Friday, March 05, 2010
WTF, People?!?
a step mile too far
John Patrick Bedell was a troubled man with a mental illness. It was tragic that he did not get help—or restraint—before he endangered others and got himself killed.
But this endless questing for his motives —as though he were rational—is moronic. Even more sickening is the rush to smear entire segments of the population with his acts, simply because of some of his statements, is becoming ludicrous.
The man was mentally ill. Period. That’s all we need to know about his “motivations.” That’s all we can know about his motivations. Because that’s what ‘mentally ill’ means: others cannot understand the internal logic of his thoughts, world view, or reasoning.
I heard a quote from Bedell over and over on the news, today. Remember - they’re quoting “the internet rant” of a man who just tried to shoot up the Pentagon in the least well-thought-out, least effective “attack” in, well, ever. The quote they chose was not some 911-Trooother rant, nothing about da gubbmint spying on his brain, but a quiet, reasonable discussion of how private property rights are the basis of freedom in this country. What a nut bucket, eh?
Why choose that “fringe” quote? Yeah. You know as well as I do.
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