Whether that's true (hotly disputed) is a separate issue.
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Yeah, and people want to deny that for their own self-interested reasons in either case.
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Also possible that they can intensify concomitantly
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way more prog or w/e to acknowledge the truth: the man who killed cox did it with a clear, premedatated mind, same with mateen
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There is reason to believe mental illness was a factor in both cases
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Was Mateen ever diagnosed as mentally ill? Presumably, he was screened for his corrections job or for his gun permit, no?
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There appear to be signs that he was mentally unstable -- that wouldn't preclude him from receiving a gun permit.
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yeah, I don't understand how religiously/politically-motivated violence and mental illness came to be seen as mutually exclusive
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For the purpose of being able to mete out selective outrage, it seems
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Seems political Islam and political nationalism have the same basic thought process and effect.
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There are definitely cross-currents -- political Islam often intertwined with nationalism in majority-Muslim countries.
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nope, blaming it on mental illness is not they way my friend
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every time you blame extremist attacks on the mentally ill we collectively take the flack for it, despite us not being very violent
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So how do mentally ill people who are prone to violence, but without political ideologies, spend their time?
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