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Originally Posted by Ron Bennett
According to the article he voted in 2008, but not since then...
Perhaps he was disillusioned by the candidates / results of the 2008 Presidential election and figured fuck it, voting doesn't matter. Many people feel that way...
And to some extent, they're right, such as in the 2008 Presidential election ... basically, given how the U.S. political system is setup, the only real choice was McCain and Obama. For some that was adequate, but for many others, those two candidates were essentially no choice at all - it's likely Loughner was felt that way.
As for what Loughner's political beliefs were ... very difficult to pin it down and doesn't appear to fit any simple left-right labels. He seems more of a lost person trying to find his way and constantly hitting road blocks...
I'll go out on a limb and theorize that his drug arrest (probably for cannabis "pot") likely further alienated him; furthering his distrust of the legal-political system.
The drug war, in large part, is based on lies, and moreover, is a way for the government to control people - his YouTube videos are off the deep end, but the underlying premise the government seeks to control people every way it can is sound nevertheless ... ie. buying traditional light bulbs will soon be illegal; the Feds already dictate the type of toilets one can legally install.
Anyways, him getting caught up in the drug war by getting arrested for drug possession, may have further precipitated his anger; seeking out revenge on "the system".
Getting back to Giffords, the shooting leads some to ponder whether all U.S. House members will eventually need security details...
Keep in mind the U.S. population has greatly grown in the past 50 years and yet the number of U.S. House representatives is still 435; averaged out across the entire U.S. population, each one of them represents 700,000+ people - that implies each of them has a lot of power - Giffords sitting outside at a table in public with no visible security protection could be, in part, why Loughner singled her out.
Ron
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Im really sorry but I disagree with everything you stated in this. And if you have any real sources for your info posted in your reply i will be more then happy to give them some real thought. However to say the drug war at the border of AZ is based on lies is very ignorant and if you base it off any content you have come across it is based off false content. Yes all politicians lie to pass laws they want passed, however this law had very real merritt that all people in AZ have to deal with every day.
[Anyways, him getting caught up in the drug war by getting arrested for drug possession, may have further precipitated his anger; seeking out revenge on "the system".] I agree with this, he had some serious issues.
Our drug/border war and the kidnappings, rapes, home invasions, killings, and everything else that we and Mexicans at the North End of the Mexican boarder have had to deal with has been off the charts. This boarder in the most part since it has been a boarder has been the most laxed boarder of any Super Power Country. Between the 60's till now the under ground drug trade has rivaled the US stock market in profits earned for its investors. 80% of this drug trade involves marijuana, since you do not need a lab for pot it will always stay this way. We basically give cartels a thriving market with no US competition on a large scale, and then we leave our boarders open for them to use... You do the math on that one lol. (BTW I am not saying coke or meth are not profitable from mexico or south america, nor should they be legal and they will always stay an underground trade same with heroin)