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Some of what the Pittsburgh terror brings up for me
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<blockquote data-quote="Elsi" data-source="post: 741857" data-attributes="member: 23349"><p>Oh Copa. I have been struggling to understand this weekend also, as I do after every shooting. It is incomprehensible. I can only imagine how much harder it is for you when you identify so personally with this community. </p><p></p><p>It is hard when our kids start spouting conspiracy nonsense. C has done this also, though nothing that adds up to a coherent ideology that I can tell. I’ve hesrd him spout left wing conspiracy and right wing conspiracy. His political views seem very confused. He has swung from leftist anarchism to far right neo conservatism. I think there is something about living on the edges of society that makes conspiracy theories more attractive somehow. Whether it all adds up to something, who can tell?</p><p></p><p>I guess what I am getting at is that just because you heard him get sucked into some of this rhetoric at some point or another doesn’t mean he’s taking it to it’s logical conclusion of bigotry and violence towards Jewish people or anyone else. He may be just as horrified as you are to hear about this violence. He may be only marginally aware that it has happened, if at all. He may have more awarensss than you realize of his Jewish heritage through you, and just not be connecting the dots between some of the tropes and rhetoric he is quoting and you and your heritage. Or maybe he knows exactly and is just spouting nonsense to hurt you. </p><p></p><p>Young people shift with the winds anyway. Doubly so when they are living in the chaos our kids are living in.</p><p></p><p>In any case, please don’t personalize his statements or read too much into them. This tragedy is hard enough to understand on its own. No sense trying to read into J’s past statements or predict his potential reactions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elsi, post: 741857, member: 23349"] Oh Copa. I have been struggling to understand this weekend also, as I do after every shooting. It is incomprehensible. I can only imagine how much harder it is for you when you identify so personally with this community. It is hard when our kids start spouting conspiracy nonsense. C has done this also, though nothing that adds up to a coherent ideology that I can tell. I’ve hesrd him spout left wing conspiracy and right wing conspiracy. His political views seem very confused. He has swung from leftist anarchism to far right neo conservatism. I think there is something about living on the edges of society that makes conspiracy theories more attractive somehow. Whether it all adds up to something, who can tell? I guess what I am getting at is that just because you heard him get sucked into some of this rhetoric at some point or another doesn’t mean he’s taking it to it’s logical conclusion of bigotry and violence towards Jewish people or anyone else. He may be just as horrified as you are to hear about this violence. He may be only marginally aware that it has happened, if at all. He may have more awarensss than you realize of his Jewish heritage through you, and just not be connecting the dots between some of the tropes and rhetoric he is quoting and you and your heritage. Or maybe he knows exactly and is just spouting nonsense to hurt you. Young people shift with the winds anyway. Doubly so when they are living in the chaos our kids are living in. In any case, please don’t personalize his statements or read too much into them. This tragedy is hard enough to understand on its own. No sense trying to read into J’s past statements or predict his potential reactions. [/QUOTE]
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