Thu Feb 15, 2018, 05:05 PM

This is not about mental illness!

It is about the empowerment of white nationalism and domestic terrorism in America. Why has the Trump Administration cuddled them? Let's frame this debate in a way that we can expose these bastards for what they are. This is domestic terrorism!

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6 replies	Author	Time	Post
This is not about mental illness! (Original post)	IluvPitties	Feb 2018	OP
Right!	BigmanPigman	Feb 2018	#1
This "kid" was a domestic terrorist.	IluvPitties	Feb 2018	#2
I disagree	maxsolomon	Feb 2018	#3
no, it's about 300 MILLION guns in America	spanone	Feb 2018	#4
Well, I think it IS about mental illness also.	ananda	Feb 2018	#5
I was about to post the same	Yonnie3	Feb 2018	#6

Response to IluvPitties (Original post)

Thu Feb 15, 2018, 05:11 PM

BigmanPigman (48,797 posts)

1. Right!

The US is 4.5% of the world population and there is mental illness all over the world. Yet, 44% of all guns are in this country. The math doesn't add up. GUNS are the problem. GUNS in the US is our problem.

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Thu Feb 15, 2018, 05:13 PM

IluvPitties (3,181 posts)

2. This "kid" was a domestic terrorist.

Trump has emboldened white nationalism in America, and this will not stop until we face it. Guns and emboldened terrorist are a lethal combination.

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Response to IluvPitties (Original post)

Thu Feb 15, 2018, 05:16 PM

maxsolomon (29,946 posts)

3. I disagree

White Nationalism contributes to SOME of the incidents, but not the DC sniper. Not what happened in Dallas. Those were Af-Am killers.

The words you're looking for are Alienation and Anomie.

"Mental Illness" is too generic. Depression, Isolation, Anger, and Resentment are common emotions in Rampage Killers, but their Alienation from society leads to revenge-seeking.

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Response to IluvPitties (Original post)

Thu Feb 15, 2018, 05:17 PM

spanone (133,350 posts)