This information is being reported at a couple of international sites, but (if accurate) it has apparently been blacked out in the U.S.
The bomber at a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, has been identified as a 25-year-old man who left an online manifesto in which he described himself as a pro-mortalist, saying people didn’t give consent to exist.
The suspect is Guy Edward Bartkus, a 25-year-old man from Twentynine Palms, a small city about 35 miles northeast of Palm Springs. He left a 30-minute audio recording in which he explained his motive for the attack.
“I figured I would just make a recording explaining why I’ve decided to bomb an IVF building, or clinic,” he said at the beginning of the recording. “Basically, it just comes down to I’m angry that I exist and that, you know, nobody got my consent to bring me here.”
Describing himself as anti-life, he adds: “I’m very against [IVF], it’s extremely wrong. These are people who are having kids after they’ve sat there and thought about it. How much more stupid can it get?”
That is literally the most California of the options for this nutballs motivation.
For reference in case anyone isn’t familiar - 29 Palms is a small shitty city in the inland area where it is hotter than piss, and dry. There is a Navy and Marine Corps installation there and not much else. If I recall correctly it is considered to be one of the shittiest places to be sent by Marines.
About thirty thousand people, it’s in the Mojave, one of the stopping places before entering a national park, military installation and the local college has a special section on their website about offering programs to military personnel, specially about HVAC.
I’ve been to places like that, and I strongly recommend never staying overnight. And if you have to, stay in your room and do not go to a local establishment that serves alchol.
Why not? Curious.
TwentyNine Palms is not known for its low crime rate. If you dodge a mugging you will go down to the drunk Marine looking to start something.