Gawd dammit, Conditt was a bigoted, domestic terrorist who murdered people...

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99. He was a serial killer

Who grew up in a bigoted, socially isolated household. Yes, his ideology was disgusting, but I do not think that was what drove him to bomb people. He was 23 and of an age where mental issues such as manic-depression, etc. start to manifest themselves. What I think happened is that this family probably provided little to no support growing up and little to none with the issues he was facing. You can't pray away depression or mental disease.

The video, from what the Police chief has intimated, speaks far more to social isolation, loss of control, failure. What was discussed for 20 minutes included girlfriend issues, job issues, etc. If he was doing this based on ideology, then I believe the Police Chief would have mentioned this as part of the reason why the victims were chosen. In fact, it was explicitly mentioned there was no reason given for any choice of victim. One of the aspects of serial killers is that they kill to claim a sense of control. I suspect the bombing is because he was also a coward.

I think in the end, he knew he would be caught and I think the 7th bomb was always there for him to blow himself up. So, this spree was essentially a slowly unfolding "suicide by cop".