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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Research is clear by now: the intense, sensationalized attention on faces and words of individual mass shooters is inspiring future ones.
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US mass killers show no coherent ideological pattern to individual motivations. One thinks he's "Joker"; another thinks he's waging "Jihad".
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How notoriety motivates mass killers. Don't put their faces, names and manifestos on loop. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/opinion/the-virginia-shooter-wanted-fame-lets-not-give-it-to-him.html …pic.twitter.com/pRVUfmQrow
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US-style mass shootings are a chronic problem; intense focus on individualizing each incident helps further the cycle by inspiring copycats.
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This is so sad. We've given up on solutions but our wrong-headed response may well further this horrible cycle.pic.twitter.com/S7VYhyx8AF
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Don't put the face, name & manifestos of murderers on loop. Do focus on US mass-shooting chronic problem, join a Pride march, donate blood.
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Apt for today: Article on"deranged lone-wolf" irregulars inspired by ISIS. http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/12/23/the-islamic-states-deranged-irregulars-lone-wolf-terrorists-isis/ …pic.twitter.com/DiavpMjUDQ
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Yeah, no doubt. They've been trying to encourage lone wolves. Project outsized threat. It's awful.
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