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Cult Leader Culpability
Author: BobR
Date: 07/12/2023 12:51:36
The big news yesterday was not necessarily political in nature, although it is somewhat relevant nonetheless.
Way back in the summer of 1969 (not the song from Bryan Adams), a mentally disturbed cult leader named Charles Manson sent some of his followers on a mission. They ended up brutally murdering Sharon Tate and the other occupants of the house where she lived and the next night murdered the LaBiancas.
One of those people on the second night was Leslie Van Houten. She was 19 when she stabbed Rosemary LaBianca in the back 16 times. I mention her specifically because she was released from prison yesterday on parole at the age of 73, after serving 53 years of a life sentence. Whether or not to grant her parole has been a big controversy, and CA governor Gavin Newsome has put the kibosh on it several times. This time, he let it go, because of a court ruling that he felt he couldn't override.
Charles Manson was also sentenced to life in prison, and ended up dying there at the age of 83. He did not commit any of the murders personally, but was convicted nonetheless because of his influence over his "family". There are books and movies about this (particularly the one by Vincent Bugliosi, an investigator in the Manson Family cases).
How is this relevant today? Well of course I'm referring to the Jan 06 riot at the Capitol. Then-president TFG directed his cult to attack the Capitol, and try to stop the election certification process. They did so with the same maniacal gusto that Manson's followers did when murdering on his behalf. Because of his influence and direction, Manson was convicted of conspiracy in the murders.
We don't know what angle Jack Smith is taking with that case in DC (the Jan 06 coup attempt), but there is certainly precedent here to arrest and convict TFG for conspiracy to commit sedition. For both Manson and TFG, they knew the power they had over their followers, and used it to convince them to break the law... in both cases, resulting in death and mayhem.
Just like in the Manson case, TFG's followers tried to threaten and intimidate witnesses and court personnel. In the case of TFG, he should be treated like Manson - from a judicial point of view. The court ruled on Manson's culpability over 50 years ago, and that same treatment should be applied to TFG.
Way back in the summer of 1969 (not the song from Bryan Adams), a mentally disturbed cult leader named Charles Manson sent some of his followers on a mission. They ended up brutally murdering Sharon Tate and the other occupants of the house where she lived and the next night murdered the LaBiancas.
One of those people on the second night was Leslie Van Houten. She was 19 when she stabbed Rosemary LaBianca in the back 16 times. I mention her specifically because she was released from prison yesterday on parole at the age of 73, after serving 53 years of a life sentence. Whether or not to grant her parole has been a big controversy, and CA governor Gavin Newsome has put the kibosh on it several times. This time, he let it go, because of a court ruling that he felt he couldn't override.
Charles Manson was also sentenced to life in prison, and ended up dying there at the age of 83. He did not commit any of the murders personally, but was convicted nonetheless because of his influence over his "family". There are books and movies about this (particularly the one by Vincent Bugliosi, an investigator in the Manson Family cases).
How is this relevant today? Well of course I'm referring to the Jan 06 riot at the Capitol. Then-president TFG directed his cult to attack the Capitol, and try to stop the election certification process. They did so with the same maniacal gusto that Manson's followers did when murdering on his behalf. Because of his influence and direction, Manson was convicted of conspiracy in the murders.
We don't know what angle Jack Smith is taking with that case in DC (the Jan 06 coup attempt), but there is certainly precedent here to arrest and convict TFG for conspiracy to commit sedition. For both Manson and TFG, they knew the power they had over their followers, and used it to convince them to break the law... in both cases, resulting in death and mayhem.
Just like in the Manson case, TFG's followers tried to threaten and intimidate witnesses and court personnel. In the case of TFG, he should be treated like Manson - from a judicial point of view. The court ruled on Manson's culpability over 50 years ago, and that same treatment should be applied to TFG.
