The Arizona Shootings: Who's To Blame?

Yet another mass shooting has occurred recently, ironically right around the time I posted about the one that happened back in 2009 (see below post). Is this nothing new? Has this not happened before and for a similar reason? Or was he a lone nut? The answer, as it usually does, lies somewhere in the middle. Like with Sodini, this shooting (and the reasons it happened) is not cut-and-dry. There is more to this guy than meets the eye, and it surpasses the nerd-loner stereotype in my opinion.


All politics aside, this man, Jared Lee Loughner, was deeply troubled.


Most leave it at that.

"He was disturbed"
"He was mentally ill"
"This guy had a few screws loose"

What sickens me about society is the cowardice and disturbing inability to display empathy for those deemed unstable. Loughner may have been irrational, but why does no one ask what made him that way? My answer to that is one that I will always have in these situations: society has trouble pointing the finger at themselves. No one wants to admit that perhaps, just maybe, there were other factors that contributed to Loughner's shooting rampage.


And what of Lougner's politics? There is no doubt that his conspiracies about the government led to hatred of certain politicians. Some of his theories had slight merit; for instance, language does indeed control thought. However there is not substantial evidence that the government is forcing or subtly encouraging its population to speak a certain way. There is such a thing as political correctness, but those who wish to exercise free speech are still welcome to do so.

When I first heard of this story, I immediately knew that his failures with women had something to do with it. I just had the feeling, deep down. And, sure enough, the Wall Street Journal proved me to be correct recently when the following article was published:


"Postings of a Troubled Mind"

Whenever something like this occurs, miserable interactions with women are a culprit, if not the biggest one. What cannot be stressed enough is the importance of consistence sex and companionship that a man needs to keep his sanity. Its no joke. Its life and death. We are seeing examples of it over and over again. Men need sex, men need women that truly care about them as a person. One might jump to say, "But all people want that, including women!" Well, women are not the ones that experience loneliness the way men do.

Here's a question everyone must ask themselves: If Loughner had a girlfriend that loved and cared about him, would this tragedy have happened? No one can say for sure. It is a question for critical thought.