re: #216 researchok

Ah, but Loughner’s ideology was coherent to himself.

This guy was more functional and coherent, but just as dysfunctional.

That’s pretty facile statement. First of all, you have no idea if Loughner’s ideology was consistent to himself, whether or not he actually operated with a large framework or just stumbled from belief to belief.

Second of all, calling this guy dysfunctional is just— yeah, well, duh. Of course he’s dysfunctional. So is a guy who beats his wife. That’s not really the point.

This guy is like Timothy McVeigh or like an Islamic terrorist. He is not like Loughner.