Posted on 12/18/2012 6:36:06 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The emerging profile of Adam Lanza, the suspected shooter in the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., is depressingly familiar.
He has been described as being socially awkward and a loner. He reportedly had Asperger's syndrome a high-performing form of autism and may have been afflicted by other psychiatric problems. And he was male. His sex almost goes without saying.
According to Mother Jones, 62 mass shootings defined as a single spree that killed at least four people have been carried out in the U.S. since 1982. Only one was perpetrated by a female.
In 2006, Jennifer San Marco fatally shot her former neighbor, then drove to work and killed six colleagues before turning her gun on herself. The rest of the massacres were carried out by males, 44 of whom were white.
What is the connection between gender and outbreaks of massive violence? A helpful way to approach the question is to look at the three main categories of mass murderers. There are "family annihilators," who, as the name suggests, turn on their families.
There are "set-and-run" or "hit-and-run" killers, who usually hide and try to avoid capture. Then there are "pseudocommandos," a category that would seem to include James Holmes, the suspected shooter in the July movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colo., and Seung-Hui Cho, who in 2007 killed 32 people during a rampage at Virginia Tech.
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Technically, that would be serial killing instead of mass murder. Mass murderers usually know their victims.
being socially awkward and a loner
That means no one especially girls paid ATTENTION to it.
the media knows this so they promise worldwide fame and the most massive attention to these losers. THIS is why these mass shooters do it to do something big, something important , to be somebody instead of a nothing. Now they will be known among the shakepeare’s , Newtons , etc.
Women do get constant attention especially from men . Men are always looking at women, asking them out ,hitting on them. but these loner mass shooters never had a girl hit on them.
The media know they are egging on the next star,promising them fame and immortality if they will just try to top or match the current mass shooter.
The mainstream media causes these shootings.
These idiots or psychos shoot people for the fame the media will give them.
The media makes these shooters household names.
And also it could be as simple as monkey see , monkey do .they see a male doing it so they identify with it . The media and advertisers know the power of images, repetition and the media are responsible .
The media and democrats are exploiting the mass shootings to take away our individual rights and to empower government.
In their sick mind they seek to be the next star, importance, to be important, better than being nothing ignored by all.
“Is it really a mystery why most school shooters are male? Men are more aggressive than women on account of testosterone. Wacky men act out differently than wacky women do. What’s next asking why more women suffer from post-partum depression than men?”
Bingo. To even ask the question reveals the stupidity of the questioner. Yes, there is such a thing as a stupid question.
To me, a more interesting question is, why is the majority of mass murderers white?
To me, a more interesting question is, why is the majority of mass murderers white?
Monkey see , monkey do. The media keeps putting out the same scenes. A loner idiot sees the constant media coverage and the glorifying of the perp and identifies with him( sees himself in that role). The media know this and egg them on , and promise them fame.
I’m sorry CC but LOLOL!
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44 of the 62 were white. That's 71%
White Americans make up 72.4% of the population.
I'd say that mass murderers are in proportion to the racial make-up of the country. Race is NOT a factor.
Female Mass Murderers: Major Cases and Motives
BY Katherine Ramsland
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/mass/female_mass_murderer/15.html
Testosterone?
The mother knows her child, there is no question about that.
Oh, there are technical differences, to be sure.
A mother killing her own child in the more heinous crime, here, though, and the numbers are more massive than anything in history, at least comparable.
Anyway, the murderer here knows the victim intimately. In fact, the victim’s cells are left in the mother/ murderer for life.
” 44 of the 62 were white. That’s 71%
White Americans make up 72.4% of the population.
I’d say that mass murderers are in proportion to the racial make-up of the country. Race is NOT a factor.”
For some reason I thought the makeup of America was less than 72% white. Obviously I bought into the media narrative that white people are evil.
Thanks.
Women , even average looking ones, get constant attention from men ( looking at them , flirtation, asking out etc). So these morons are starving for attention and are sexually frustrated also.
Men especially if they are awkward or weird will never get attention from women. The media gives these mass shooters the most massive attention ever, making them world famous household names even. So they do it for the fame and attention. the media know this and this is why the massive coverage about the perpetrator. Let's not give these psychos the attention they seek. Let's not give the media what the media want to empower government and to take away our individual rights (gun rights for one).
It’s very common for male animals in the wild to go in and kill the offspring of another male animal in order to mate and prodice their own offspring. Lions do this, bears do this, wild dogs do this, etc. So maybe it just something imbedded in our nature.
Some interesting thoughts, but I think the author’s conclusions would also indicate a higher representation of minorities, yet 71% of these mass shooters were white.
If the root is fatherlessness, or some kind of macho drive, then that statistic still needs to be explained.
(remember Oprah is Harpo backwards. A comic fool, a jester)
you made my day with this one (ha)
Hilarious! I do love a woman with claws, and a sense of humor. Best behaviour keeps ya breathing :)
Maybe they chose the cutoff of four so that the claim would be more dramatic. Amy Bishop shot six people in one incident, but only three of them died.
Ban testosterone! Oh, wait, the libs, metrosexuals and gays already have.
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