There was a shooting at YouTube HQ yesterday, Tuesday, the 3rd of April, 2018. Nasim Aghdam is the shooter. She wounded some people and reportedly killed herself.
This video sums up some of what is known so far:
Authorities are probably going to wipe her existence from the internet, so people are scrambling to archive her content before it gets disappeared. Here is one such archive thread
Why is this case so peculiar?
As shootings have become so politicized, whenever one happens you will find partisans jumping over each other to identify the shooter as a friend of their political enemies.
But when investigating Aghdam, things become convoluted quickly.
Aghdam was a Persian, vegan activist, trans activist, woman(?), and disgruntled YouTuber. Reports initially described her as "white" and wearing a headscarf. She is self-described as Muslim in some places, and Baha'i in others:
Nasim Aghdam’s Religion: Iranian YouTube Suspect Was Baha’i
... so THAT'S confusing.
Groups rushing to signal the virtue of their own position... must pause
We have the right jumping on this for possible Islamic ties:
And the left jumping on this because... they jump on everything:
People will blame Aghdam's veganism.
People will blame Aghdam's religion.
People will blame Aghdam's political views.
People will avoid blaming Aghdam.
It's happening as we speak.
If there's anything we know about Aghdam, it's that she is clearly not mentally well.
It's also clear that her family was concerned, and alerted authorities, who were aware that she was upset with YouTube and intended to visit their campus. They said "it's under control":
The father of 38-year-old Nasim Aghdam told cops that she might be going to YouTube’s sprawling campus near San Francisco because she “hated” the company, the Press-Enterprise reported.
Mountain View police told the family at 2 a.m. Tuesday that everything was “under control” after officers found the disgruntled woman sleeping in a parking lot about 39 miles from the YouTube site.
“Our officers made contact with the woman after the license plate of her vehicle matched that of a missing person out of Southern California,” police spokeswoman Katie Nelson said.
“The woman confirmed her identity to us and answered subsequent questions. At the conclusion of our discussion, her family was notified that she had been located.”
The facts are not yet know
And for that reason alone, I will wait before I cast my opinion on the situation.
Tell me what you think
