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Malcolm Gladwell used the work of Mark Granovetter (Stanford) to argue the "slow riot" idea. Each incident of violence makes another violent incident more likely, due to less "cause" (such as extreme bullying) being needed. So instead of years of bullying contributing to a shooting such as what happened in Columbine, a much smaller disagreement with someone might cause a modern school mass shooting. People who are more easily provoked into violence may start a riot by throwing a rock. Once many rocks are thrown, people who usually wouldn't throw rocks begin. The same could be happening in school (and other) mass shootings in the US.
Compared to decades past, there definitely appears to be a surplus of school-age drooling mouth breathers these days. I guess the best we can hope for is that this twirp gets charged as an adult and receives violent sodomy in prison.
The bullying myth as the cause in Columbine was debunked a long time ago. They were not bullied. One of them was basically a psychopath and the other was a severely depressed follower. Apparently they did have friends.
16 year olds getting their hands on firearms doesn't surprise me, but what really surprises me is how easy kids can make it on school grounds with guns (in this case, the kid excused him self from class and came right back with two handguns).
Ralph, that's a fascinating take. If you happen to have the link to post, I'd appreciate it if you would post it. I'd be interested in reading the article and I'm sure others would, as well.
I posted it the other day. I don’t know how to link to that thread, but here is the article.
The bullying myth as the cause in Columbine was debunked a long time ago. They were not bullied. One of them was basically a psychopath and the other was a severely depressed follower. Apparently they did have friends.
I know, Harris was himself a bully. I think that narrative only contributed to the shootings that followed, and now they’re doing it again with Parkland and Santa Fe.
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