The mental dynamics of Sanders (and many others similarly situated) are, in my view, quite unexpected. You will see that this is an inversion of what is assumed to be the normal process of rational faculties:

• Sanders thinks of himself as a "good" person. Although really, he doesn't think about it at all, just as no one considers whether the color red might be another color. It isn't and never can be, and thus it bears no consideration.
• Good people are moral. This is what entitled him to shame others.
• Moral people are smart. They cannot and have not been fooled into error by immoral or untruthful people. Has he admitted even the possibility of error?
• Smart people are well-informed. One could not possibly praise the shots if one were ignorant of any potential harm, right?
• Well-informed people cannot be harmed by unforeseen risks. There are none, otherwise he would be aware of them.

So here he is struck by a bolt from the blue, in a state of mental paradox. He's silent because his mind is stuck in an infinite loop. How do we know that?

He could break out of it by stating either, "Just a freak occurrence, I guess," or "Well, maybe those shots can mess up some people after all." Whether correct or incorrect, both are simple enough but both are totally unacceptable.

We all must internalize that we are dealing with people who operate far differently than we do.