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what a delusional statement that is. every decision someone makes and answer someone has about something dictates them either a liberal or a conservative? that sounds like someone who makes decisions based on whether it's going to be one or the other for every facet of life. i could give two shits about politics or where other people stand with their points of view. when common sense is replaced by what side of the fence someone's on, that someone is no less retarded than the people they constantly bitch about, and take stabs at.
p.s. i blame all violence on bill o'riely, michael savage, the school system, the justice system, alex jones, michael moore, noam chomsky, ronald reagen, bill clinton, george bush, john stewart, steven colbert, dave chapelle, adult swim, fast food, walmart, the parents, and the kid/adult who was raised by chumps.
No it all goes back to Fear and Love. Remember Donnie Darko 
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I agree with Goldmund.
Blaming "video games" for this type of happening either comes from a liberal or security-mom/soccer-mom type of conservatism.
liberal and conservative talking points are generally tied to what side of the political fence you are on. I think of liberal/conservative as an ideology, one doesn't have to talk about politics when referring to an ideology.
Although one can't bring up a single controversial subject that hasn't been at the top of a political agenda, so this subject may have been a political one, but it wasn't a delusional one.
Common sense has been replaced with the enactment of the 1988 federal ban on lawn darts. Long story short, this type of legislation has spiraled out of control ever since with more government control/regulation.
Whether you want to involve politics or not, all the above is becoming a political matter because our local, state and national legislators use our mob ruled system to gain "feel-good" votes. This incident alone might enact more feel-good legislation or control on video games.
Now both sides use our legislative body to pass fascist laws like the smoking ban, seat belt laws, lawn dart ban and the trans-fat bans.
I do think many liberals and conservative soccer-moms would correlate this moms death to Halo3. Common sense has become subjective.
I do not think Goldmund's statement was delusional. I would gladly explain my point further in a PM.
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Lord of TL;DR
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i'm a non factor in political discussions because i don't keep up with politics, or even pretend to know which bits of criteria falls under which side of the fence in every situation. it's moderately amusing that every event that ever happens turns into a political debate, but mostly annoying that every thread turns into one. as an outsider it just looks like a bunch of letter writing moms going at it with each other in these threads, no matter which side you're on. maybe i was way off base throwing around "delusional". it still seems pretty insane (imho) to dismiss people who would think a murderer is a murderer as a conservative. what if those same people were pro-abortion? because they're pro abortion they have to blame this incident on video games? and if that's not the case, how the fuck is it even possible to lump the entire population into one side or the other. why isn't it just individual thought?
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it still seems pretty insane (imho) to dismiss people who would think a murderer is a murderer as a conservative.
There are people that blame the product, rather than the individual. I think it is the premise of Goldmund's point.
The gun control debate is the poster child for this type of scenario.
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what if those same people were pro-abortion?
I don't understand your question.
Here is my 2 cents on abortion;
It is the governments responsibility to protect life, liberty and property. In order to protect life, each state should define when life begins and the abortion debate is over. If the state of Massachusetts defines a child at the 3rd trimester or 9 months, so be it. If Colorado defines life at conception so be it. Any abortion performed past these definitions should be called murder, IMO.
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why isn't it just individual thought?
It is all individual thought that just so happens to fall into certain ideological categories. Saying "liberals believe Global Warming is man-made" is a true statement, even though not all liberals believe this.
It does not bother me when Stretch throws out blanket statements about "conservatives" because I know he is not talking about me. His statements generally do not encompass my ideology.
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