Patriotism in Montana

@sh76 said
When crazy people commit crimes because the voices told them to, do you blame the voices?

Was Iago blameless for Desdemona's death?

@no1marauder said
Man attacks 13 year old boy for refusing to remove his hat during the national anthem at a rodeo. Defense?:

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The attorney for a Montana man accused of throwing a 13-year-old boy to the ground at a rodeo because the teenager didn’t remove his hat during the national anthem said Wednesday his client believes he was acting on an order from President ...[text shortened]... Curt Brockway a patriotic American defending our values or a psychotic nut? Or maybe a bit of both?

Curt Brockway is a true American Hatriot.

@no1marauder said
Was Iago blameless for Desdemona's death?

Lago's actions were reasonably calculated to provoke a specific foreseeable reaction from a specific person.

Politicians can't be responsible for every crazy person among 325 million who will twist their statements.

Was Al Shapton blameless for the Freddie's Fashion Mart arson?

@sh76 said
Lago's actions were reasonably calculated to provoke a specific foreseeable reaction from a specific person.

Politicians can't be responsible for every crazy person among 325 million who will twist their statements.

Was Al Shapton blameless for the Freddie's Fashion Mart arson?

Did Al ever get elected to anything?

@sh76 said
Lago's actions were reasonably calculated to provoke a specific foreseeable reaction from a specific person.

Politicians can't be responsible for every crazy person among 325 million who will twist their statements.

Was Al Shapton blameless for the Freddie's Fashion Mart arson?

It's surely "reasonably foreseeable" in the US circa 2019 that hate filled rhetoric complaining of an "invasion" of people of a different "race" coupled with an absolute refusal to implement any necessary restrictions on weapons capable of mass killing within seconds would result in something like El Paso.

Perhaps it's a little bit less foreseeable that someone would assault another person at a sports event for refusing to take off their hat during the national anthem, but you have had the President of the United States repeatedly saying that people should be punished for not acting in a certain way during it. And also calling them crude names and suggesting they leave the country. It's not hard to see that this might encourage physical violence against others acting in a similar manner.