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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Jennae]There's no doubt that mental illness is a component in this, but the fact that most of the victims were Asian does point to the possibility of a racial issue too, at least enough that we can't dismiss it. There's no reason it can't be both and I don't think it's necessarily just one thing that would motivate someone to do something like that. It seems some sort of mental illness and lonely "outsider" feeling that is always at play in these situations and the resulting violence is tragic any way you slice it. [/quote]
It’s actually a few things: yes, mental illness needs to be addressed in this country (the GOP is certainly hostile to anything to do with helping people, so once again, responsible governance falls on the Democrats). It’s pretty apparent that this guy commit a hate crime; reducing Asians to “the people fueling my sex addiction” is racism. It’s a fetish. And finally: we need common sense gun control.

The whole “mental illness” thing is a red herring, as is the debate over whether or not this was racially motivated (it was), meant to distract from gun control. [/quote]

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