Compare and Contrast
Posted by Jonathan on January 20th, 2011 (All posts by Jonathan)
Nidal Hasan: Psycho
Jared Loughner: Ideologue
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Posted by Jonathan on January 20th, 2011 (All posts by Jonathan)
Nidal Hasan: Psycho
Jared Loughner: Ideologue
January 20th, 2011 at 11:31 am
Exactly bass-ackwards, of course, and exactly the NYT interpretation.
January 20th, 2011 at 4:36 pm
Mismatched qualifiers?
January 20th, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Well, Loughner is a paranoid schizophrenic and Hassan is a lone jihadi. It will be interesting to see the prosecutor’s argument if they ever get around to trying Hassan.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:32 pm
I would say they both may have had mental problems but, clearly Hassan was an ideologue, likely with mental problems; and Loughlin was clearly deranged and incomprehensible.
The motivation of Hassan (Islam, the guiding ideas of the possibly unstable mind) is downplayed ignored by media, government, and the apparently weak-kneed politically-correct Army. Nuts or sane, he was guided by the koran.
In contrast, the motivation of Loughlin is assumed to be derived from talk-radio, incivility, and rightest personalities without the slightest indication of it being so.
It’s probably just stupidity or one might be forced start thinking about a vast left-wing conspiracy.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:35 pm
read “Loughner” for “Loughlin”, of course.
January 21st, 2011 at 7:45 pm
It is possible that both labels jointly describe both actors.
It is equally possible that the labels are entirely mismatched.
It is highly unlikely that the labels, as given, describe all of either situation.
January 22nd, 2011 at 11:42 pm
Both strike me as psycho ideologues.