Gunman Assassinates U.S. Congresswoman

[The Mad Monk]

Yeah, and it didn't give me any reason to believe he was motivated by anything other than the voices in his head. You really think a guy ranting about how the government is brainwashing us with grammar is going to be like, "I'm so sad the Democrats lost the mid-terms. I guess I'll have to pretend to be a Republican and kill a Democrat to make sure the Democrats do better in the next election."

Actually, that's exactly the kind of guy I would expect it from.

[DinoDoc]

Suddenly you have standards over what public officials can say. It's okay to be religious, but never to express anything remotely political?

You don't see any problems with a law enforcement official operating with blinders that have the potential to cause evidence to be missed or ignored because it doesn't fit the view he created of the case?

[MRT144]

Listing Mein Kamph and linking to a number of right-wing sites, not expecting to survive and probably not expecting his friends to blow his cover due to his fantasy existence.

Was this on his facebook? Cause, cmon. I said effort.

[Asher]

You don't see any problems with a law enforcement official operating with blinders that have the potential to cause evidence to be missed or ignored because it doesn't fit the view he created of the case?

Holy ****, are you ever a drama queen.

You're almost as crazy as this shooter.

[Lorizael]

Actually, that's exactly the kind of guy I would expect it from.

He was angry with Giffords because she wouldn't tell him what government means if words have no meaning. Do you seriously think this guy is thinking about random short term political gains when he thinks the whole world is meaningless if he can't fly in it?

[The Mad Monk]

...so why not light a match?

He's not thinking about short term gains, he's thinking about maximizing the spectacle. If it hurts the other side, so much the better.

[DinoDoc]

He's got you there, TMM.

[Lorizael]

...so why not light a match?

He's not thinking about short term gains, he's thinking about maximizing the spectacle. If it hurts the other side, so much the better.

But that's a very specific match. He has to have rational beliefs about the effects of a "false flag" operation when it's significantly more likely to me that he probably believed shooting her would release the demons that have captured her soul.

[The Mad Monk]

His writings imply that he's both non-religious, and believes he can control people by controling the information (the "grammar").

[Caligastia]

Holy ****, are you ever a drama queen.

You're almost as crazy as this shooter.

Boy, way to show your partisanship! Yeah, expecting law enforcement to comment without expressing political leanings is just craaaayyyyzeee!

[Asher]

Boy, way to show your partisanship!

I don't vote for either party, so I've no partisanship.

Yeah, expecting law enforcement to comment without expressing political leanings is just craaaayyyyzeee!

Just as crayyyzee as expecting them to go without expressing religious leanings, but they do it all the ****ing time.

You guys just don't like it when what he speaks is truth and it hurts your cause.

[Lorizael]

His writings imply that he's both non-religious, and believes he can control people by controling the information (the "grammar").

Yes, and his writings also imply that words are meaningless, the government is controlling our minds, you can create new currencies just by thinking about them, and that "eat + sleep + brush teeth = math."

[Guynemer]

I think it is time for a second Rally to Restore Sanity, since the first one didn't take.

[DinoDoc]

I don't vote for either party, so I've no partisanship.


Just as crayyyzee as expecting them to go without expressing religious leanings, but they do it all the ****ing time.

You guys just don't like it when what he speaks is truth and it hurts your cause.

If it makes you feel better Asher, I'd have felt the same way if he'd have randomly broken into a recital of the Lord's Prayer during a briefing about the case as I did when the Sheriff started telling us his political beliefs which had nothing to do with the case.

[Caligastia]

I don't vote for either party, so I've no partisanship.


Just as crayyyzee as expecting them to go without expressing religious leanings, but they do it all the ****ing time.

You guys just don't like it when what he speaks is truth and it hurts your cause.

Well, I don't think personal religious leanings have any place in statements issued by law enforcement either, so how about we agree that they should just stick to hard facts?