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I'm finding the mental health angle less and less convincing. People are capable of doing these things in their right mind. Is the manifesto a part of the "soci
by overthemoon 7y ago
I'm finding the mental health angle less and less convincing. People are capable of doing these things in their right mind. Is the manifesto a part of the "social contagion"? Treating this as solely a product of mental illness minimizes it. Plenty of people experience abuse and trauma at a young age and don't murder dozens.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's irrelevant, not at all. But the ideology can't be ignored, it can't be separated from the act as if it's interchangeable.
- fkdo 7y agoSomeone can be sane but still have poor mental health. Healthy people don't kill innocent civilians.
- err4nt 7y agoHow do you know these people view the victims as innocent?
- overthemoon 7y agoWhat makes you say that? People choose bad things all the time. I don't think it's wise to pathologize bad behavior in every case.
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- ortusdux 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_from_U.S._drone_strikes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_from_U.S._...
- bilbo0s 7y agoTo be honest, the "mental health" thing kind of reminds me of the "bad childhood" excuse that was prevalent in the 80's and 90's. It's like, yeah, no. Lots of people have "mental health" issues. (In fact, there is a school of thought that would argue we all do.) These guys are just Al Qaeda level terrorists. The longer we ignore that reality, the higher the body count will climb.
- n1ght 7y agoWe're in the midst of a border crisis, ethnic violence is a predictable result.