Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
HOW TO EXPLAIN THE SHOOTER IN TUCSON!
Are there political lessons to be learned from Saturday’s tragic shootings in Tucson? The talk show pundits on both the left and right would have us believe that the other side’s hyper-partisanship has been the catalyst for a growing vehemence and hatred that led to the terrible violence by one deranged killer. Are there underlying causes to explain this shocking event that can be directed towards either side of the political spectrum? Many talk show hosts would have you believe so. But killings tragically happen, and birds fall from the sky. And often, the cause is not political.
Two tragedies took place last week. A highly unstable punk kid did have some political misgivings. But they were not influenced nor directed from viewpoints on the left or the right. On the Internet, he ranted about government thought control, and how the country should return to the gold standard — hardly partisan issues. Few of us trust the government’s involvement in our personal lives, but almost none of us react with violence. No, the cause of this tragedy in Tucson appears to be exclusively the shooter’s internal demons. Continue reading “Jim Brown”