Dangerous Rhetoric and Degrees of Hate

Personal analysis of the Tucson shooter:

Jared Loughner did not associate himself with a popular political or ideological group and with good reason. With the little resource provided by the media and personal study of psychology I have formed an interpretation of the motive behind the random targets in the shootings and his psychological affliction. After exploring the Democratic side before 2007 (accepting to a degree their liberal views that appealed to his sympathies for a better community like combating illiteracy) Mr. Loughner decided to meet with a Democrat in hopes of affirming the direction he had chosen. (Note: in high school, many students are still finding a community to associate themselves with.) According to a high school peer of his, the meeting with Rep. Gifford was more than disappointing. In my opinion, Rep. Gifford did not take her citizen's interest in politics seriously and may have given answers to his questions not thoroughly thought out. Mr. Loughner being in the infant stages of becoming a liberal took the brush off answers as a personal affront. He seems to be the type who's ego bruises very easily, especially a youngster with a weak self-image. This event caused not only a great deal of pain but in his naivete may have caused him to take another extreme. At this stage in a young man's maturity development, very little intellectual convincing is needed to lead him in a certain political or ideological direction. The military confirmed Mr. Loughner tried to join the armed forces in 2008. Officially, he was denied admittance due to his recreational use of marijuana. Feeling rejected now by both communities, Mr. Loughner felt he had no alternative but to keep his thoughts and motivations to himself and may have spurred him to find like-mindedness in books. Among the usual list of books found even in your personal library, Mr. Loughner owned copies of Mein Kampf and The Communist Manifesto. There his still intact intellectual ego may have found fraternity and solace in the angry ramblings of other often misunderstood persons like himself. For more than two years, the now severely mentally ill student ostracized himself from his peers and community, developing no source of feedback and constructive criticism from friends, and losing touch with any peers he had relationships with in the past. Any attempt at reaching out or even a sub-conscience cry for help during this period was largely misunderstood or ignored by his family or community ill-equipped and generally unqualified to interpret such signs. My theory is these negative experiences from his attempts to belong caused him to form a misanthropist view of the world. In that case, it didn't matter who Jared Loughner shot in his murderous rage because everyone who was perceived to belong to a group was considered an enemy.

P.S. I realize I'm a little late on this, but I never considered publishing any views until today.