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this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2023
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almost all mass shooters are bullies, so the question can be why they are ~~assholes~~ like that?
I don’t know that I agree with this take…plenty of them are bullied, feel like outcasts, suffer from mental illness, and I think often have some latent sociopathy (lack of remorse) and this all combines to them feeling like they want “revenge” on society. I’m thinking about the columbine shooters from when I was a kid but many fit that profile.
So others feeling this way might feel gratified that these other shooters got revenge, the people picking on them got what they deserved…etc.
I think it’s also a different reaction to feeling suicidal. Instead of wanting to hurt yourself…you want to hurt “the world” but for the same reasons
Well, in a nation where bullying is glorified as a necessary rite of passage, why should it be surprising that so many bullied people end bullying others?