You know, I grant that those are very interesting points.

I have, and it was. Many madmen are also geniuses.

Granted. That wasn't the point. The point is that whether he was a misogynist or not he was also incredibly mentally ill.

nothing, unless you can see the fact that most people who do that and then commit all those murders probably have a few screws loose.

that's not terrorism. Terrorism is committing a crime with the goal, the specific goal, of inciting terror in the target population.

First of all, yes, that is precisely what I am saying. You have to live your life.

there is no excuse. In that, we definitely agree.

Fair point. But then again, I hate, truly hate, racist bigoted jerks. But I don't go shooting them.

Well, do we then called privilege a mental illness? ;)

Strongly disagree. His inability to handle rejection made him a misogynist. His inability to deal with his issues made him depressed.

Excellent point! Now imagine that instead of a patriarchal culture influencing him, he's been raised by a family of Klansmen.

Well, let me offer this counter:

"Mental illness has a very specific colloquial definition largely informed by the legal definition. Developmental and learning disorders and disabilities are not generally considered mental illness, which is where you started."

True, but how many who aren't write giant manifestos?

You say his disorders were unrelated to his hatred. I am saying his actions were the result of both, and that his disorders need to be recognized and accounted for ahead of his hatred.

"It's not the entire population of cookies. It's the cookies in your area. You don't get to decide what the ratio is. Some areas have more laxatives and some have more arsenic."

That's an interesting choice of words. In chemistry, a catalyst aids in the consumption of a fuel. So we can say that his views were a catalyst, or the fuel... but not both. And not the most important issue at hand.

wrong stats. I have 350 million cookies. delicious cookies. a few million have a laxative, maybe even 5 million. And then there are a few thousand cookies with arsenic.

Ah, good point! But if Hitler had not hated the Jews, and had hated... I don't know... some other culture or ethnic group, the outcome might have been the same.

I mean... yay Europe? I don;t see how that is relevant (unless you live in Europe). We were discussing American culture, weren't we?