[neodad]

'tis a mystery. Young people frequently have no experience with sociopathic personalities.

Most people have no experience with sociopaths. That's why they're so dangerous.

[Proud_texan]

"That's why they're so dangerous."

Indeed.

Plus I think there's a tendency to want to deny that a single whackjob can go off and create a lot of death and mayhem. It tends to disturb our sense of security so absent any info to the contrary we often make it into something more than it is.