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hifiguy

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21. IT could hardly be more obvious

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #19)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 08:43 PM

Dec 2015

but some refuse to accept the irrefutable facts; somehow they have no problem accepting the obvious motivation whan a xtian loon goes on a rampage but here, not so much. Cognitive dissonance like that would make my head explode.

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Unanswerable? Why would parents of a 7 month old go out and kill people? [View all] HereSince1628 Dec 2015 OP

People are complicated. It's not like in the movies or books, but quite complicated. uppityperson Dec 2015 #1

Her motivations were political. TeeYiYi Dec 2015 #2

How do you know the child was a prop? What did I miss? HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #4

What I'm suggesting... TeeYiYi Dec 2015 #14

There are lots of people in this world who ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #3

Only on teevee are all parents loving leftstreet Dec 2015 #5

That's true, but I suppose consideration of loving parents HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #10

There are plenty of soldiers in plenty of armies that have children jberryhill Dec 2015 #6

Yep to both observations. randys1 Dec 2015 #9

Idjit religion. hifiguy Dec 2015 #7

I do think religion can introduce belief in dangerous moral imperatives. HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #12

There is literally nothing that cannof be justifed hifiguy Dec 2015 #16

Similiar story for the Dear Fellow in Wellstone ruled Dec 2015 #8

I'm curious HeiressofBickworth Dec 2015 #11

Press conference summary. proverbialwisdom Dec 2015 #17

Latest news is that the grandmother lived with them. cwydro Dec 2015 #18

Yes, that conversation is also hard to imagine HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #20

Because they're demented, warped, hateful assholes? tabasco Dec 2015 #13

Exactly 6chars Dec 2015 #22

...+1 840high Dec 2015 #24

I think an American decided Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #15

I'd like to know what police/FBI think they mean when they say radicalized HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #23

I'd like to know more too. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #28

Root cause: Religion NightWatcher Dec 2015 #19

IT could hardly be more obvious hifiguy Dec 2015 #21

My head, too. I read 840high Dec 2015 #25

Saying religion really doesn't explain very much although HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #27

I'm not blaming a religion or even their religion. I blame the extremist actors NightWatcher Dec 2015 #29

Islamic fundamentalism JI7 Dec 2015 #26

Or any kind of fundamentalism ? obnoxiousdrunk Dec 2015 #31

Short answer ... GeorgeGist Dec 2015 #30