This thread in a nutshell:
>Ex-Japanese PM is out campaigning for upcoming Japanese elections and is assassinated. By another, born-and-bred Japanese man. Using a gun he made at home. In Japan. On Japanese soil.
>"MUH GLOBOHOMO AND U.S. POLITICS THO." (Also, Niggers & Jews™.)
Really out-autisming ourselves here in the Thunderdome with this one.
But damn, dude. There are a lot of bad ways to go, but exsanguination is a pretty slow, particularly shitty way (usually, anyway). Like him or not, Abe wasn't so bad of a person to justify/"deserve" that kind of end. As far as politicians go, he didn't exactly crack the top 10 of the absolute worst and/or insufferable, and compared to a lot of Asian leaders he was nowhere near the tyrant he could've been. At least he cared about legacy and the preservation of his own people's society. More than anyone over here in the west can say about our leaders.
This also probably has to be one of the most pointless politician assassinations to happen in a very, very long time. Sure, Abe ruffled feathers during his time in office among various different groups, but it was never anything so bad that he had to be "removed" to "preserve the tranquility" or whatever the fuck justification they like to use. Compared to Park Geun-Hye and all that fallout, any drama with Abe was incredibly tame and with significantly less uproar. Killing him isn't taking a stand against anything, nor is it preventing something or to avenge anyone. There was quite literally no purpose, and I think that's probably one of the worst things about this.
This Yamagami dude absolutely just decided that god letting him live another day had to become everyone else's problem, and judging by what all they removed from his home, he's been nigger-rigging his own firearms for longer than a week. Willing to bet he's not man enough to seppuku himself, either.