well almost anything "can be" caused by something said or done, or something -not- said or -not- done -, but that doesn't mean it's a significant factor. and in this case, rhetoric was -no- factor, the shooter is batshit crazy.
americans feed on a daily diet of hyperbolic politcal rhetoric, talk_politics is but one example, without a resulting increase in mass shootings.
but i do agree, the media blitz afforded such incidents is far more likely to result in copycat incidents than anything heard on talk radio.
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Date: 18/1/11 22:07 (UTC)americans feed on a daily diet of hyperbolic politcal rhetoric, talk_politics is but one example, without a resulting increase in mass shootings.
but i do agree, the media blitz afforded such incidents is far more likely to result in copycat incidents than anything heard on talk radio.