A recent study found some 41 percent of young Americans under 30 at least somewhat supported the assassination of a health insurance executive in NYC. A roughly equal number opposed the cold-blooded ideological murder of a man the killer had (apparently) never met, and never been personally wronged by. Evidently some 18-19 percent had no opinion (!) or, perhaps wisely, refused to answer at all.
I find this data point nearly unbelievable and horrifying, perhaps you do too. How much more evidence do we need this society is on the wrong path, with certain factions intentionally raising monsters?
That the young murderer did what he did is more proof we need to do a much better societal job of managing mental health. That many of his age peers supported to some extent his vile act is just gross.
Somewhere he awaits trial in a jail cell. There a defense attorney is showing him this polling and giving him hope of an acquittal at best and at least a Robin Hood-like reputation, depending on jury selection.
Our society has had outbreaks of this sickness before, remember the stories and songs memorializing the outlaw Jesse James? Some viewed him as a hero. Sundance and Butch Cassidy, Bonnie and Clyde ditto. And I suppose Joaquin Murrietta had his fans too. Truly, we should be ashamed of these creeps.
