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Dad makes bizarre revelation about what IVF clinic suicide bomber son hated
Daily Mail UK ^ | May 20, 2025 | Natasha Anderson

Posted on 05/20/2025 7:38:23 PM PDT by Morgana

The suspect in the California fertility clinic bombing was not a 'terrorist' or 'anti-life', but instead was 'anti-test tube baby', his father has claimed.

Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, detonated a car bomb that rocked the American Reproductive Centers building in Palm Springs, east of Los Angeles.

Authorities said Bartkus, who died in the explosion, left behind nihilistic writings that indicated views against procreation, an idea known as anti-natalism.

But his father Richard Bartkus has challenged that description, suggesting his son is not a killer or terrorist, but should instead be called a 'suicide bomber.'

'A terrorist is out to kill people, destroy life. He wasn't there to destroy life,' he told FOX 11. 'He was there against test tube baby. He was not anti-life, he was anti test tube baby.'

Richard said his son, whom he described as a 'bright kid' and 'computer', believed that 'people who had test tube babies they would never really love the child as their own'.

He also claimed that he does not believe Bartkus acted alone in the plot, although authorities have not released any information confirming that theory.

Saturday's explosion gutted the clinic and shattered the windows of nearby buildings along a palm tree-lined street.

Passersby described a loud boom, with people screaming in terror and glass strewn along sidewalks of the upscale desert city.

Bartkus' body was found near a charred vehicle.

Authorities are working to learn more about Bartkus' motives. They haven't said if he intended to kill himself in the attack or why he chose the specific facility.

His writings communicated 'nihilistic ideations' that were still being examined to determine his state of mind, said US Attorney Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in the area. In general, nihilism suggests that life is meaningless.

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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: california; guyedwardbartkus; palmsprings; prolife; richardbartkus
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A "test tube baby"? So the kid came into this world by means of IVF and now wished he was never conceived.

Maybe Dr Alan Grant was correct in Jurassic Park III

Amanda: "This is how you make dinosaurs?"

Dr. Grant: "No. This is how you play God,"

1 posted on 05/20/2025 7:38:23 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Whatever.

Did this ‘tard vote for Kammy?


2 posted on 05/20/2025 7:41:24 PM PDT by Paladin2 (NO)
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To: Morgana
he does not believe Bartkus acted alone in the plot

Another "On the radar" situation?

3 posted on 05/20/2025 7:46:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Morgana
Uhhh, dad. Hold on a minute. Junior is a terrorist and a suicide bomber. A twofer.

4 posted on 05/20/2025 7:47:22 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Paladin2; Chode; sport; Steely Tom

I honestly don’t think this tard would have found his way out of the birth canal had he not been pushed out by contractions.


5 posted on 05/20/2025 7:49:56 PM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul 🇺🇸 🇷🇺 )
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So the kid came into this world by means of IVF and now wished he was never conceived.

Incorrect.

6 posted on 05/20/2025 7:55:50 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Morgana

I listened to this guy’s manifesto the other day. I cannot begin to explain what he was worked up about. He just wanted to die.

He was a whack job. 100%.


7 posted on 05/20/2025 7:57:32 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

Where did you find it? post it here will ya?


8 posted on 05/20/2025 8:00:34 PM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul 🇺🇸 🇷🇺 )
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No the kid was against life, as I heard it - he said nobody consented to being born so they shouldn’t be forced into it. There was no test tube qualification unless what I heard was a hoax?


9 posted on 05/20/2025 8:30:56 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Paladin2

Most likely.


10 posted on 05/20/2025 8:48:06 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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But his father Richard Bartkus has challenged that description, suggesting his son is not a killer or terrorist, but should instead be called a 'suicide bomber.'

There ya go. No evidence that he intended to suicide himself and his own father seeking to frame the narrative.

He was a dumbass who Darwin'd himself. Thankfully, ONLY himself.

11 posted on 05/20/2025 9:16:50 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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To: Morgana

What a freaking dimwit!
No wonder the kid was deranged...


12 posted on 05/20/2025 9:17:46 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: Morgana

A suicide bomber is a type of terrorist.

And unless a suicide bomber takes care to avoid killing others, he is also a killer.

So, imho, dad is totally wrong.


13 posted on 05/20/2025 10:33:52 PM PDT by Chicory
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To: Morgana

A distinction without a difference.

Next.

CC


14 posted on 05/21/2025 1:34:01 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Morgana

https://www.youtube.com/live/RdtcWN7F35I?si=7WP-wW1ALsGvwlA6
This is where I heard it last week. Lots of f bombs.


15 posted on 05/21/2025 3:34:29 AM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: Morgana

Incel taking offense that his fatherhood wasn’t accept by the ladies he offered it to?


16 posted on 05/21/2025 3:41:16 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Morgana

In the year 6565
Ain’t gonna need no husband,
Won’t need no wife.
You’ll pick your sons, pick your daughters too

From the bottom of a long glass tube.


17 posted on 05/21/2025 3:45:59 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: Morgana

It was on X. Trust me…it’s 30 minutes of bat-sh!t crazy.


18 posted on 05/21/2025 4:33:53 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: 9YearLurker

My first thought as well


19 posted on 05/21/2025 4:42:02 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: Morgana

So - when he called himself a “mortalist”,he was just joking - riiiight?


20 posted on 05/21/2025 5:29:14 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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