Man fatally shoots Ark. Dem. chairman at party HQ

[Friday on my mind]

Yes, and the whole truth is that the vast preponderance of the murders that take place in the United states are committed by killers for whom the motivation is totally apolitcal. Money, lust, greed, revenge, jealousy, sudden rage....I'm pretty certain that all of these triggers would rank way ahead of political motivations. The fact that Mr. Gwatney had a political connotation surely encourages speculation that the crime was somehow politically motivated. At this juncture, this does not appear to be the case.

Yes most killings are for sure probably not politically motivated.Like when ninetysix tried to say somehow the VA killer was probably a dem which was ludicrous.More than likely he was just a sicko and politics on eithier side played no role.But when someone walks into the HQ of the dem party and picks out someone there to kill it does seem he might have had a particular reason for that.As I said earlier I just think we don't know,could have just been totally random,could have been just political people in general,could have been directed at dems in particular.I'm sure the investigation will come to some conclusion of why he picked that guy to go after.

 

[TopGun001]

It's POSSIBLE there was no sociopolitical motivation to this, but when a dude gets fired and then blames the local head of the Democratic party, it sure looks like there is such a motivation. We'll see (maybe)...

He lost his job then did this? Maybe he blamed his firing on job migration as a result of NAFTA, the product of another Arkansas Democrat. That seems as plausible, if not more, than the conjecture you're spouting out.

 

[Facetious]

This type of slaying can be used in an extreme form of "agent provocateur", somewhat similar to terrorism. It's most difficult for us to fathom but there are instances where a severely disgruntled and suicidal maniac will take his own life while advancing the goals of his opposition party, viewpoint, ideology etc. and make it "appear" as if the crime was committed by his "real" counterparts. Complicated stuff.

All told, this is only a hypothesis and even in the event that this was specifically motivated one way or the other, I certainly wouldn't condemn the whole "cast" of individuals, no matter what the political lean. :2 cents:

 

[ninetysixcavy]

This type of slaying can be used in an extreme form of "agent provocateur", somewhat similar to terrorism. It's most difficult for us to fathom but there are instances where a severely disgruntled and suicidal maniac will take his own life while advancing the goals of an opposition party, viewpoint, ideology etc.

All told, this is only conjecture and even in the event that this was specifically motivated one way or the other, I certainly wouldn't condemn the whole "cast" of individuals, no matter what the political lean. :2 cents:

No. Other people did that here (this thread) first.

 

[Friday on my mind]

He lost his job then did this? Maybe he blamed his firing on job migration as a result of NAFTA, the product of another Arkansas Democrat. That seems as plausible, if not more, than the conjecture you're spouting out.

I don't know how they can transfer the job at the "target store" somewhere else? And I think the kind of motivation you are alluding to being mad at dems whether it be Nafta or whatever reason is exactly what Facial King is talking about.
I think if our economy worsens and more people are displaced you will probably see more of such things.And for sure it won't be just democrates who are seen as potential targets.Personally I would think corporate execs,bosses,bank owners,mortgage companies the republicans who are much more seen as the representatives of such interests would be just as likely targets if not even more so.

 

[TopGun001]

I don't know how they can transfer the job at the "target store" somewhere else? And I think the kind of motivation you are alluding to being mad at dems whether it be Nafta or whatever reason is exactly what Facial King is talking about.
I think if our economy worsens and more people are displaced you will probably see more of such things.And for sure it won't be just democrates who are seen as potential targets.Personally I would think corporate execs,bosses,bank owners,mortgage companies the republicans who are much more seen as the representatives of such interests would be just as likely targets if not even more so.

Pretty much anyone who loses a unskilled labor job can blame NAFTA in some respect because of the increase in unskilled labor supply, just like you referenced in the worsening economy scenario.

I was implying that he could have been mad a Democrats over the policy, but what I was also implying was that it is a generally more conservative policy enacted by a Democratic president, which blurs the lines of the partisan motivation that others were asserting.