And the child of a cop.
Can’t wait to hear them say “well he donated $5 to the democratic party 10 eyars ago”
They’re asking if he was on anti-depressants. Everyone else is a murderer, terrorist, what have you. When it’s one of theirs? Just a misguided kid on SSRIs.
Contrast with keying a car and being labeled a terrorist. By scratching a cybertruck, you become an enemy of the state—something a republican school shooter could never dream of.
They just aren’t bad enough
Tbf, it’s a common conspiracy theory that all of them (or at least a significant portion) are on SSRIs. I think it comes from a mix of
A. Some of them were iirc, but I’m not sure who. It’s also possible it just was used as an excuse by a parent, or kid who didn’t die in their shooting.
B. Simply just the fast part of the commercials that says “if you are experiencing suicidal or homicidal ideation while taking lexapro, talk to your doctor immediately…” and then people being people, that gets extrapolated into “the shooters are on SSRIs and this is why it happens.” People are searching for answers as to the underlying causes, on both sides of the “gun bad” and “gun good” debate, the same way some focus on “if we got rid of guns” those that know “well my gun doesn’t make me want to shoot up schools so it isn’t the guns” but have never taken SSRIs might be more apt to blame the thing they’re less familiar with, for instance.
C. Afaik, it hasn’t actually been studied very well and actually could play a role in at least some of the incidents, but we don’t “know.” First of all, I think HIPAA presents some challenges in studying this, as I think even prisoners have the right to medical privacy. And on top of that I wouldn’t be surprised to learn Big Pharma’s lobbyists are hard at work making sure this is not well studied to the best of their ability, it’s kinda just their MO to the degree I’d be surprised if they weren’t doing that. Our pharma lobby is just as bad as tobacco about that, if not worse.
Personally, I’d actually like to see this possible link or lack thereof studied in depth myself, if for no other reason than to quell the conspiracy theory, or if a link is found then maybe we can do something about that, I think only good can come from at least just studying it.
The few studies that I have seen actually suggest there may actually be a link, but I don’t know exactly how rigorous those were or if it’s enough to indicate causation rather than simply correlation, and it’s not specific to active shooters but simply “violent crime” (of which shootings are obviously one, but it could be “increased risk of simple assault, but not murder” without narrowing it down, who knows.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4570770/
With age and sex stratification, there was a significant association between SSRIs and violent crime convictions for males aged 15 to 24 y (HR = 1.40, 95% CI 1.13–1.73, p = 0.002) and females aged 15 to 24 y (HR = 1.75, 95% CI 1.08–2.84, p = 0.023). However, there were no significant associations in those aged 25 y or older.
Seems to suggest to me that at the ages these (typically male) shooters usually are, there actually may be a significant enough percentage to suggest a possible causation? I’d still like to see it studied further though, especially if it can be a study specifically regarding active shooter incidents, and also I’d like to know if “was taking them and stopped” plays a role over “is taking them currently” or vice versa. I think it’s at least worth a look, especially considering this study itself concludes:
The increased risk we found in young people needs validation in other studies.
He once made a tweet that vaguely criticised a Conservative figure. wOkE aGeNdA KiLLs AgAIn
Or they find a post where he said something nice about Bernie Sanders.
Young white men are being indoctrinated with 24/7 propaganda telling them they are the real victims
What/Where is this propaganda?
Its the lifeblood of the Conservative Propaganda Machine.
Check Adolescence https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/adolescence for a drama on the topic.
Warning: VERY dramatic.
Social media, podcasts and media
I’m sorry, I try to keep my media intake low, but what is being said that makes these white men feel like victims? Or, portraying them as the victim?
Are you really fully unaware of incels, the manosphere, and the alt-right pipeline? This shit is all over social media.
There’s a strong encouragement for men to fall into this “redpill” philosophy that casts everyone who doesn’t look like them, especially anyone who ends up on the less-privileged end of any measure of intersectional privilege, as an aggressor attempting to steal their place in society and “replace” them.
Have you heard anyone complaining about how you can’t make jokes anymore or can’t compliment women anymore? They’re echoing a hallucination of white male oppression by queer feminist socialists. In response they elected Trump and spend their days rumbling around in their massive coal-rolling pickup trucks that have never seen a speck of dirt or a heavier load than a few groceries or maybe a couch.
What’s the point of bringing this weird, condescending Reddit energy to what seems to be a genuine question?
Not everyone lives on the internet, not everyone knows what an incel is, or who Andrew Tate is or what a manosphere is. Why not just answer the question normally? Holy fucking moly.
In response they elected Trump
Young incel type white guys did? I thought most of them didn’t even bother to turn up. Look fuck the extremisation of the yutes through social media, it’s genuinely awful and will likely have long lasting effects but we can’t put the blame on them for all the ails in the world without recognizing that a lot of different segments of our population are fucking up right now and are in some small part contributing to more people being alienated from the left. You have to at least admit that it’s a little ironic to say that they’re imagining everything while also seemingly putting electing Trump solely on them. It’s ultimately counter productive in the long run.
It’s weird… cuz, even if there is a bias against white men, its still white men that rule the most of the world and have all the money, and run the major corporations. But white men feel like they’re getting replaced?
On the other hand, America has always been a mix, but always had a strong foundation of white men, and it does feel like that base might be changing. Something is changing
Edit: it’s flabbergasting that a reply like this gets down votes
People are becoming educated about the myth of racism and the privilege bestowed on pale skins by racism.
I don’t know how much privilege we can say was/is bestowed on white people. I think in history, white people weren’t having much bestowed on them, rather, they were usually the bestowers.
That sounds harsher than I wanted it to.
USA is a nonstop racist shithole. You haven’t noticed? Probably part of the problem.
You can’t classify all of America as a “racist shithole”, it is just too big. We kinda have most of the spectrum. There are many towns and cities that are very welcoming, but there is the opposite as well. And some states compared to others are very different in their tolerance levels. (Real quick, Texas is bigger than most countries, i.e. Japan, Germany, the UK., etc.)
But no, I live in a very diverse area, and in my area, at least, there are very few racist assholes. I traveled quite a bit around the states, for over 15 years, and I have seen many types of people. Many types of racist. But they are a very small minority. The shittiest minority groups are the loudest. That’s why they can be loudest, because they are the shittiest. It’s weird, but that’s how it works.
You know what other tiny group of the population is super loud? Like, you can’t stop hearing about them/from them? It’s the transsexuals. They are the loudest, most in your face… anyway.
Honestly, you sound like a little judgemental twat.
Your first reaction is to insult and write someone off? I think you sound like the problem. And an asshole.
Troll
It’s only offensive because It is something I don’t fully grasp. not a troll.
Even if you were a troll, your questions are worth asking. All the reactionary downvoting and accusations are because you made them have to think about their position so they get defensive and echo their aggregated hate. I wonder if they also espouse the lack of empathy of the other party. Imagine the hypocrisy.
No “empathy” for fascism.
I see you’ve never heard of Fox News.
What if one doesn’t watch fox news?
You must be a victim.
No I don’t, you do.
🫂
And his mom is a police officer.
And he used one of her unsecured guns.
In a system where we want to discourage this we need to hold the parents accountable.
I think a life sentence for each life her son took is fair, for her and her son.
irresponsible gun owning parents, who literally put firearms into the hands of their homicidal children, need to be held accountable for these tragedies.
dozens of mass shootings in recent years, especially school shootings, were absolutely preventable. if only these fucking lazy stupid ass adults would stop fetishizing guns for 2 seconds, long enough to store their weapons securely like a sane responsible person. or they could, idk, maybe steer their mentally disturbed crotch goblin towards a more pro-social, harmless activity?
firearm ownership is a responsibility too few take seriously.
Maybe just less guns?
No. We’ve been having too many random fires lately. The obvious answer is MORE FLAMETHROWERS! Yeah! That’ll fix all the fires!
Fight fire with fire! That’ll surely work.
This is kind of a bad example because, rhetoric aside, in various situations you can fight fire with fire and in fact it’s the best way to do it. I.e. controlled burns of areas subject to wildfires are used to lessen the amount of tinder lying around the place that could later go up in an uncontrolled manner. You can also put out an oil well fire by blowing the flame out with dynamite.
So to stretch the analogy further, maybe we ought to start focusing on what (who) ought to be controlled burned.
Very good points. I didn’t know about the oil dynamite thing. Interesting. My previous comment was also slightly sarcastic. Just going along with the post I was responding to haha.
That last sentence though, agreed. (I’m also not an American, so there’s less guns where I’m from).
The analogy of controllably burning the right people seems an effective way to restore the democratic order (although it could also be used to tighten the fascist grip I guess).
Maybe more dynamite actually is the way. Ukraine uses IEDs in mailboxes to take down important people in Moscow for example.
Not a fan of Luigi’s violent means, but maybe we (or actually they since I’m also not American) have start fighting fire with fire.
The NRA has entered the chat.
Why not life sentences for grand parents too? Uncles and aunts? Doctors, teachers…
If a gun owner’s gun is used in a murder, the owner should be charged with second-degree murder, full stop. When you own a gun, it is your responsibility to keep and secure it properly. I don’t care if it’s stolen or whatever, that gun is ultimately the responsibility of the owner. That’s the social contract when acquiring a device whose sole purpose is to kill.
I think stolen is too far as long as the gun owner acts responsibly following the theft and reports it to the police but otherwise, I completely agree. Owning a gun should come with personal accountability for that gun.
If the gun owner did not properly secure the weapon, and this led to theft, they should definitively be held responsible. In some areas in the US, when you steal a car, you get a free firearms collection with it.
Guy I grew up with had his truck broken into outside a hotel a couple years ago. They stole a bunch of his tools from the cab and tool box in the bed but left a pistol that was sitting on his passenger seat, another one that was sitting on the case of his diagnostics tool that was sitting on top of his center console, which they stole, along with the ammo and a rifle he had in the toolbox in the bed of his truck. I agree storing shit like that is irresponsible and should also be met with consequences, although some establishments you can’t take a gun into so having it cleared and in a locked gun case in the vehicle I believe to be a reasonable measure. Only reason I can imagine they left all his guns and ammo behind is that there must be more significant charges and/or investigative resources that go into a situation where firearms are involved where he lives.
In my country, burglers usually avoid stealing weapons. If you break in and steal some money or jewelry, your case comes into the pile with the others. If you steal firearms on top of it, your case is put on the top of the stack with a bunch more people assigned to it.
But your case just proves it: American gun owners are rather neglient when it comes to securing their weapons. Most likely because the both the training and requirements as well as the question on responsibility is basically just not there.
In some countries, if you own a firearm and it gets stolen or lost, or someone else takes it, you simply lose your licence or ownership permit.
I’m sorry context is such an issue for you
It must be hard
“He’s just a bad apple”
“Lone wolf”
“Let’s talk about mental health”
“Okay, what can we do for mental health?”
“Nothing or genocide/restablish the patriarchy, fuck you lib”
“We need Jesus in schools!”
No joke, I’ve heard people say that exact thing in response. That taking God out of schools is what started all this, so if there was more prayer in school, we wouldn’t have shootings.
Yeah, because nobody does mass shootings in religious places.
The poor kid was clearly driven insane by the wokeness surrounding them. Better ban pronouns.
Yep. I bet the poor man once saw a trans person when using a public bathroom and was TRAUMATISED
Unironically how millions of people in America see the world.
“He should have gotten a job with health insurance so he can afford therapy!”
Bad apple from the 250-year-old Southern Orchard.
I was recently thinking it’s says a lot about a culture, where kids shoot up schools regularly, but immigrants getting a terrible treatment never seem to shoot up an ICE office or other government building.
I think both are part of the same culture to be honest, they are just in very different positions both pushed to an extreme situation (the kids shooting up schools and the government officials threating immigrants like crap). Personally I believe you get what you give and this is the result of a society that is getting what it has been giving (or not giving, really). Really sad situation where a lot of people get way less than they deserve (the parents of the killed kids, the children of the deported families etc)
People in US culture want to think this is a product of white christian men getting hurt and isolated to the point that the poor innocent souls wander into committing a school shooting.
The negative mental health is only part of the equation and isn’t even critical to it, what IS critical is teaching christian white men that they have the inherent right given who they are to commit violence and nobody else does.
This is why you see that “incongruity”.
They were saying he was an illegal all over MAGAtard social media. Until the facts came out. Then they started deleting in mass to cover up their lies.
“En masse”.
Which is French for in mass.
Unfortunately, you’ve misunderstood the nuanced meaning that the phrase “en masse” has acquired in the English language:
Cambridge Dictionary: En Masse
However, you can take comfort in knowing that you are not alone in this misunderstanding:
No I understand what en masse means. I just don’t subscribe to your inflexible interpretation.
Language is a tool for communication. It’s for the masses, not something to be gate kept or preserved by the priests of lingual orthodoxy. If the words you use convey the intended meaning to the listener, then the wording is adequate.
If everyone’s use of language was as rigid as the people insisting we can only use the phrases as they existed when they were imported to an English court by a Norman conqueror a thousand years ago, then we’d all still be communicating by banging rocks together and grunting. The English language evolves every day. It’s alive.
Ok but the argument is that it might not “convey the intended meaning to the listener” because ‘in mass’ can mean multiple things in English, whereas in French ‘en masse’ specifically means ‘as a group’. It’s not a linguistic purity thing it’s literally just to prevent misinterpretation.
edit: You can’t say “English is an evolving language” and then ignore the evolution in the phrase being carried over in the first place. If there was no reason for it then we’d still just be using the English term or, “banging rocks together and grunting” as you put it.
Nobody here misinterpreted it except the purists who did it intentionally to troll, show off and talk down to people.
Big “I just like saying Valentimes” energy
Ok.
Le niceeeeee
The truth was busy putting it’s shoes on.
Not gonna lie I thought your username was Copaganda at first.
No, I do not have dyslexia lol
I like that. I’m def going to use it.
He was one of the “homegrowns”. Any bets on him going to CECOT?
Nah, he’ll become a brownshirt.
Agreed they’ll have him pardoned, kidnapping people and dragging them into unmarked cars as soon as possible
You mean silver shirt?
With a golden Trump pin
i’d bet against that…
Curious that this is still happening even though Musk has killed the woke mind virus and these guys have won forever.
Who could have seen this coming
He’s probably getting a pardon and an ice position
And ice cream with the cops
“Homegrown criminal” off to El Salvador with you! Right Donny? Right?!
almost like the groups mentioned are scarecrows for their rhetoric 🤔
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Prosecute the parents. They know they raised a shit kid. This is not an accident but a consequence.
His mom is a cop
And he killed with her gun. Twice as bad. Send her to prison for unvoluntary manslaughter.
Involuntary Manslaughter, but agreed. The bigots that raise these bigoted monsters must be held accountable. They should also be prosecuted for being domestic threats to the constitution. I’m being entirely serious.
This bigoted shooting is the end result of the entire lack of intolerance being stamped out the way it has to be.
He is 20yo. He s not a child. You don’t emprison people because their adult kid did some shit
You are saying nonsense
It was a parents unsecured weapon used in that shooting. So yes, they should be held responsible.
on the basis “serious negligence leading to death”, yes I agree with you. but not “because they re his parents”
Of course. But the point was that just because he is an adult, his parents are not excluded from being at fault. Their fault is the neglience, at least before the law.
That it takes f-ed up parents to rise a f-ed up kid is another matter.
Oh yeah i see now. Ha! who said two people can never agree on Internet, even when started with what seemed like opposite sides.
Some are faster, some are slower at growing up and fixing grown up at is 18 is a legal compromise. He might well have been still a kid.
Even a 10 year old knows murder is wrong.
I didn’t mean that as an excuse for murder. Maybe his parenting was shit or whatever.
It’s an interesting idea I don’t necessarily disagree with, but while we’re adding more people to our prison system, what other offenses are eligible?
