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Lol a lot of armchair psychology going on itt. The vast, overwhelming majority of "psychos" have no murder drive. We don't even know if clinically the shooter could be described as one.

Things like intermittent explosive disorder are far more likely to produce a mass killer than someone with what is a pretty common personality disorder.

Good points, and I didn't mean to imply otherwise.

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12-24-2012 , 09:36 AM

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Thanks for posting the link. My point wasn't that they were never bullied, it's that it's a big mistake to think that's the sole cause (or even main cause) of what happened there. Keep in mind that a lot of that is relying on a) the journal entries of clear psychopath with a superiority complex and b) after-the-fact accounts provided by teenagers, possibly after they have heard media reports that the whole thing was caused by bullying.

Nonetheless, it is reasonable to say that bullying was a "factor", but I strongly doubt that the simple narrative "bullying caused this" comes close to providing any meaningful understanding of what happened.

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12-26-2012 , 10:09 PM

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You are right. Bullying alone doesn't make someone a killer but in this case it certainly was the trigger. I also think that Dave Cullen isn't completely honest. He describes Eric Harris as someone who had lots of dates with girls which is bull****. He's just trying to make them more mysterious than they really were for the sake of his book sale.

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05-03-2017 , 11:17 PM

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Spectacular, heart-breaking doc on the shooting on Netflix now called Newtown.

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05-04-2017 , 12:23 PM

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The misinformation of the first hundred or so posts in this thread is pretty fascinating.

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05-04-2017 , 04:20 PM

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The misinformation of the first hundred or so posts in this thread is pretty fascinating.

Ya I endured the same thing today after seeing Doms bump. I was starting to question what I knew about the incident. But then remembered the lol news coverage.

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05-04-2017 , 07:16 PM

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So can the NRA slappies let me know if I'm allowed to use this event to talk about gun control yet? Are their thoughts and prayers still with the victims?

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05-04-2017 , 07:18 PM

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Riverman you seem lost.

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05-05-2017 , 08:13 AM

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I don't think there is an event that gets me as upset as this one. I can even handle things about 9/11 but this one just gets me so emotional.

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05-05-2017 , 08:19 AM

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I don't think there is an event that gets me as upset as this one. I can even handle things about 9/11 but this one just gets me so emotional.

all i've got is the disney thing from last year.

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05-05-2017 , 09:06 AM

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what happened at disney?

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05-05-2017 , 09:08 AM

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I don't think there is an event that gets me as upset as this one. I can even handle things about 9/11 but this one just gets me so emotional.

28-3

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05-05-2017 , 09:19 AM

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28-3

not funny

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05-05-2017 , 10:50 AM

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what happened at disney?

When the alligator killed the 2 year old.

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