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5. The question I would follow up with is...

Mon Jun 9, 2014, 09:12 PM

Jun 2014

Are hateful jerks who murder, also mentally ill with their "beliefs"? Do they really know what they are doing and the consequences of what they do?

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Can we stop with attributing every atrocity to mental illness? [View all] moriah Jun 2014 OP

Interesting thing about Ted Bundy JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #1

The question I would follow up with is... madinmaryland Jun 2014 #5

I'd ask Bin Laden or McVeigh JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #8

c'mon now, that is the legal definition Schema Thing Jun 2014 #12

Great way to put it. And if you think you're 100% "normal".... moriah Jun 2014 #16

Bring back the mental hospitals FrodosPet Jun 2014 #30

The guy was paranoid. HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #2

So where do we draw the "paranoid" line? moriah Jun 2014 #15

drones, chemtrails, govt out to get Bundy, etc.... HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #18

Its no less a mental health issue than a gun owner issue. HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #21

Batshit crazy. GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #3

it was terrorism - guns are to blame as well samsingh Jun 2014 #4

This I like JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #6

Not sure - weren't they meth heads as well? malaise Jun 2014 #7

I couldnt tell from their pictures JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #9

I think the meth was just a neighbor's guess starroute Jun 2014 #10

Rachel's guest just said he had a ganja arrest malaise Jun 2014 #11

what a great OP. thanks. cali Jun 2014 #13

Almost tautologically, every mass killer is mentally ill. BlueCheese Jun 2014 #14

exactly. HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #19

This is what I think too panader0 Jun 2014 #22

"That's pretty fucked up" is not always equal to a mental illness NightWatcher Jun 2014 #23

That's pretty much exactly it, except much shorter. Thank you! moriah Jun 2014 #24

I've become blessed with bluntness NightWatcher Jun 2014 #25

Thank you. n/t Jamastiene Jun 2014 #29

I do think some of these killers gwheezie Jun 2014 #28