Virtually all such shooters are whackjobs. Spouting political rhetoric doesn't make you a "political extremist"; if you're willing to go out and shoot everyone you can hit at a rally, you're a nutjob and you simply used politics as your focus rather than becoming a celebrity stalker or a vampire lunatic.
The only exceptions really are those who are organized and armed and directed by large groups; they still probably aren't technically sane, but they definitely then are performing a function directed for political purposes. If they act on their own or with one or two other people, they're no different than the Columbine shooters, a stalker who kills his object of interest, etc; they found something to lock onto and killed for that purpose, but they could have, and would have, ended up killing for SOMETHING anyway.
I disagree that all such shooters are insane. I think a lot of them are in control of their own actions and rationally following agendas with which the rest of us disagree, but that doesn't make them crazy. Suicidal, yes, Evil, yes, but not crazy. Assuming the youtube page is actually his and accurately reflects his thought processes, this one is genuinely delusional.
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The only exceptions really are those who are organized and armed and directed by large groups; they still probably aren't technically sane, but they definitely then are performing a function directed for political purposes. If they act on their own or with one or two other people, they're no different than the Columbine shooters, a stalker who kills his object of interest, etc; they found something to lock onto and killed for that purpose, but they could have, and would have, ended up killing for SOMETHING anyway.
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