<It depends on what you mean by "exploit", and whether you have actual numbers on the political agendas of people who plead incapacity due to mental illness...
It would be interesting to find that out. If you want a flippant, off-the-cuff observation, I would say that far more leftists use imagined mental incapacity as an excuse, but that there are far more radical right-wingers who are actually crazy. They don't use it as an excuse though, because the really crazy people don't think they are.
But I was not clear on the original point you were commenting on: I was not speaking of the politics of the victims themselves, who no doubt stem from all political walks of life. I was speaking more of organizations and groups who support the use of mental infirmity, real or imagined, as an excuse for behavior or a means of advancing an agenda. NOW's politics are an important factor in this issue. The politics of Andrea Yates aren't.
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