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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
A personally drafted statement at that time would likely have been a bad choice. Think about the interviews from grieving father of Texas school shooter.
In some sort of similar position I would have legal council draft a statement.
Good choice, in my opinion.
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It's not really the fact that it was written by a spokesperson even though it is very unusual for a family not otherwise represented by the media to catch up with a spokesperson the day after an event such as this. The bigger issue is that it was presented as coming from the family by the media and not by a completely biased spokesperson. However the even bigger issue is that it pins this on mental illness as if it's a foregone conclusion. It's like, of course it was the mental illness, like that should explain everything. It kind of throws mental illness under the bus in the same way people jump to conclusions about Arabic names and terrorism. Like of course he was a terrorist. He has a Muslim name. Factually speaking people with mental illness commit fewer crimes than people who are healthy. Similarly not all Muslims and in fact a very small percentage, are terrorists. Just seems like a double standard. Just seems like maybe waiting until the investigation concludes might be the best way to go.