Last night, a 22 year old man named Elliot Rodger allegedly opened fire on a small community near Santa Barbara,California, killing six people, possibly himself included.
The night before, he posted a video to YouTube, complaining about being rejected by women and still being a virgin at 22. He declared that he would take retribution on the women who refused him love, and sex. He labelled them sluts and said he would mow each of them down. (By the way, that video is disturbing as hell).
A Facebook acquaintance who posted the story referred to him as America's own Marc Lepine. She's right.
People will see this story and rave on about gun control (which I am all for). They will see this story and scapegoat the mentally ill. I get it. There are not enough resources for the mentally ill. They need more help that society is willing to provide at this point. But every time we jump to "They must be mentally ill!" it does a disservice to the numerous non-violent mentally ill.
This guy have been ill. What he definitely was, is entitled as hell. People will likely ignore the sheer amount of entitlement that it takes to justify murdering numerous people in cold blood because you can't get laid.
Elliot Rodger thought that because women refuse his advances they were sluts and deserved to die. Women were supposed to be there for his enjoyment. They didn't provide that. So they had to be punished.
That is entitlement.
People will see this story and rave on about gun control (which I am all for). They will see this story and scapegoat the mentally ill. I get it. There are not enough resources for the mentally ill. They need more help that society is willing to provide at this point. But every time we jump to "They must be mentally ill!" it does a disservice to the numerous non-violent mentally ill.
This guy have been ill. What he definitely was, is entitled as hell. People will likely ignore the sheer amount of entitlement that it takes to justify murdering numerous people in cold blood because you can't get laid.
Elliot Rodger thought that because women refuse his advances they were sluts and deserved to die. Women were supposed to be there for his enjoyment. They didn't provide that. So they had to be punished.
That is entitlement.
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