murdered before this, to all those who suffered before I was able to attempt this, to all who may still suffer after, regardless of my success or failure.
I don’t expect forgiveness, but if I could have seen any other way to get this close, I would have taken it. Again, my sincere apologies.
On to why I did any of this:
I am a citizen of the United States of America.
What my representatives do reflects on me.
And I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.
(Well, to be completely honest, I was no longer willing a long time ago, but this is the first real opportunity I’ve had to do something about it.)
While I’m discussing this, I’ll also go over my expected rules of engagement (probably in a terrible format, but I’m not military so too bad.)
Administration officials (not including Mr. Patel): they are targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest
Secret Service: they are targets only if necessary, and to be incapacitated non-lethally if possible (aka, I hope they’re wearing body armor because center mass with shotguns messes up people who aren’t
Hotel Security: not targets if at all possible (aka unless they shoot at me)
Capitol Police: same as Hotel Security National Guard: same as Hotel Security
Hotel Employees: not targets at all
Guests: not targets at all In order to minimize casualties I will also be using buckshot rather than slugs (less penetration through walls)
I would still go through most everyone here to get to the targets if it were absolutely necessary (on the basis that most people chose to attend a speech by a pedophile, rapist, and traitor, and are thus complicit) but I really hope it doesn’t come to that.
Rebuttals to objections:
Objection 1: As a Christian, you should turn the other cheek.
Rebuttal: Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial. I’m not a schoolkid blown up or a child starved or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration.
Turning the other cheek when someone else is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes.
Objection 2: This is not a convenient time for you to do this.
Rebuttal: I need whoever thinks this way to take a couple minutes and realize that the world isn’t about them. Do you think that when I see someone raped or murdered or abused, I should walk on by because it would be “inconvenient” for people who aren’t the victim?
This was the best timing and chance of success I could come up with.
Objection 3: You didn’t get them all.
Rebuttal: Gotta start somewhere.
Objection 4: As a half-black, half-white person, you shouldn’t be the one doing this.
Rebuttal: I don’t see anyone else picking up the slack
Objection 5: Yield unto Caesar what is Caesar’s.
Rebuttal: The United States of America are ruled by the law, not by any one or several people. In so far as representatives and judges do not follow the law, no one is required to yield them anything so unlawfully ordered.
I would also like to extend my appreciation to a great many people since I will not be likely to be able to talk with them again (unless the Secret Service is astoundingly incompetent.)
Thank you to my family, both personal and church, for your love over these 31 years.
Thank you to my friends, for your companionship over many years.
Thank you to my colleagues over many jobs, for your positivity and professionalism.
Thank you to my students for your enthusiasm and love of learning.
Thank you to the many acquaintances I’ve met, in person and online, for short interactions and long-term relationships, for your perspectives and inspiration.
Thank you all for everything.
Sincerely, Cole “coldForce” “Friendly Federal Assassin” Allen
PS: Ok now that all the sappy stuff is done, what the hell is the Secret Service doing? Sorry, gonna rant a bit here and drop the formal tone.
Like, I expected security cameras at every bend, bugged hotel rooms, armed agents every 10 feet, metal detectors out the wazoo.
What I got (who knows, maybe they’re pranking me!) is nothing.
No damn security.
Not in transport.
Not in the hotel.
Not in the event.
Like, the one thing that I immediately noticed walking into the hotel is the sense of arrogance.
I walk in with multiple weapons and not a single person there considers the possibility that I could be a threat.
The security at the event is all outside, focused on protestors and current arrivals, because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before.
Like, this level of incompetence is insane, and I very sincerely hope it’s corrected by the time this country gets actually competent leadership again.
Like, if I was an Iranian agent, instead of an American citizen, I could have brought a damn Ma Deuce in here and no one would have noticed shit.
Actually insane.
Oh and if anyone is curious is how doing something like feels: it’s awful. I want to throw up; I want to cry for all the things I wanted to do and never will, for all the people whose trust this betrays; I experience rage thinking about everything this administration has done.
Can’t really recommend it! Stay in school, kids