Sadly, the mainstream media and Democrats seem to politicize every shooting. They respond with the predictable gun control narrative and assail the 'right' and Republicans if there is any possible connection to be found, sometimes even if there's not.
Of the two shooters this past weekend, one was a hard-core 'leftist' and the other left behind a manifesto which can best be described as leftist in regard to concern for the earth, environment and resources but he also juxtaposed immigration issues into the mix.
The reality is that both shooters, to be kind, were mentally ill and confused about many things. Most particularly, they seemed to have a problem making good decisions. Both shooters latched onto divisive politics, no doubt because in doing so they felt some sort of tangible emotional connection. Sad, really. It seems worth keeping in mind that both shooters this weekend were deranged and disconnected from reality. They made really bad choices.
To a greater or lesser extent the choosing between life and death is a problem mankind has faced for millennia, even before Moses set out the choice clearly in Deuteronomy:
Of the two shooters this past weekend, one was a hard-core 'leftist' and the other left behind a manifesto which can best be described as leftist in regard to concern for the earth, environment and resources but he also juxtaposed immigration issues into the mix.
The reality is that both shooters, to be kind, were mentally ill and confused about many things. Most particularly, they seemed to have a problem making good decisions. Both shooters latched onto divisive politics, no doubt because in doing so they felt some sort of tangible emotional connection. Sad, really. It seems worth keeping in mind that both shooters this weekend were deranged and disconnected from reality. They made really bad choices.
To a greater or lesser extent the choosing between life and death is a problem mankind has faced for millennia, even before Moses set out the choice clearly in Deuteronomy:
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.