if you can provide me with evidence otherwise, i'll adjust. but the first question you need to answer is why they decided to livestream the act of torturing somebody. that's obviously an act meant to have a media response. and, while i won't disagree that criminals are stupid, this doesn't fall into that category. you have to explain why they wanted a media reaction.

the simplest and most obvious explanation is that it's an intelligence operation, and that they want a media reaction in order to construct the narrative that good, white, trump supporters are under threat of being beaten by mobs of no-goodnik immigrants. and, i propose that this is what we need to present for hypothesis testing.

of course, i'm not supposed to think for myself. i'm not supposed to use critical thinking skills. i'm not suppose to present a hypothesis for testing. according to their theories, i shouldn't exist; i'm supposed to just listen and obey.