[Bumped to discuss resulting legal actions] Elementary school shooting in Connecticut. (Edit/Update - 26 reported killed, many of them children)

That’s really insightful and a good read. It isn’t hard to see that though - the need for people to have an order and a sense to things because it is somehow easier than to accept that a child could shoot up a school or a pandemic can occur naturally.

The problem is that replacing reality with this delusion because it’s more “orderly” comes with enemies and targets. The tragic or hopeless is replaced with design and manufactured evil. And those are powerful feelings - they can motivate the person to do irrational or even violent things.

How is that a better result than reality? It’s much worse.
it's easy to be dismissive of the listeners/viewers/supporters of Alex jones, Tucker Carlson, Qanon, etc. when all you know about them is reading articles

has to be heartbreaking when it's someone you're close to, and someone you can't just cast aside