Subj : Re: Political violence
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Sat Nov 12 2022 10:26:57

On 12 Nov 2022, Aaron Thomas said the following...
 AT>  JT> Gabby Giffords was a Democrat. Her husband, Mark Kelly, was just
 AT>  JT> re-elected as a Democrat Senator for Arizona. Giffords was shot by Ja
 AT>  JT> Lee Loughner at a constituent meeting, and Loughner also killed 6 oth
 AT>  JT> people -- One a US District Court Judge and another a 9-year-old chil
 AT>  JT> Loughner's online writings and videos were described as "almost
 AT>  JT> exclusively conservative and anti-government, with echoes of the
 AT>  JT> populist campaigning of the Tea Party Movement."
 AT> But you don't mention that he was (according to Wiki) an alcoholic and
 AT> drug abuser, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, and was found
 AT> incompetent to stand trial.

Nevertheless, he was a conservative and he attacked a political target.

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

You mean like the guy that killed his neighbor because he thought he was a
Democrat?

Jeff.

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