RightWingTeen, in my introductory paragraph, I made my sympathy for the murder victim quite clear. It is you who are jumping to stereotypical conclusions. I am terrible sorry this kid was so horribly failed by the many who had chances to do right by him.
To expect fellow classmates to calmly and rationally accept his bizarre and harassing behavior is not reasonable. Nobody should have shot him. But teenagers are not rational a lot of the time. We all know it, so why do we put them in situations of extreme stress like this?
Were I subject to that sort of harassment at work, I have the option of quitting or getting legal defense. I know my rights.
A teenager is in a “compulsory” education situation. He can’t just leave. The powers that be, who should have protected him from the extreme harassment he was getting, were rather cheering on the harasser.
Yes, the murderer should not have killed him. But to expect that there will be no violence in these situations is the height of stupidity, and devastating to EVERYONE involved.
Given the MSM's deliberate mispronunciation of "harrassment" as "harris-ment", I think the alternative I posted is appropriate.
Cheers!