School Releases YouTube Video from Loughner

[cali]

It's insane.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-arizona-shooting-20110115,0,6932026.story

[boppers]

1. He got a 'B' grade, therefore, genocide.

It's amazing how entitled people are.

[cali]

2. I can see taking that from the video but I think all it really speaks to

is how completely psychotic he was.

[boppers]

3. He was verbal, and expressing concepts.

On the day of the shooting, his father reported him as sub-verbal.

[cali]

5. uh, psychotics can and usually are verbal.

[boppers]

6. yes. agreed.

he was beyond that.

[Ramulux]

4. This is chilling

This is what happens when crazy conspiracy theories combine with a slow decent into mental illness. This poor kid obviously needed help and instead of getting what he needed, he seems to have become consumed with some outlandish anti-government, anti-authority conspiracy theories.

As a country we need to address what happened to this guy, because I have met sane individuals who spout crazy shit similar to what he was saying and if they were to happen to become mentally ill it is simple to figure out where they might direct their confusion. We need to acknowledge that there are a lot of people in this country who believe in insane anti-government shit, we cant just say that they are just the fringe of our society and they dont matter because they obviously do.

[boppers]

7. A question:

"I have met sane individuals who spout crazy shit similar to what he was saying"

How are they sane?

[Ramulux]

10. By sane I meant

that they are capable of holding down a job and communicating with most people without seeming like they are psychos, its just when they start talking about politics and conspiracy theories that they show how crazy they are.

[Smarmie Doofus]

9. As another DUer posted last nite......

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x204366

.....it's infinitely easier for mentally ill people to get guns than it is to get treatment in this nirvana we've created.

[MadHound]

8. Sounds like a young man who is deeply disturbed,

Not some RW idiot bent on 2nd amendment solutions.