The amount of hate and contempt expressed at women and anyone who have access to them, the justification and frank encouragement of violence, the glorification of serial or mass killers, in combination with the deterministic hopeless worldview professed by that culture…
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It all comes together to make an incubator for killers. (Although I would guess those forums are responsible for more suicides than murders.)
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In either case, of the people involved in that community will never go to that point, but for some it will resonate. Some will be moved to action by the words you find there.
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They encourage violent anger and resentment at the world for rejecting them. Sentiments like "I would kill myself, but only if I could take enough people with me" were common.
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But more importantly, they offer a path to destructive heroism, to fame, to a deranged kind of glory and recognition among peers. This is going to be appealing to some of the people who feel like they have very little to lose.
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These forums are still active, and they just got another hero. As long as they're there and attracting new people, every so often someone will take the step from words to action.
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I don't know what to do with this information. But maybe some of you will. And if you know someone who is involved in those communities: there is reason to be worried about them.
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