Vanity FReeper Survey: Shooter Did Not Listen To Radio Or Watch TV. Can We Blame The Internet?

None | 1/12/2011 | Self

[madison10]

Blame those who did not help the parents (or the parents) to put him in a safer place.

[UCANSEE2]

I don’t listen to talk radio, nor do I watch TV (unless a football game is on). I am on the internet quite a bit.

I have no desire to kill anyone.

[Tax-chick]

It’s my fault. He read my posts and decided to shoot his US Rep. and a bunch of other people. Yes, I have that much influence on the minds of *millions* of Americans.

[Izzy Dunne]

What else can we blame?

• Too much sugar in cereals.
• Too much red meat.
• Too much violence in movies.
• Global warming.
• Monosodium glutamate.
• Dihydrogen monoxide.
• Mind control rays from the planet Remulak.
• Nuclear radiation from the A-bomb tests in 1944.
• Illegal aliens.
• Psychedelic Rock and Roll music.
• Death metal music.
• Punk music.
• Teenage Angst.

[NEMDF]

I did say to my husband last night that I really hope that he does not NOW have any access to TV, because it seems that part of his objective might have been all of the media attention.

[ExxonPatrolUs]

Prediction: Obama will say that more Big Government hugs ($$$) are needed to heal the nation.

[central_va]

Flouride.

[DJ MacWoW]

How about we put the blame where it belongs, ON LOUGHNER!

[pfflier]

How about the music he may have downloaded or listened to? Some metal and rap lyrics are incredibly violent and encourage sociopathic behavior.

[rwa265]

Should DailyKos share some of the blame?

http://hillbuzz.org/2011/01/08/my-congresswoman-voted-against-nancy-pelosi-and-is-now-dead-to-me-eerie-daily-kos-hit-piece-on-gabrielle-giffords-just-two-days-before-assassination-attempt-on-her/

[FlingWingFlyer]

How about we put the blame where it belongs, ON LOUGHNER!

Wouldn't that be "mean-spirited" and "intolerant"? s/

[DJ MacWoW]

You are a newbie with ONE page of comments and you are pointing a finger at the internet at just the same time the FCC and Obama want to control it.

* sniff sniff*

[DannyTN]

Possibilities to blame:

• The government really was controlling him through grammar....It's Obama's fault.
• Pot use induced schizophrenia. Blame the left and libertarians.
• Possible occult dabbling induced demon possession.
• Alleged abusive and alcholic father.
• Sherrif Dufnick for not doing something after earlier death threats.
• Jason for poor choices, including pot use, occult dabbling, Obsessing over the congresswoman and for pulling the trigger.

[DJ MacWoW]

Maybe we should ask the newbie thread poster.

[bolobaby]

Well, since Al Gore invented the internet, it’s clearly HIS fault, then.

[Spok]

This creep is probably sitting in jail watching CNN, and may be realizing the attention he will get if he comes out and says “I did it because ____________”. Maybe he’s just trying to decide what part of society he’d like to throw under the bus, knowing that if he blames the left or any group aligned with the left, he’ll be ignored. If, however, he blames Palin, talk radio or the NRA, the MSM will make his name a household word, and someday he’ll get his own talk show. Let’s just see.....

[MichiganConservative]

Everyone is ignoring the obvious: Jodie Foster!

[Made In The USA]

I blame the voices in my head. At least some of them. The others, not so much.

[smokingfrog]

The boys listened to the heavy metal band Slipknot and progressive rockers The Mars Volta, studied the form of meditative movement called tai chi, and watched and discussed movies.

Loughner’s favorites included little-known conspiracy theory documentaries such as “Zeitgeist” and “Loose Change” as well as bigger studio productions with cult followings and themes of brainwashing, science fiction and altered states of consciousness, including “Donnie Darko” and “A Scanner Darkly.”

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Loughner was arrested in October 2008 on a vandalism charge near Tucson after admitting that he vandalized a road sign with a magic marker, scrawling the letters “C” and “X” in a reference to what he said was Christianity.

The police report said Loughner admitted to other acts of vandalism in the area.

The case was ultimately dismissed after he paid a $500 fine and completed a diversion program.