Subj : Re: Political violence
To   : Jeff Thiele
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Sat Nov 12 2022 01:54:44

 JT> Gabby Giffords was a Democrat. Her husband, Mark Kelly, was just
 JT> re-elected as a Democrat Senator for Arizona. Giffords was shot by Jared
 JT> Lee Loughner at a constituent meeting, and Loughner also killed 6 other
 JT> people -- One a US District Court Judge and another a 9-year-old child.
 JT> Loughner's online writings and videos were described as "almost
 JT> exclusively conservative and anti-government, with echoes of the
 JT> populist campaigning of the Tea Party Movement."

But you don't mention that he was (according to Wiki) an alcoholic and drug
abuser, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, and was found incompetent to
stand trial.

It would be interesting if, some day, we recall a sane person making a
conscious choice to kill or attack people over their liberal political beliefs.

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