Atheism doesn't kill people

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"Violence perpetrated by Muslims is almost always seen as part of a global conspiracy, whereas white men like [Craig Stephen] Hicks [an atheist who killed three Muslims in NC] are usually seen as isolated psychopaths," Michelle Goldberg tells us in her Nation web piece with this headline:
The Most Common Type of American Terrorist Is a White Man With a Weapon and a Grudge.
Remember Timothy McVeigh? Many of our homegrown terrorists happen to have served in the military overseas. (I haven't found out if Hicks did.)  If all of our vets had adequate psychological treatment and preparation for returning to civilian life, who knows what would be different?
And thanks, Mr. Hicks, for giving us atheists a bad name.
It's still unclear whether he killed three Muslims because of their religion or because they happened to be the people he was arguing with about parking in their condo complex. Many things will become clearer.