sorta long post where I just think aloud incoming
don't feel obligated.
I have so many new questions about these sort of shootings now.
Why are these shooters such complete pussies? Little man rages into Big man. Big man needs big gun bullshit. It's buying right into all of the same old archetypical nonsense that stereotypes are built upon, the same bs that put him into his "box" of autism, clouded judgment, mental illness...yeah, I don't really buy into the mental illness part, sorry. I think you can be capable of committing this sort of act without having had prior mental illnesses. I think that's an easy-out to say one's crazy or autistic, or what have you. That's our own need for rationalization, because everything--without fail--needs labeling, or understanding.
Anyway, Serial killers usually prey on their sexual interests, so mainly women. Jeffrey Dahmer was gay, or at least slept with men--he killed men and boys. The DC snipers chose their victims at random, so as to leave no pattern for investigators.
So why did Lanza focus on those weaker than himself? That seems to be the trend now. From Columbine down.
Dan, I don't believe Lanza was obsessed with this teacher. Maybe he was, but she seems to be victim of his indiscriminate fire. He was more focused on the children rather than adults. I mean, he did kill the principal, but she tried stopping him, so it's not as if he was focusing on authority or power. He wanted to hurt those weaker than himself.
A product of bullying. They said he was home schooled. Probably because he was bullied. And now we're talking about bullying, oh boy. Bullied because he was different? But what's the look of an autistic person anyway? What are their defining features. Skinny, introverted, smart? White? Stereotypes. Seems this guy bought into some serious stereotypes, and it seems he had an overbearing mother who bought into them as well. From what I read she held him to higher standards? Something. Sounded like he cracked. SO maybe he did go "crazy"?
But how does crazy plan? Serial killers kill for weeks, months, years, whatever. This batch of crazies--quote/unquote--go out trying. Trying what, only they know. But their common goal seems to be to kill as many as possible then kill themselves, but not in the Aurora, Colorado theater shooting case. But he was also seeking a bit of infamy, with his colored hair and swat team wardrobe. He wanted to live to see his name in the news.
Anders Breivik was also seeking fame, in order to support his cause.
But not Lanza... so what's that make him? More badass?
Just wondering what motivates these young men.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_ ... opath.html
^says the Columbine shooters' motives were not payback. Not to kill the bullies...trench coat mafia, all that biz. It wasn't about that at all. It was about leaving their mark on history. A grander plan.
There's that word again: plan.
These shooters are trying to outdo one another. The crazies, I mean.
"Oh, well no shit," i know, i know. But after an elementary school shooting at Christmas, where are we headed next? If you've noticed, the American media's beginning to take some responsibility for glamorizing these acts; they're not mentioning the guy's name anymore, it seems they're mostly focusing on remembering the lives that are lost. They're trying to pull away from making this guy a household name, no doubt in efforts to keep copy cat killers from seeking this same sort of infamy. Which is right.
This guy had to plan to shoot an elementary school. That's not crazy. Evil, yes. But planned out.
He was bullied, I'm sure of that. But he didn't shoot up his former high school or jr. high.
He chose those smaller than himself. Where the smallest humans are found congregated, an elementary school. He focused his efforts on them. Are we to be afraid of skinny, introverts now? No, but what led him to attack those more innocent, or weaker than himself, who was already pretty small and weak from what pics show. Why not shoot up a bar? Because
who would weep for the drunk? A restaurant? They've lived their lives, fulfilled? Why not make the drive to the other side of town and shoot up the Crips' Union Hall?
I'm not saying there's a profile, I'm just saying the trend is to go weaker, younger as the shooter's age goes. He definitely wasn't a badass. Wasn't like he went and picked fights with big mother fuckers on the street. (With gun in hand) Dude was the epitome of a pussy. But was it talk like that that made him commit this act in the first place? Honestly, I don't believe it was. He's the bully in this situation.
