2. Just based on the evidence so far, I don't think Dlyann Roof is mentally ill. He appears to be purely ideologically motivated killer.
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3. But I'm not a psychiatrist and Roof should certainly be diagnosed by someone trained in the discipline.
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4. So for the sake of argument, let's say that Roof does turn out to have some psychological problems. That doesn't negate political motive
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5. As I've written elsewhere, mental illness & political violence can have reinforcing relationship:http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/line-terrorism-mental-illness …
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6. So, there's a pattern that we see in some acts of political violence (or terrorism, if you want).
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7. You have individual who is troubled, possibly mentally ill but not necessarily. Extremist ideology can intersect with personal problems.
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8. Extremist ideology presents both a polorized view of contemporary reality and the possibility of apocalyptic deliverance through violence
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9. I want to make it clear that not everyone who is attracted to extremist ideology is troubled. The ideology has roots outside psychology.
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10. For the troubled individual appeal of extremist ideology is it offers both meaning and a solution.
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11. The meaning offered by extremist ideology is the polorized view of the world, clear sense of who is good & bad (white/black for Roof)
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12. Solution offered by extremist ideology is deliverance through apocalyptic violence: the race or religious war that will solve everything
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13. Let's say for the sake of argument Roof was troubled or mentally ill, that's still only half the equation. Ideology still plays a role.
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14. In the case of ISIS inspired, there's evidence that there propaganda in West is aimed precisely at troubled potential lone wolves.
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