I don’t like the knee jerk reaction of people trying to link political affiliation to murderers and thugs. If this were the result of a mob leaving a neo-nazi rally or an injury caused by the Environmental Liberation Front setting a fire that would be different.

The anti-muslim sentiments are bad in and of themselves but the eagerness of the conservatives to link him to a left-leaning group (and conversely the eagerness of liberals to link him to the right) is just plain ugly.

This act should be condemned on the face of it and using it to demonize those who believe differently than (me/you) is just crass.