It is actually amazing what an abundance of information there is about Loughner's political views. But I actually won't start there. The first myth I want to dismantle is simple, in fact I have already addressed it. It's the alleged incomparability of politics and mental illness. I have worked with the mentally ill and find that they range all over the place on politics, from the apolitical to the intensely political. And they range from left to right. The day of the Columbine shootings a Bipolar friend started calling gun dealers to chew them out for there role in the massacre and to tell them he believes in gun control. I think the irony of this should not escape our notice. We automatically assume that the mentally ill are apolitical and violent. He demonstrated the opposite. I should say here that there is at least as much evidence of Loughner's right wing politics that his mental illness...
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