That headline seems a bit harsh, doesn’t it? I mean, is the New York Times really an extremist Left-Wing Rag? Is that fair, or even close to accurate? Maybe not, but in its recent article, purporting to give readers a “Behind the Mug-Shot” view of Arizona murderer Jared Loughner, the writers can’t help themselves: although they address the many indicators that Loughner was mentally unhinged, they have to slip in inferences that there is a connection to “right-wing groups”.<\/p>\n
Strangely, they are silent about Loughner’s left-wing influences, they say nothing about Loughner being an atheist – because these parts of the psychotic puzzle that is Loughner do not fit well with their agenda of attacking and undermining their opponents on the right.<\/p>\n
Under the guise of “journalism” they show us some of the evidence of Loughner’s insanity, but they can’t help dropping in statements that imply some kind of connection with “right-wing groups”. Why not share evidence of Loughner’s being an atheist, left-wing nut? Because the writers’ agenda is to imply it’s the right-wing that is exerting a dangerous influence on American society.<\/p>\n
They do show us evidence of Loughner’s madness:<\/p>\n
“What the cacophony of facts do suggest is that Mr. Loughner is struggling with a profound mental illness (most likely paranoid schizophrenia, many psychiatrists say); that his recent years have been marked by stinging rejection \u00e2\u20ac\u201d from his country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s military, his community college, his girlfriends and, perhaps, his father; that he, in turn, rejected American society, including its government, its currency, its language, even its math. Mr. Loughner once declared to his professor that the number 6 could be called 18.<\/p>\n
As he alienated himself from his small clutch of friends, grew contemptuous of women in positions of power and became increasingly oblivious to basic social mores, Mr. Loughner seemed to develop a dreamy alternate world, where the sky was sometimes orange, the grass sometimes blue and the Internet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s informational chaos provided refuge.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n