If you're a troubled young man in the US, there is now a well-modeled path to "revenge" & posthumous infamy. Shoot up a place. It's a cycle.
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and we all know his name
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@zeynep This argument always seems like victim shaming to me. We talked about the last time so this is our fault? I don't buy it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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yes, i think that's true.
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--Every time you file a report, you're giving him posthumous infamy, you damn fools.
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Why? Supported by a lot of research now; qualitative, FBI reports; quantitative analyses; similar patterns in analogous events.
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Don't put names, faces & manifestos of killers on loop; downplay attention on killer as individual. Focus on chronic pattern.
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@nytimes Tbey are also motivated by the things we as a culture want to ignore will program violence as a viable or only response.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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.@nlowhim Focus on chronic problem; identify pattern; don't focus on individual killer—they're all unhinged in a million different ways.
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Conceptually, I would like to agree with you. But in practice, "focusing on the victims" becomes an excuse to whitewash root causes.
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@leops1984 The root cause isn't whatever deranged motivation this particular individual dregs up. The motivations vary; pattern stays same. - Show replies
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