Rep. Cole stated, “We do have a person that has a long documented history of having a very troubled past. It's a person that had been isolated, who seemed a little bit odd. Who, according to his brother, had frequently been teased and tormented as a young person by fellow students. Sort of classic loner, who didn't fit in.”
Is that true, or merely the "spin" developed for him after the fact, so that he can be dismissed as a "loner"?
evidence suggests that he was indeed an unhappily isolated person.
this is not a "loner"
Loners don't need group identities.