Is insanity one of their membership criteria? Really, what is it about far-right-wing ideology that attracts the violently psychotic? As the author below notes, it can't help that the apparent carriers of this disease--the loony creme de la creme, if you will--are awarded their own radio and TV shows.
The Tragic Arkansas Shooting and Conservative Hate Speech - AlterNet
The irony and tragedy of course is that, under the more humane, civilized, liberal conception of the public good that F.D.R. fostered and conservatives have tried to erase, America would have had a system of universal health care in place, one that could have provided this man with the psychological/psychiatric services he clearly needed, before he finally snapped. (Mental-health benefits are rarely offered by low-wage employers like Target, and even sliding-fee clinics can be prohibitively expensive on a Target worker's paycheck.)
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