Cogent argument that politics, ideas and books do not cause violence. But irrational unsupported conclusion that mental illness caused the violence. Most people accused of mental illness, like most "normal" people are harmless law abiding individuals. Suggesting that mental illness causes violence shows a bias as intense as that of any stereotype. Two groups appear after every heinous crime. One blames political interests for the crime. The other blames mental illness. Neither makes sense. Evil exists and people justify their crimes for many reasons. If mental illness causes crime why does this become an issue only after a person commits a violent crime? Why not allow psychiatrists with their made up illnesses to decide who should remain free and who belongs in jail? Unlike criminal court actions psychiatry has no due process protections. Communists, Nazis and control freaks love psychiatry for that reason alone. The essay begins well but has an illogical conclusion.
[From article]
"according to the website religionofpeace.com, Islam has been the motivation behind 17,498 acts of international terrorism since 9/11 to the present? That is a rate four-to-five each day, every day for almost ten years. Can any other group, save perhaps Mexican drug cartels, boast such a steady stream of violence against so many innocents? That bloody fact remains … Norway notwithstanding.
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I pray that the free speech warriors of the left do not fall down their familiar rabbit hole of hypocrisy by giving any credence beyond mental illness to this Norwegian’s vile actions. The dead of Oslo and Utoya Island deserve better than to be used as a pawn to advance a political agenda."
http://bigjournalism.com/bschaeffer/2011/07/26/ny-times-thinks-free-speech-not-deranged-thoughts-kill/
NY Times Thinks Free Speech, Not Deranged Thoughts, Kill
Posted by Brad Schaeffer
BigJournalism.com
Jul 26th 2011 at 11:25 am
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