Nice stuff here, lots to chew on. Despite the desperated attempts on the right to connect the Trump rally shooter with leftists or Democrats (I saw some comments insinuating that he was ANTIFA), it appears, as you have pointed out, that he was likely just another isolated, emotionally disturbed young man with too-easy access to deadly weapons. Writer Sam Kriss published a great piece a couple days back where he lays waste to the idea that assassinations are somehow, by nature, politically-motivated. "Have you no imagination?" he asks. There are plenty of other reasons why someone would take a shot at a president.
But yeah, it can be argued that the everyday gun violence children in America are at risk of falling victim to is "political" in its nature. It certainly stems from policies pushed forth by a political movement and its leaders, so perhaps the "political" trickles down in this case.
Nice stuff here, lots to chew on. Despite the desperated attempts on the right to connect the Trump rally shooter with leftists or Democrats (I saw some comments insinuating that he was ANTIFA), it appears, as you have pointed out, that he was likely just another isolated, emotionally disturbed young man with too-easy access to deadly weapons. Writer Sam Kriss published a great piece a couple days back where he lays waste to the idea that assassinations are somehow, by nature, politically-motivated. "Have you no imagination?" he asks. There are plenty of other reasons why someone would take a shot at a president.
But yeah, it can be argued that the everyday gun violence children in America are at risk of falling victim to is "political" in its nature. It certainly stems from policies pushed forth by a political movement and its leaders, so perhaps the "political" trickles down in this case.