Dylann "Reddit" Roof

Captain Capitalism ^ | 6/19/15 | Aaron Clarey

[LibWhacker]

Dylann "Reddit" Roof

Turns out Dylann Roof was an active member and contributor to Reddit.  Not that that means anything or somehow means Reddit is a "bad" thing.  But it does provide an additional little bit of evidence to a theory I've been unintentionally developing over time - that various discussion forums and social media outlets are serving not just as safe havens, but accelerants to cultists and psychopaths to form.

Imagine back in the day you were just your ordinary psychopath.  You were a loser, a loner, and aside from your job that barely kept you alive, you had no social circles.  But with the internet, and especially forums like reddit, you can actually find "like minded people" who only serve to confirm and validate your bias/psychosis. 

Sadly, as Davis Aurini pointed out, this means discussion boards or forums that once hosted new and advancing philosophical thought are taken over and democratized by its more radical elements (who are typically unemployed and have time during the day to obsess over these topics), driving people away and out of the forums.  The founders leave as cultists glom onto, and then overtake the "uniting principles" of the board, co-opting them for their own personal agendas and validation, rendering the discussion board nothing more than a bunch of extremists and cultists commiserating in each others misery.

Again, this isn't to say scouring Reddit forums is going to find the next serial killer, but if you were to ask me and I was in charge of the FBI I would be looking for two things;

1.  Discussion boards where
2. The majority of posts are made during the day as it indicates the participants have no job and no life, leaving them looking for agency and purpose, likely in the harm and destruction of other people.

[LibWhacker]

What did Bill Maher say? That Drudge, Fox News and conservative forums inspired Dylann Roof? Wrong again, Bill.

[Lurkinanloomin]

What’s a Redditt?

[rockrr]

Like nearly everything else he weighs in on he has it bass-ackwards. They should be talking about banning Farcebook and Reddit before they talk about banning our guns.

[Talisker]

What an idiotic essay. People who post on the internet during the day are potential mass murderers who should be investigated by the government - BECAUSE they post during the day? In a country where a third of the population is out of work and everyone has mobile internet devices?

The totalitarian fascist morons are truly running amuck.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

“Like nearly everything else he weighs in on he has it bass-ackwards. They should be talking about banning Farcebook and Reddit before they talk about banning our guns.”

How about banning neither? Protecting the Second Amendment does not mean sacrificing the First.

[blueunicorn6]

The half-wit had friends who are Americans of African descent.

The half-wit liked My Pretty Pony.

Look at the photos. The half-wit is posing.

He originally wanted to attack a school.

He flunked a grade and dropped out of high school.

Here, we have a half-wit who sees his life going nowhere. All the cool people are on TV. He wants to be on TV.

If he shoots himself, he remains a nobody.

If he shoots Americans of African descent, he becomes a TV star!

If you want to blame somebody beyond this half-wit for these murders, then blame the American Press.

This half-wit got them to do what he wanted.

He’s a TV star.

Bravo, American Press, bravo. You created this monster.

[McGruff]

Redditt is a basically uncontrolled forum where you can post articles and comment on just about any subject. Like FR on steroids. I follow their world news and some games sub-forums.

[Tired of Taxes]

The majority of posts are made during the day . . . indicates the participants have no job

Or maybe it means they work the night shift.

[Tupelo]

Well reasoned article. It certainly explains these mass killers. Killers like Charles Manson, Charlie Whitman and Charles Starkweather. Yep, social media is to blame.

[lee martell]

I’ve tried to use Reddit before, and always found it scattered, fragmented, and confusing. Not at all satisfying or a smooth read. It’s like an endless Twitter page. As of last week, an article says Reddit has begun censoring certain un-PC points of view. Deniers of AGW are not wanted and are no longer tolerated at Reddit.

[PCPOET7]

I post there some time it has a extremely liberal bent. they use a ranking system on the posts you make that allows people to like and unlike posts made. I highly suspect that it has been infiltrated by pr firms and other groups trying to influence public opinion.

[VanDeKoik]

Lots of people on Reddit are also from strange parts of the world where it isnt between the hours of 9 to 5.

[VanDeKoik]

It depends on where you go.

I mainly stay in the history subs, television, “map pron”, and the astronomy section.

But yeah, lots of leftists there that mostly love to just vote down posts from anyone not to the left of Lenin, censor viewpoints, or just flat-out not allow you to say certain things.

But a few of us fight them and we sometimes come out on top.

[Bobalu]

http://www.reddit.com/r/fullmoviesonyoutube

[TigersEye]

...- BECAUSE they post during the day? In a country where a third of the population is out of work and everyone has mobile internet devices?

Not to mention all of the people who work full time 2nd and 3rd shift jobs.

[Dallas59]

Reddit is a listing/group of forums on every imaginable subject. As with the internet, it is a ying and yang thing. Good and evil depending on where you go on reddit. I look at movies, news, sports, videos. Many of my posts come from Reddit.

[a fool in paradise]

Turns out Dylann Roof was an active member and contributor to Reddit. Not that that means anything or somehow means Reddit is a "bad" thing.

So Reddit isn't a bad thing but.... #DoubleStandards

[Vermont Lt]

Reddit is good for specific things. The general boards are frequented by college and high school kids from around the world.

Getting into a political conversation on reddit is like talking to a seven year old about economic theory.

But, the memes and the ask reddit stuff can be hilarious. There are some funny people there. Just do not search GILF. What is seen cannot be unseen.

[a fool in paradise]

>>if you were to ask me and I was in charge of the FBI I would be looking for two things;

1. Discussion boards where
2. The majority of posts are made during the day as it indicates the participants have no job and no life, leaving them looking for agency and purpose, likely in the harm and destruction of other people.

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So profiling works?

[a fool in paradise]

I think the name Charles/Charlie may have played a factor!