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The shooter is being called a kid in a few places but would have been 21 next month--At that age he could have been called a man too
So he would have been what, like 12 when trump entered the political scene? He spent his entire adolescence with a “leader” like trump as one of the top political figures in the US. Think about that.
You republicans know damm well what kind of person trump is. You’re fully aware he is an unethical, immoral piece of trash. But you excuse it away by saying the ends justify the means. But you’re adults, and you make a complex moral calculation to come to that result.
So what kind of example does that set for kids, who can’t yet understand that moral calculation? Do you think this kid actually understood whatever rationalization you republicans concoct in your head to justify support of what we all know is a truly indecent man?
Who knows what this shooters motives were or why he did this, but he came of age in an era when trumps brand of politics shaped political discourse and created the political climate. We are going to have an entire generation growing up to believe that Donald trumps behavior is worthy of emulation - both his supporters and his opposition. “Win by any means necessary” is the lesson.
It’s a never ending stream of inflammatory rhetoric and behavior. And whether you are with trump or against him, it shouldn’t be a surprise when kids that grew up in a time where trumps behavior is normalized end up taking things too far.