The New American by Selwyn Duke
It sure didn’t take long. Aside from predictably using the July 4 Highland Park shooting as a vehicle through which to push anti-gun laws, the mainstream media have also rushed to portray perpetrator Robert Crimo III as “right wing.” A local Chicago news channel claimed he had ties to a “far-right overseas group,” while the Daily Mail called him a “Trump-supporting youngster” based on pictures he shared on the web. In response, other media have pushed back, stating that leftist passions are reflected in a majority of Crimo’s relevant postings, one of which includes his pronouncement “I am a liberal.”
Yet while the latter perspective seems more accurate, are both “sides” missing the deeper point? As to this, question: If you’re a confused young fellow bereft of firm principles living in, let’s say, a land with a Marxist spirit, what perspective will convenience likely compel you to embrace? More on that later.
Crimo, 21, is certainly a troubled young man who exhibited numerous warning signs. He attempted suicide in 2019, and then months later made deadly threats against his family, saying he was going to “kill everyone”; police visited his Highwood, Illinois, home on both occasions, seizing a collection of 16 knives, one dagger, and a sword during the second visit…
