| Mr Khan said: It's perfectly viable to tie assassins to political groups, but assassins, unless bound to a conspiracy, tend to be deranged by nature, so no-one can really take responsibility for them one way or another. The only clear alignment this guy had was libertarian, with attachments to both Left Libertarianism (Anarchism) and Right Libertarianism (i don't think there's an ism here? Ayn Randism?)
Though the whackos of the radical right (which is a very tiny faction far alienated from the right itself) are at least more prone to successful acts of violence than their counterparts on the left in the USA, at least since the 80s or so. |
Given that favorite books are the Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf, I don't think he's much of a libertarian or objectivist, and since the authorities are investigating ties he might have had to anti-semitic groups, I especially doubt he's a fan of Ayn Rand (who was no anarchist, btw).
I agree, though, and think there's far too much emphasis on Louhgner's political ramblings. The person he most reminds me of is Cho-seung Hui. They both are/were losers who fell through the cracks and seemed to have a lot of pent up frustration and disappointment which they then externalized and directed at the people around them. Both had problems with teachers and authority figures, and students complained about both seeming creepy and potentially dangerous. Just because Loughner's rants have a political bent - incoherent as it may be - doesn't preclude mental illness from being the driving force here, just as it was with Hui.
