Why we should be concerned Tamerlan Tsarnev read Infowars
Radicalizing like Yahweh Ben Yahweh did in the 1980s.
Arming yourself, doomsday prepping, and detachment from society, especially all those stupid sheeple (it’s amazing how often Jones calls his audience stupid!), is the solution. Civil society, voting, community, charity, and collective action aren’t the solution. It’s guns, and isolation.
Should we then be surprised when individuals influenced by these conspiracy theories resort to violence? Should we be surprised that people that are told the political process is a sham, the government is killing us at will, and everyone else who doesn’t believe this is stupid, go out and target government, and other citizens, and cops, indiscriminately? Isn’t this just conspiracy theorists, like Jones, and Al Qaeda for that matter, just reaping what they sow?
Read the article at ScienceBlogs.