Guess that's another example of how much farther right Americas far right is than Europes; the Norwegian far right party of which Breivik is a former member has condemned and repudiated him and, for probably the first time in their history, stands with the Labor Party that's kept them out of power since WWII.

"Is this guy a psychopath, or is he emblematic of a huge Christian movement we've been ignoring?" When Fox makes that loaded question the discussion topic for an entire segment of their morning show you can't claim it's just the individual opinion of one weird guest (and we'll just conveniently ignore what inviting far right whackjobs to speak on their morning show would say about Fox anyway). Networks script that crap; that's why the question invites the desired answer that Breivik's "just" a psychopath rather than a symptom of a larger and more dangerous problem. But while we're here, let's talk about sociopathy. According to the Amercian Pyschiatric Association diagnosis on the basis that (among other things):

The second point covers the whole "Breivik is actually a liberal despite being a militaristic nationalist and former member of Norways most far right party" and "Norways Labor Party youthcamp is like the Hitler Youth" insanity. The third and sixth points are well reprented by policies like insisting on low taxes despite record debt, and expecting that debt to disappear through spending cuts alone despite the fact that's mathematically impossible. That those spending cuts which would greatly harm others are an ideal means of preserving ones own opulence is a great example of the final point. And, of course, the reason I brought this up is that repeatedly dismissing murders motivated by ones violent and extreme rhetoric is a great example of reckless disregard for others safety as well as as indifference and/or rationalizing the harm one does others for personal gain.

In short, I've begun to think that sociopathy can be INDUCED, en masse; that's essentially what terrorist training camps do, what the ACTUAL Hitler Youth did, and why their products slaughter innocent children or anyone else their ideology dictates without hesitation. That's not a phenomenon exclusive to the left or right; as I noted elsewhere, most terrorist groups have almost purely far left ideology, but pursuing it through murder is as appalling and unacceptable as it is counterproductive.

It's REALLY tough being a liberal when you can be murdered by people who openly proclaim themselves "true conservatives" and have had party membership reflecting it, only to have their fellow conservatives insist the murderer was a liberal or his victims were Nazis, and how DARE I object to people being murdered down the street from me just because they share my politics? Yeah, my heart really bleeds for you, man; had I been sixty miles further west last week it might have LITERALLY bled FOR YOU. Guess poor misunderstood Anders Breivik was right about how persecuted conservatives are.