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Holocaust museum shooter, right-wing extremist or liberal nutcase?

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In case you have been living under a rock, recently a tragedy unfolded in Washington DC at the sight of a massive Holocaust museum where a deranged gunman fatally shot a guard . The story is deeply saddening considering that the shooter was an 88 year old nut job and reminds us that evil comes in many forms and shapes. What is equally interesting about the development is the portrayal of the shooter in the media and from the left in general. I have collected a few samples from the web that depict the shooter; James von Brunn as a right-wing extremist. Why does this matter to me? I have been called many things; conservative, right-winger, nut job , republican, hardliner, etc. I assure you that I have very little to do with the musings of Mr. Brunn as I will demonstrate later. Washington Independent -‘Right-Wing’ Rhetoric on Hold After Museum Shooting - "The details of von Brunn ’s life and views spilled out across the airwaves and across the Internet, revealing ties to neo -