Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/08/05/rfkjr-recalls-that-time-he-dumped-a-dead-bear-in-central-park.html
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This is bad-weird. Also, I do not believe a woman in a van hit the bear. He hit the bear cub. Probably on purpose
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So the MAGAts are getting attention for being “weird”? Hold my heroin!
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The worst part is that he was apparently trying to make New Yorkers afraid of the supposed danger posed by cyclists and their newfangled bike lanes even though his own telling of the story makes it clear cars were and always have been the real danger.
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Even the brain worm is cringing.
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You got like, 4 hours to hear how fucking weird RFK Jr is? Any other person who fucked around as much as he did would probably be dead or destitute. Being rich really helps out, though.
His anti-vax stuff is probably the worst of it.
NGL, him siccing a hawk on a cop was pretty cool, though.
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RFK jr. is a dangerous wacko and has no business holding office, but weird bear prank, while kind of grotesque, seems quaint compared to other stuff these weirdos are doing.
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"I wasn’t drinking, of course,
In a way, that makes it worse. (And what’s with that “of course”?)
but people were drinking with me who thought this was a good idea.
It sounds like he proposed the idea and carried it out.
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This isn’t a story that encapsulates his tremendous capacity to cause harm, it’s just another story illustrating his profoundly bad judgment in a way that thoughtlessly creates needless harm.
He’s personally responsible for a huge share of the anti-vaccination paranoia in this country. That’s the kind of bad judgment that comes with a body count even if he later tried to soft-walk a little bit of it back. Make no mistake, putting someone like RFK Jr. in power would be very, very bad.
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“When RFK Jr. dumped a dead bear in Central Park.”
Oh, “dumped”. I thought he was trying to outdo JD Vance.
Never mind.
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Yeah it’s got multiple layers of weird.
And not the “Keep Austin Weird” kind of quirky, creative, positive-weird either.
The part that bothers me is that he said he’d find it “funny.” IANAP[sychiatrist] but yikes.
I have a friend, a sweet fellow who is kind and thoughtful, just down the road a piece, and may the saints help me… he’s got an RFKjr campaign sign in his yard. I avoid discussing politics. megafacepalm_whilebreathingintopaperbag.gif
It is all crackpottery.
It’s 2024. I’m officially stealing this for future use. Thanks @jlw for this eminently yet unfortunately useful doodad.
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Oh, please don’t misunderstand! I agree with everything you said. This guy is bad news. I just think this bear story is almost lighthearted compared to the horrible sh** these people do.
Part of me misses the days of not inhaling and misspelling vegetable names.
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Demonizing cyclists at a time they were finally starting to get basic considerations like urban bike lanes still seems pretty fucked up to me.
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Yeah. If that was the intent (and it seems like it was), that’s a fucked up way send a message. I submit.
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Possible explanation:
Trump: Bobby, you gotta help me out here. They’re calling me weird! I’m not weird! You’re weird. Pretty weird. The weirdest! I love it. Can you do something so they stop calling me weird?
RFK, Jr.: (winks, even though they’re talking on the phone)
Trump: Bobby? Are you there? (talks to someone on his end, voice muffled) This guy is cuckoo weird! He’s not saying anything! (back to phone) Helloooooooo!
RFK, Jr.: Didn’t you see me wink?
Trump: What the fuck are you talking about? Can you help me or not?
RFK, Jr.: I got you covered, sir! That’s what the wink meant.
Trump: Fucking weirdo (hangs up)
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TBC, i don’t think he’s mentally ill. I think having his dad (and uncle) assassinated, a distant mother, a ton of family pressure/expectations (Kennedys were, at one point, bred to be American aristocracy) really fucked with him and instead of therapy he did a lot of drugs and acted out.
In another timeline being born to a “normal” family he probably would have ended up a veterinarian and/or a Ren Fair falconer.
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“Oh no, you’ve killed another Kennedy!” is the real laugh out loud prank…
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That was pretty damn funny.
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He would probably think you had one too many s’s in that italicised word. He really hates needles!
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