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It’s made explicit by the idea of “accelerationism” that some shooters have been drawn to (whether the Minnesota shooter was one such remains unclear), which envisions spasms of violence as a means to heighten the cultural contradictions, hasten a civilizational collapse, bring down liberalism and Christianity together and usher in some new dispensation of satanic Nazi magic.
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Some shooters are drawn to "accelerationism".
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- Ross Douthat
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{ "date": "2025-08-30", "topic": "Mass Shootings and Political Division", "author": "Ross Douthat", "location": "Minnesota" } - UUID
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- September 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM (5 days ago)
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- September 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM (5 days ago)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/opinion/annunciation-minneapolis-shooting-blame.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20250831&instance_id=161613&nl=the-morning®i_id=122976029&segment_id=204973&user_id=b25c5730c89e0c73f75709d8f1254337
Ross Douthat argues against attributing mass shootings to political rhetoric, suggesting that the motivations of perpetrators are complex and often unrelated to partisan ideology. He emphasizes the need for unity rather than assigning blame.
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