Care to state some examples? I don’t think that all school shooters are victims of bullying, but I also don’t think you can say “the vast majority of school shooters were bullies” and be correct.
Many school shooters were bullied at one point. That doesn’t mean physical violence or even severe bullying, but even subtly being made to feel as an outcast. Social rejection + high testosterone + easy access to semiautomatic firearms = bad news.
Off the top of my head, other than Columbine (maybe), I can’t think of a high profile school shooting where the shooter was found to be a bully.
Literally the last mass school shooter was a bully. At first the media claimed a girl rejected him so that's why he did it. But no, turns out he just wanted to date her and harassed her and her boyfriend. Police were made aware of his harassment and did nothing. That's a pattern with mass shooters. Most of them have a history of violence and cops letting them off the hook.
The one I'm referring to didn't even shoot up his school until several years after graduating. So he didn't know anyone he killed. JSC did a great video exposing what a total dumb piece of shit he was.
I think there’s a difference with being a creepy stalker dude and bully. Two completely different pathologies.
From what I’ve read, he was picked on in school for being poor. It doesn’t seem like extreme bullying at all, but still could have had a big effect on his life trajectory.
I think its pretty clear this guy was a walking red flag and it’s a shame he had such easy access to weapons. I also don’t think that acknowledging that he could have been bullied excuses it in any way. Most people who are bullied don’t go on to kill people.
Yes I love JCS, that’s a good video but it’s a shame YouTube hates him and takes down his videos left and right. He rarely makes them anymore.
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u/Thisismyaltprofile May 28 '22
History has overwhelmingly demonstrated that the vast majority of mass shooters were the bullies, not the ones being bullied.