[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

"there are many factors parents, educators, peers or media"

indeed and politicians come way down that list.

Parents are influenced by politicians and they in turn influence young people.
I did mention media too.

I don't get what's so hard to understand here...
If the politicians spew hate via the media and parents regurgitated said hate then young people may become quite disaffected. . It's not a radical theory, it's very basic socialisation.

What a bizarre notion that politicians just talk and don't influence anyone when that's basically their job! :/

And secondly an equally odd suggestion that mass killers just kill people.. no influence required, they just wake up one day and think ' oh I'm going to blow some heads off today'...pffft.