Continued Confusion is Evident in Irrational Motive(s) of Questionable Religious Influences Causing Random Acts of Violence

Submitted by M Tovey (United States), Aug 22, 2022 at 15:14

Query: how does a relatively young and inexperienced student of ideologically religious antipathies absorb enough of the vehement hatred vented in a lifetime never experienced by the student result in the act of hatred when not even those who were presently exposed ever aroused those feeling themselves to perform the act?
What was the assailant's true motivation, since he was not originally infected by the hatred held by the rest?

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