For years I've warned about the left's constant apocryphal messaging regarding every issue on every topic.

Paul Ryan is going throw grandma down the stairs!
The planet is melting down - young people have no future!
Climate change will drive mass starvation, droughts and forest fires!
Your kids are all going to be shot at school!!!
MAGA Republicans are trying to overthrown the government!!!
There iS a lITeRaL gEnOcIdE of trans people in the red stateS!!!!!!!

So if you're an average person, you're probably mildly upset reading this. That 'mild upset' turns into "depressed" once you're fed these messages over and over again. It's no wonder than when you walk around blue areas you see nothing but fundamentally unhappy people.

But what happens if...a significant number of people in your political base are borderline manic to start with? What about the large numbers of American youth on psychotropic drugs? Would constant negative reinforcement of ideas that they have no future maybe contribute to or even accelerate mental illness?

We have our answer now.

nypost.com - Louisville bank shooter connor sturgeon left manifesto

Sturgeon reportedly hoped to showcase how easy it was to buy a gun in Kentucky and wanted to highlight the mental health crisis in America.

He also planned to end the slaughter by suicide ' a wish that was granted when he was shot to death by police officers when he brandished his firearm.

Yup. His murder spree was to make a political point.
The mass shooter in Tennessee was a trans person who also left a manifesto but the public isn't being allowed to see it, likely for similar reasons.

Again. I've warned for years about the apocalyptic rhetoric and now those seeds have grown into Trees Of Insanity all over the country. Well done.