Al-Quieda, the Taliban and their brethren are anything but left-wing or progressive. Religious fundamentalisim, not humanist progressivisim, is the trigger for terrorisim around the world.

I have a very close R/W pal and he can't understand anything. I forgive him but...it's a trying friendship

Last time I checked, he hadn't been.

When I was growing up in the 70's we just called them crazy. Crazy people don't really need motives, they are looking for excuses, they are wired wrong or just plain nuts. Don't personally care what motive a crazy person has for killing another human being, a sane person moves on and lets different opinions be what they are.

As you just said, crazy people are just looking for excuses to act out their sick fantasies. But the point is that when those excuses are out there, and seem to be accepted by even mainstream figures, more crazy people act out in more violent ways.

This isn't rocket science. If the rants of a Glenn Beck or the conspiracy theories of an Alex Jones are linked to mass shootings, it might be useful for people on the right to say publicly that those people are beyond the pale. If white supremacist groups are dreaming about setting off a race war, it might be useful for more mainstream conservatives not to show up at the same events they do.

The left is pretty good at monitoring its own crazies. The anarchist bomb-throwers of a century ago are now nowhere to be seen. The right isn't, and that's a problem.

is an ego driven and self centered ideology..
alot of times, they just cant admit wrong doing... their feelings of self worth and not wanting to admit someone else has more knowledge than themselves seems to be their biggest priority versus the actual content..
i tend to think this is why they nominate people like G W. he played well with their delicate egos because they either felt equal to or smarter than him..
why youd want to elect someone of equal or lesser intelligence than yourself, ill never understand..but i see 'conservative' poor folks vote againt their own self interests all the time for the sake of feeling self righteous.

you know, ive been finding it weird that the people who used to decry the left as emotional utopian nuts ... are now the anarchist utopian nuts who depend on 'gut feelings' and reactionary knee jerk emotions to form their opinions.

n/t

Excellent Response!

Something to add to your ample collection of evidence is a Wiki page citing the long list of violent acts committed against abortion climics and the people associated with them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_violence

or in person, they are what's know as "time sucks". They don't want to learn a thing and if you continue to expect them to then you're no different. It's the truth.