Well, Matt Lewis, in discussing the smearing of conservatives in light of George Tiller and James von Brunn, raises the Virgina Tech shootings in his post, "The Left Politicizes Gun Murders":
If we're going to look at using these events as a catalyst to change policy, perhaps we should consider talking about the issue of mental health. For example, the Virginia Tech shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, was declared mentally ill in Virginia but was still free to attend classes, and ultimately kill his fellow students. Clearly, the failure here was a mental health issue - not a "gun" issue. If we are going to begin looking to pass legislation to curb these violent incidents, why don't we consider doing something that might actually work - like looking at changing laws regarding mental health issues?Or changing the laws rergarding listenting to rock-and-roll?
Because taking up the cause of mental health does not advance the cause of liberalism.
See also, Dan Riehl, "The Hate Was of Bush and The Right."
Related: See also, "When Desperation Gets Ugly," and "‘Right-Wing’ Rhetoric on Hold After Museum Shooting," via Memeorandum.
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"Whether the subject is a writer with whom you disagree, or a vicious act of murder, tossing off the "crazy" or "demented" label is to say the person is less morally (& where applicable, legally) responsible for his/her objectionable words / deeds than they actually are." Comment trackback
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