Reply #19: No one is "just nuts."

[Rainbow Wave]

That's a facile way of dismissing the whole discussion without bothering to think about it. It's entirely possible to be "nuts" AND political at the same time.

That this is political seems obvious, even if it's not a politics you and I would recognze. Mass shooters always choose the scene of their carnage for symbolic effect. He chose a political event.

It's also clear that he is familiar with the writings of the far right militia movement. People who study far right groups, like the Southern Poverty Law Center, recognized his tropes right away. This is not about "blaming the other party." We're talking about far right extremists, not Republicans and Democrats. People stuck in the loop of the two major parties have to understand that.