John Hinckley, Jr.

Categories: Bad people

'''John Hinckley, Jr.''' is a man who famously attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan to impress the actress Jodie Foster. He was considered a black sheep in his 'high achieving' family and was obsessed with the film Taxi Driver, which portrays a character that is essentially an incel.<ref>https://www.theaustralian.com.au/the-oz/lifestyle/the-wouldbe-ronald-reagan-assassin-writes-tender-loves-songs/news-story/6fa231803f8211247461b09ed648486</ref> 

He exhibits several [[love shy]]-esque traits like a fondness for romantic music,<ref>''ibid''</ref> and apparently found a girlfriend while he was institutionalized, in yet another example of [[hybristophilia]].<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/reagan-shooter-john-hinckley-jr-has-girlfriend-brother-says-n346381</ref> Many of the women he befriended were claimed to be [[Borderline personality disorder|'psychotic']].<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2094367/John-Hinckley-Jr-engaged-risky-relationships-married-psychotic-women.html</ref> 

He was released in 2016 and all restrictions on his freedom were lifted in 2022.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hinckley_Jr.</ref> Some have attempted to depict him as a prototypical incel mass shooter due to his shyness and lack of sexual success prior to committing the crime that rendered him infamous.<ref>https://unherd.com/thepost/was-john-hinckley-jr-the-first-incel-shooter</ref>

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