White Supremacy, Mental Illness, or Society: What’s to Blame for Religious Violence?
…ully explains violence. Plenty of virulent white supremacists and violence-promoting Islamists and privileged men never come close to killing anyone. Others direct their blame toward forces that emerge from within the individual. Mental illness is frequently blamed for acts of violence, especially by those who share ideological affiliations with the perpetrator. According to this logic, violent acts are committed by crazed persons who just so happ…
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