It's possible, but highly unlikely in my opinion. And certainly not required.
It's a multi-step thing. First, he's motivated to kill someone. Who does he kill? Ok, he's anti-government so he wants to kill someone gov't related. That's a lot of people to choose from. Well, he doesn't want to travel too far, so he has city council members, county people, state reps, federal reps. Hey, that Giffords lady was stupid and a fake (in his mind) and she just got reelected. That's galling, she shouldn't have been elected given that. She's a good candidate. Oh look, she's having this event near by soon. He could kill someone sooner than later now.
Thus, his anti-gov't ideas were not primary reasons to target her in particular. Yes, this is my analysis given the facts we know at the moment. I could be wrong. But I haven't seen anything that would contradict this yet.
Credits & Style Info
Talk Politics. A place to discuss politics without egomaniacal mods
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
Re: List of Anti-Government Characteristics Of Loughner
Date: 13/1/11 02:55 (UTC)It's a multi-step thing. First, he's motivated to kill someone. Who does he kill? Ok, he's anti-government so he wants to kill someone gov't related. That's a lot of people to choose from. Well, he doesn't want to travel too far, so he has city council members, county people, state reps, federal reps. Hey, that Giffords lady was stupid and a fake (in his mind) and she just got reelected. That's galling, she shouldn't have been elected given that. She's a good candidate. Oh look, she's having this event near by soon. He could kill someone sooner than later now.
Thus, his anti-gov't ideas were not primary reasons to target her in particular. Yes, this is my analysis given the facts we know at the moment. I could be wrong. But I haven't seen anything that would contradict this yet.