MIKE WHITNEY
\nThe Unz Review<\/p>\n
\u201cPsychiatric treatment and psychiatric drugs are the common denominator of the growing number of shootings and other acts of violence, which are soaring right along with the soaring prescribing of psych drugs.\u201d\u00a0Killers on Psych Drugs<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Here\u2019s a question that every American should be able to answer:\u00a0What percentage of the killers\u2014that have carried out mass shootings across the United States\u2014were on powerful psychiatric medications?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Why don\u2019t we know the answer to this question? Doesn\u2019t the United States have more mass shootings than any country in the world?<\/span><\/p>\n And aren\u2019t these shootings the source of great suffering and anxiety?<\/span><\/p>\n And don\u2019t most people genuinely want to know why these lone gunman feel compelled to kill innocent people?<\/span><\/p>\n Then, why don\u2019t we know? Why\u2014after more than two decades of these bloody incidents\u2014do we still not have a definitive, thoroughly-researched answer to this one simple question: How many of these mentally-disturbed killers were on dangerous psychiatric medications?<\/span><\/p>\n Instead, the media pursues a line of inquiry that fails to reveal anything even remotely conclusive about the gunman\u2019s actions.\u00a0If \u201cwhite supremacy\u201d or \u201cNazi ideology\u201d impacted the killer\u2019s decision to go on a deadly shooting spree in Texas, then why didn\u2019t he target a black community center or a Jewish synagogue?\u00a0<\/b>Wouldn\u2019t that have been more consistent with his alleged ideology?<\/span><\/p>\n Yes, it would have been, which suggests that\u00a0his alleged ideology is a symptom of his fragile mental condition not the primary factor driving his behavior.\u00a0<\/b>The reason these people go on crazed killing sprees is because they are \u2018damaged goods\u2019 not because they are ideologues. There\u2019s a big difference.<\/span><\/p>\n So, why does the media keep harping on this silly the idea that the killer\u2019s behavior was effected by his feelings about \u201cwhite supremacy\u201d or \u201cNazi ideology\u201d? It\u2019s ridiculous, after all, the killer was not white himself nor were his victims racially targeted. They were merely random passersby strolling through a shopping mall. In other words, there is no evidence to support the case that is being made by the media. But\u2014here\u2019s the thing\u2014the media doesn\u2019t care about evidence because\u00a0their real goal is to advance a political agenda aimed at linking violent fanatical behavior to race-based uber-nationalism. What they are trying to do, is make a subliminal connection between the erratic behavior of a ruthless killer and the sincerely-felt patriotism of many Trump supporters.\u00a0<\/b>The media has been hammering away at this same theme for over six years culminating in the January 6 fraud. This is just the latest iteration of the same tedious political psy-ops.<\/span><\/p>\n If the journalists were serious about investigating this latest bloody incident, they\u2019d try to find out whether the killer had been on the FBI\u2019s radar before the onslaught took place. (as so many mass killers have been in the past.) Was he? Was Mauricio Garcia on the list of potential \u201cdomestic terrorists\u201d compiled by the FBI?<\/span><\/p>\n We\u2019ll probably never know, because that would expose the inner workings of the nation\u2019s premier law enforcement agency which would undoubtedly cause considerable embarassment. So, the FBI is going to circle the wagons and make sure that never happens, which means that a good portion of the truth about this event will probably remain concealed forever. Even worse, we can expect that the media will continue to push their wacky theory that Garcia was a \u201cnon-white white supremacist\u201d regardless of the fact that the claim makes no sense at all. Here\u2019s how analyst Michael Tracey sarcastically summed it up:<\/span><\/p>\n If a non-white person is a \u201cwhite supremacist,\u201d does that mean he believes in his own innate racial inferiority? @mtracey<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Leave it to Tracey to expose the imbecility of a meme that defies reason but to which the media clings like the Holy Grail. It\u2019s actually shocking that anyone can take this type of verbal hucksterism seriously when, in fact, the whole \u201cnon-white white supremacist\u201d thing is one of the most absurd concoctions of all time. It\u2019s pure gibberish.<\/span><\/p>\n So, where should we look for answers? Where can we find rational explanations for these sporadic acts of violence?<\/span><\/p>\n There\u2019s only one place we can look; at the mental state of the person who committed the crime<\/b>. That\u2019s where we have to start. If we want to understand what drives a man to kill random people in a school or shopping mall, we need to know something about the psychology of the perpetrator. Fortunately, volumes have been written on this subject by respected professionals who have researched the topic, studied the data, and drawn their own informed conclusions. Take a look:<\/span><\/p>\n Close to 17% of Americans are taking\u00a0psychiatric drugs with side effects such as acting aggressively, being angry, or violent and acting on dangerous impulses..<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n Psychotropic drugs are hardly helping when their side-effects include<\/b>\u00a0worsening depression, new or worsening anxiety, agitation or restlessness, panic attacks, new or\u00a0worsening irritability, acting aggressively, being angry, or violent, acting on dangerous impulses<\/b>, an extreme increase in activity and talking (mania), and other unusual changes in behavior or mood.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cRather than helping the individual, psychotropics alienate, and push them into more and more potentially dangerous behavior,\u201d<\/b>\u00a0states the president of the Florida chapter of CCHR, Diane Stein.<\/span><\/p>\n This situation was so egregious that in 2004, the Federal Drug Administration issued a \u201cblack-box\u201d label warning indicating that the use of\u00a0certain antidepressants to treat major depressive disorder in adolescents may increase the risk of suicide, homicide, and other acts of violence<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n A study entitled Prescription Drugs Associated with Reports of Violence Towards Others\u2026 declared \u2026 In the 69-month reporting period we identified 484 evaluable\u00a0drugs that accounted for 780,169 serious adverse event reports<\/b>\u00a0of all kinds\u2026.\u00a0The violence cases included 387 reports of homicide, 404 physical assaults, 27 cases indicating physical abuse, 896 homicidal ideation reports, and 223 cases described as violence-related symptoms.\u201d<\/b>\u00a0\u201cPsychiatric Drugs and Side Effects \u2013 The Unseen Hand Behind Violence in America<\/a>\u201c, Citizens Commission on Human Rights<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.unz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wirestory_cf100ef3cfc6e3c2e687119c06191b87_16x9_1600-600x338.jpg\")
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