# Recent shootings in US with political motivations... **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 15, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-shootings-in-us-with-political-motivations/460111 "2008-08-15T16:48:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-shootings-in-us-with-political-motivations/460111/61 "2008-08-21T22:34:52Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Amazing] I think saying stuff like that does make you an extremist, though. You’re willing to demonize your opponents, and not consider that they might have good reasons for believing the stuff they do. You assume that it’s just because of racism, homophobia, sexism, or whatever. [/QUOTE] How does saying something supported by empirical data make me an extremist? I’m not saying anything people, even Republicans, don’t already know. It’s not like it’s a secret that racists tend to gravitate to the Republican party in significantly larger numbers than to the Democratic party. I appreciate that you’ve engaged me in this topic, but I don’t think you’re quite making your point, or if you are, I’m missing it. It seems like you’re saying by my simply considering another person (or group) extremist I’m taking a position that makes me extremist, which makes no sense to me. I’m truly not trying to be argumentative. I just want to understand where you’re coming from. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-shootings-in-us-with-political-motivations/460111/62 "2008-08-21T22:49:18Z")
Let’s cut to the chase here: No, there is no **good** reason for social-cultural-religious conservatives to believe the things that distinguish them. Of course, there are bad reasons and bad reasons, and not all are rooted in hatred of the Other. ---
**Author:** ![CJJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-shootings-in-us-with-political-motivations/460111/63 "2008-08-26T01:45:33Z")
Not enough details to say for sure, but [police in Colorado are making a claim](http://www.coloradoindependent.com/5479/police-probe-possible-plot-to-kill-obama-two-arrested-one-with-sniper-rifle/) about an assassination plot against Obama. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-shootings-in-us-with-political-motivations/460111.md?page=3)