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Byron Looper - Obsessed with his political career, he legally changed his middle name to "(Low Tax)" and murdered his election opponent (en.wikipedia.org)
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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

...not.. SA lowtax?

[-] Snooks@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

I thought the same, then read the wikipedia article on Looper:

Other political candidates and public personalities have emulated Looper's adopted name or have independently adopted similar names. Among these were Something Awful founder Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka, who adopted his nickname as a reference to Byron Looper, for whom Kyanka nearly worked as an intern in the summer of 1997.[28]

hehe

[-] WarlockLawyer@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I was surprised to then read his Wikipedia and discover how short it was just quickly mentioning boxing Uwe Boll and selling the site. Seems like with how influential somethingawful was there would be nerds to expand it

[-] ladytaters@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

People don't want to talk about Lowtax after the domestic violence that was reported. He sold the site after reports from his wife and daughters.

[-] decadentrebel@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

It used to be longer and included details about PayPal flagging the Hurricane Katrina donations, references in pop culture media pertaining to him, and about the forums requiring a $10 signup fee.

Now it's short enough that it makes you wonder if a Wiki page is even necessary.

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