I have several friends who are rather progressive who are also country music fans.
There is some country music that I like and have even purchased.
So I think this is a broad generalization that does not necessarily hold up as true across the board.
Yes, and there are all sorts of people who have eclectic tastes in music, myself included...that doesn't detract from the general social assumption that "red neck" and "country music" are usually tied together.
Since we are speculating, here is a link to a possible prior attempt with a different style/type of music?
...and here is a cite from that link you posted:
Las Vegas police and Clark County sheriffs were not able to confirm that the shooter was at Life is Beautiful, but a source close to the investigation told the Daily Wire that at least one casino in downtown Vegas has been asked to turn over surveillance footage showing Paddock playing at the casino at or near the time of the festival.
If I recall correctly, this gentleman was a habitual gambler well known among casino hotel establishments. I'll bet there are hours of video from dozens of such enterprises showing him in attendance. But he didn't shoot them up. He chose this event. :shrug:
Given my short time here, I would have expected you to be a little less emotional in casting shade on “the left” with a fraction of the information that has so far been released! Normally you post in a higher bracket......
Pardon me? "casting shade on the left?" :roll:
I was citing the OP video body language "expert" comparing the two pieces of interview video with her reading the "tell" signs and her positing that this family leaned left.
My personal speculation was based on the history of mass shootings here in the USA, as I am old enough to remember how the term "Going Postal" got started.
Aside from the truly rare "insane person random shooting spree," most mass assaults whether by gun or bomb typically target things the person or persons acting out in such a way resent or hate particularly. They are seldom random targets of opportunity.
How that translates in your mind to "emotional etc." is on you. :shrug:
My speculation is he just wanted to kill as many people as possible. Shooting at a huge crowd from a high elevation with a rapid fire weapon would accomplish just that. I think if that crowd had been due to a rap concert or a huge magic show the shooting would still have happened.
Maybe, as anything is possible. Still, as I've stated above, while there are examples of random targets of opportunity, it seems to me that in most cases of such mass violence the perpetrator is targeting a specific group that they resent, despise, or hate.
Hence my speculation. Time will tell. :coffeepap: