John Best Junior Responsible for Murdered Kids in Connecticut

The misrepresentations of Autism by John Best Junior have claimed another victim. Well, 26 of them. The 20 kids and 6 teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Whilst it's not certain and it never will be that Adam Lanza was Autistic with Asperger's Syndrome, John's attempt to shift the blame from Lanza to his condition (whatever it is) gets right in the way of understanding mental health conditions in general. A short while ago I saw an entry on this issue from the far saner Phil Gluyas who observed that Lanza was in fact diagnosed with a personality disorder and not specifically Asperger's. A PD could be almost anything, including conditions not on the Autistic Spectrum.

But John doesn't care. He's trying to numb the responsibility for this tragedy that should be laid in the tombstone of Adam Lanza, and only Adam Lanza. No one else (his mother or father) and nothing else (his personality disorder, or even if it was undiagnosed, his Asperger's). He pulled the triggers of the guns multiple times. His condition didn't do that. He did.

By pushing that responsibility away from Lanza and towards a condition that was not confirmed to be even involved is in effect supporting the murderous act. That is an act of being an accessory after the fact, shifting the blame to parties who could not have stopped this from happening. John may just as well have pulled the triggers himself. He is just as insane as Adam Lanza and should be taken into custody.