In a new column this week, the conservative commentator Krauthammer attempts to take a look at various Loughner accounts from people who knew the accused madman (link at bottom). Krauthammer reaches these conclusions concerning Loughner's alleged shooting of Gabrielle Giffords and murder of several others:"This is not political behavior. These are the signs of a clinical thought disorder - ideas disconnected from each other, incoherent, delusional, detached from reality. These are all the hallmarks of a paranoid schizophrenic. And a dangerous one."
Let's see here. Thoughts "disconnected from each other"? "Incoherent"? "Delusional"? "Detached from reality"? Perhaps psychotic? "Dangerous"? Gosh, those descriptions sound vaguely familiar.
Wait, I got it! If you put all those descriptions together (or even look at them individually), then you’ve basically got what I would consider to be a textbook definition for the American far left and far right. At the very least, Loughner has a lot in common, in terms of his mental state, with the loony and deranged ones who control our two illustrious political parties.
The other day I reached the conclusion that Loughner's alleged actions could be best blamed on global warming. But that opinion is not set in stone, by any means. Krauthammer's column has given me a whole new angle to chew upon. Maybe this demented slimeball Loughner wasn't so "apolitical" after all?
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