Jared Laughner not delusional, but ultra-right political

By


Joseph Chez

After a complete understanding of my adversary and under the cover of night, I once rescued a young 16 year old from the home of a crazed neo-Nazi, who truly was not delusional but was emboldened with hate ideology. Thus, I know the Jared Laughners – they are not crazy but they are committed to their cause, and they pose a grave danger to our society.
However, the media, the experts, as is Fox News - have it wrong in concluding that Jared Laughner's acts were not connected to ultra-right politics. It has not escaped me notice that Fox News has filtered statements such as those of Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, when he stated that Arizona has become the Mecca for racist or that the vitriol of conservative radio was responsible for inciting violence. It has not escaped me notice that the political right is not retreating or reloading, but instead, are framing the issue for an insanity cause-and-effect, and are further distancing from any connection with the Tucson AZ tragedy. It is a fact that many racist groups realized several decades ago that they must not be so overt, but instead, that they must infiltrate every part of the community and be seen as average citizens. So, it has not escaped me notice that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his legions of followers, are keeping a low profile.

It is true that all facts are not known as of yet, however, we do know that this individual, Jared Laughner, has been tied to racist and anti- immigrant organizations, and that should be the lead to understanding Jared Laugner – not that he is a lunatic or that he is mentally ill. Of course, specific conservative groups are actively changing the debate in order to avoid collusion. Even the experts are misreading the Tea Party leaves - to the detriment of the truth and our safety.

Moreover, it has not escaped me notice that Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford (D-8th/AZ) is Jewish and that this fact, was one of many, but the primary reason for this neo-Nazi to attempt to take the life of Representative Gifford. Accordingly, it has not escaped me notice that Republican House leaders have paused their conservative agenda and participated in a moment of silence out of respect for what happened in Tucson, but also, for respect and consideration of the political clout of the Jewish community. One must recognize that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has been monitoring groups such as the “American Renaissance” which may defame or pose a threat to the Jewish people. Interestingly enough, Jared Laughner has been tied to the doctrine as promulgated by Jared Taylor, editor and chief of the American Renaissance, a known racist organization.

Indeed, Jared Laughner is and has been enraged with hate, but it would be a mistake to conclude that his hate was the product of insanity. The truth is, is that this individual exhibits the classic behavior of a separatist, anti-immigrant neo-Nazi, who at one time may even have been well read, average teen in high school, or a tolerant individual. Indeed, Jared Laughner morphed from an average citizen into a hate-filled individual whose core values were high jacked by the hate-filled atmosphere provided by the political conservative right. Surely, no one can directly pin the blame for Jared’s political transformation or acts of violence on conservative shock radio or to the pseudo-professors on TV, but, such pervasive vitriol must have had influence in the fragile temperament of this individual, whose own dysfunctional persona was ripe to embrace ultra-right conservative or supremacist ideology. And as I remember so well, of the vicious and hateful neo-Nazi who held the 16 year old captive, he was once a nice average kid, until nativist-separatist in his community urged him buff up and fight back against non-whites who were taking over his country. And so, he did just that; he became a crazed and violent individual, now that he could understand the reasons for all the ills in his family and country.

The conscious "dreams" and other loony statements Jared Laughner made on social media web sites is not gibberish, but coded words - in conversation with like-minded individuals in the separatist movement. Regrettably, such coded communications are being described as delusional by the media and the political right. Once again, the conservative right is framing the situation differently in order to deflect blame. Even calling Jared Laughner, a crazed leftist who read the communist manifesto, but selectively leaving out Hitler’s “Mien Kampf.”

In sum, when I say that I know that Jared Laughner is not crazy, I must revert to the likeness of the neo-Nazi who held the 16 year old captive; both were young, impressionable and had a dysfunctional background. Such equation plus the ultra-right conservative dogma surrounding our society easily provided for these two to succumb to the vitriol of hate and intolerance – a classic modus operandi for their transformation. Thus, Jared Laughner is not insane, but he is deliberate and calculating. The intimidation these individuals do show is just part of the newly found ideological euphoria which gives them a sense of righteousness.

The caveat for us is, to discern correctly that which is delusions and what is doctrine of hate and cold blooded political calculation. We must be right on this issue, for if we gloss over it and deflect it, as some in the media and on the political right are doing, it gives those on the fringe, a go signal that their cause is righteous, will endure and prosper.