Why do people hate school shooters?

[MusicLovingAtheist]

honestly when I read about school shootings I have nothing but sympathy for the shooter. the other people who died are just nameless, nobodies. I just wish that the body count of these shooters could be higher. I am disappointed whenever I read about children getting away from the shooters like the sandy hook shooting. not that I would ever act out such things. I guess I just root for death.

I think you over romanticize the actions of the majority of school shooters.

The columbine shooters probably died virgins, they failed for some reason to kill a lot of the people who bullied them, the majority of the killings were done in their final visit to the library.

If the columbine shooters were characters in one of the computer games they loved, the outcome would be a big BIG mission fail.

You might say I ALMOST have a similar outlook to you, in that if the columbine killers were total victims and the people they killed were all the bullies of the school, I think it would be something admirable. They could have took a final stand.
Dylan and Eric have this cult following now based on a romantic version of what they did which didn't even happen, the killings were pure random stupidity.

Lol. I won't argue with you, but I still find it very romantic what they did.

[Losty]

I won't argue with you, but I still think you should fuck off.

[Alex K]

I can't quite get to the bottom of it yet. So you view random killing sprees as something romantic. Since I'm not a therapist and not paid, I'd usually simply say - go away, you are toxic. But then I don't do that, because then I'd have to worry that you embark on one of those "romantic" endeavours yourself. Considering how full you are of yourself and your opinions, someone having a different favourite color than you is probably enough for you to wish them dead, eh? Just get over the fact that you are not that important in the grand scheme of things, and that's ok. With a bit of luck you will make a difference in the world, and if not, that's ok too as long as you don't randomly hate people because you project everything you hate about yourself and your situation on them.

[MusicLovingAtheist]

I can't quite get to the bottom of it yet. So you view random killing sprees as something romantic. Since I'm not a therapist and not paid, I'd usually simply say - go away, you are toxic. But then I don't do that, because then I'd have to worry that you embark on one of those "romantic" endeavours yourself. Considering how full you are of yourself and your opinions, someone having a different favourite color than you is probably enough for you to wish them dead, eh? Just get over the fact that you are not that important in the grand scheme of things, and that's ok. With a bit of luck you will make a difference in the world, and if not, that's ok too as long as you don't randomly hate people because you project everything you hate about yourself and your situation on them.

Pretty presumptuous of you to say this stuff. This pussy footed world is so fucked, no one can even speak their mind without sounding insidious. I assure you, I'm not about to throw my life away on something as big of a waste of time as the columbine or sandy hook people. I just said that I sympathize heavily with them. You need to get the fucking dust out of your head and stop being so pompous.

[The Valkyrie]

I just don't understand the mentality behind people who are all about demonizing school shooters. They're obviously some kids who are either deviant or just extremely disturbed. I just don't see what kind of ethics are behind acting so sanctimonious like you're so much better than a school shooter. So people go over seas and kill people all the time. People kill people in the electric chair, people kill each other at school. What's the difference in your eyes? I don't see a seamless ethic here on your part, people who hate school shooters. Eric (Dylan's friend) once said that "there is no such thing as good or evil, it's all relative to the observer".

I have never gone up to someone and killed them.

By that simple fact I'm better than the pieces of shit that go on killing sprees.

[Whateverist]

Then you're NOT going to take one for the team? I thought you were bigger than that.

You are an amazing person right now. Never forget that.

YOU are trying to shame ME? Not the least bit interested in your evaluation. You've already shown that to be worthless. I'm not an absolutist morally. I'm more than ready to flush you down the toilet right now. Honestly I feel more for the mice I've sent down the commode than I do you.

[Alex K]

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I can't quite get to the bottom of it yet. So you view random killing sprees as something romantic. Since I'm not a therapist and not paid, I'd usually simply say - go away, you are toxic. But then I don't do that, because then I'd have to worry that you embark on one of those "romantic" endeavours yourself. Considering how full you are of yourself and your opinions, someone having a different favourite color than you is probably enough for you to wish them dead, eh? Just get over the fact that you are not that important in the grand scheme of things, and that's ok. With a bit of luck you will make a difference in the world, and if not, that's ok too as long as you don't randomly hate people because you project everything you hate about yourself and your situation on them.

Pretty presumptuous of you to say this stuff. This pussy footed world is so fucked, no one can even speak their mind without sounding insidious. I assure you, I'm not about to throw my life away on something as big of a waste of time as the columbine or sandy hook people. I just said that I sympathize heavily with them. You need to get the fucking dust out of your head and stop being so pompous.

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Ok then, I'm relieved.

[Brian37]

Um before we go jumping all over the OP, people are correct in pointing out the difference. Having said that I think people also have to understand that there is a evolutionary psychology that goes behind all human behavior. You do not have to excuse say The Columbine killers who did what they did because they were angst ridden, or the Newton shooter who was mentally ill.

But even with adult war, we can go to war because humans are tribal, and cause harm to other populations without realizing it.

You have to separate explanation from excuse. Humans do what they do for natural reasons, and by "natural" I do not mean good always. Just like we can observe cancer which is not super natural, but we do observe it in nature.

People acting out in destructive ways are due to abuse being abused, and or, bullying or mental illness or a combo of those. The westerners who go join Isis psychologically exaggerate what they perceive as an "injustice" and when you dig deep enough, what you really see is someone looking to fill a gap of "what is my purpose". Manson, was abused but also was looking to succeed to fill a "purpose". So when he didn't get that record deal he concocted blame to gain power over others so that he could fill that gap in his own life. It is what drives the leaders of Isis as well to convince people to follow them.

Humans with our without mental illness act out in violence for a multitude of EXPLANATIONS which isn't always excusing those things. But when you understand the evolutionary reasons people do both good and bad from an act of observation, it can help humanity reduce the conditions that lead to those things.

What would have helped with Columbine would have been better oversight and education of conflict resolution. What would have helped in Newton is not allowing a women with a kid with a mental illness keep a gun in her house on top of investing in mental health care. What would have helped prevent Manson is better economics, better education of society about parenting so he would not have been abused and better investment in society in general so that the conditions that lead to those things are reduced.

As far as war is concerned again, it is protecting the group. All groups do that. Because humans evolved to seek patterns and if we group we have greater chance at resources, greater chance at power, and greater chance at creating offspring. But our species failure is that we do not accept that we are doing the same thing no matter what group we belong to, be it based on religion, political party, or nationalism or race. All of us do that.

[Thumpalumpacus]

honestly when I read about school shootings I have nothing but sympathy for the shooter. the other people who died are just nameless, nobodies. I just wish that the body count of these shooters could be higher. I am disappointed whenever I read about children getting away from the shooters like the sandy hook shooting. not that I would ever act out such things. I guess I just root for death.

This is a child who has never buried a loved one, clearly. Such opinions, uninformed by experience or a balanced sense of empathy, are undeserving of serious consideration.

You will learn one day what loss means. At least until then, you should relegate expressing these views to the Internet only, because if you ever say something like this who has lost a family member to homicide, you will probably get a nasty reply ... and deservedly so.

[MusicLovingAtheist]

You are an amazing person right now. Never forget that.

YOU are trying to shame ME? Not the least bit interested in your evaluation. You've already shown that to be worthless. I'm not an absolutist morally. I'm more than ready to flush you down the toilet right now. Honestly I feel more for the mice I've sent down the commode than I do you.

and the mods don't care, and everyone loves this kind of comment. that is one of the reasons I don't come to this website anymore. people are so pompous and dicky I have no reason to come here but to occasionally post some shit like this and then be amused at arguing with people like you.

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honestly when I read about school shootings I have nothing but sympathy for the shooter. the other people who died are just nameless, nobodies. I just wish that the body count of these shooters could be higher. I am disappointed whenever I read about children getting away from the shooters like the sandy hook shooting. not that I would ever act out such things. I guess I just root for death.

This is a child who has never buried a loved one, clearly. Such opinions, uninformed by experience or a balanced sense of empathy, are undeserving of serious consideration.

You will learn one day what loss means. At least until then, you should relegate expressing these views to the Internet only, because if you ever say something like this who has lost a family member to homicide, you will probably get a nasty reply ... and deservedly so.

hey pissed off grandpa. my cousin's son died of cancer, my cousin's wife died of suicide, both of my grand parents passed away last year. you sound like such an ignorant prick. the fact that you think you have such moral superiority over me just shows what kind of mentality you're in which is "I'm right, you're wrong". How big of a power trip do you get from acting like you're so righteous over everyone. Ohhhhhhh, everyone look out, there's a big smart man coming through, everyone give him some space and respect what he says. My ass grandpa. I don't really care if you think I need to shape up because you're not really an authority. Fuck authority.

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Pretty presumptuous of you to say this stuff. This pussy footed world is so fucked, no one can even speak their mind without sounding insidious. I assure you, I'm not about to throw my life away on something as big of a waste of time as the columbine or sandy hook people. I just said that I sympathize heavily with them. You need to get the fucking dust out of your head and stop being so pompous.

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Ok then, I'm relieved.

cool story bro.