Apparently the guy was Schizophrenic.
So more of a horrible and completely avoidable accident rather than some mindless violent killing out of genuine hatred or spite.
(, Thu 16 Jun 2016, 21:12, Share, Reply)
I probably suspect a dreadful nutter attack who had some issue with the MP over who knows what
Is not the first time MPs or their staff have been attacked by people with mental health issues. Terrible news regardless. Time for calm.
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Thu 16 Jun 2016, 21:26,
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Another shining example of NHS cuts and care in the community.
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Varmint, Thu 16 Jun 2016, 22:21,
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As a Schizophrenic I find your viewpoint insulting, and overly simplistic.
All individuals are informed by the culture around them; and online gravitate towards cultures and cultural groups they feel agreement and a sense of identity with.
That is the nature of this kind of extremism. The "lone nutter" explanation is generally looked down on as an insufficient explanation - and I think that's the case here.
Hatred is never without a context, it is grown in a culture. Changing our viewpoints and explanations can help curb and understand events like this - even if we can't understand the people who do this sort of thing.
(, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 7:06, Share, Reply)
Don't get me wrong.
I'm not painting all schizophrenics as violent or aggressive individuals. But you're reaching a bit if you're trying to suggest that his schizophrenia had nothing to do with the attack. I'd hazard a guess that this particular individual's schizophrenia had very much to do with it.
(, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 11:07, Share, Reply)
I suppose;
we'll have to agree to disagree. That said; I wasn't worried about you painting schizophrenics as violent. I was worried about you painting them as not culpable for their own actions in all and any circumstances (a kind of "oh he's just a child in an adults body" viewpoint. That sort of view is only true under a certain set of conditions. At any rate; I think we all have a culpability to what sort of views with foster within our communities.
[edit: he apparently had long term connections to the far right community -https://leedsantifascists.wordpress.com/2016/06/17/statement-regarding-jo-cox/ ]
(, Sat 18 Jun 2016, 7:07, Share, Reply)
Quite right
blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/06/a-day-of-infamy/
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 11:19,
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