Posted on 08/28/2015 1:39:52 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
On August 27, Salon magazine published an interview with the author of a recent study on mass shootings to claim that the drive for “American exceptionalism” creates “a gap” between that which people desire and that which they achieve, thereby resulting in a dissonance that leads to violence.
According to Salon, the author of the study is University of Alabama associate professor Adam Lankford. He suggests that violence–particularly “public mass shootings”–are part of “the dark side of American exceptionalism.” That people who want so much but achieve so little are candidates for violent actions.
He said, “I’ve been looking at the idea that, according to string theory, there’s a social pressure to achieve the American dream, but a lack of means to do so.” He said he is not arguing that poverty causes mass shootings, rather, he is saying the inward drive to be more than you are often creates “a large gap between what people are aspiring to and what they can realistically achieve,” which results in a frustration that gives way to violence in some.
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Sheep to slaughter have very few desires and are quite peaceful.
"In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings. String theory describes how these strings propagate through space and interact with each other."
Total disconnect!
What is this idiot professor talking about?
"buzzword, buzzword, buzzword...."
A man’s got to know his limitations.
So the takeaway here is don’t try to excel at anything lest you want to become a crazed lunatic.
Liberalism : expect little, achieve little.
Liberals need to be caged, not given access to write on the internet.
The illiterate loon from Salon has NO IDEA what String Theory is!
Hey, you achievers out there! Stop achieving! You’re making non-achievers feel bad and shoot people and stuff1
People are not taught to delay gratification or handle adversity and failure. Therefore they can not handle it when it happens.
More proof that the mental hospitals are empty because all of the inmates became college professors.
Dumbest thing I’ve heard in a long time.
Whenever I don’t get what I want, my first thought is to go shoot a bunch of people. /s
Professor: If You Read To Your Kids, You’re ‘Unfairly Disadvantaging’ Others
If everyone was dirt poor except for the ruling elite that would change things to satisfy him I’ll bet. Its what they want.
Which leaves us with nobody to blame but President Barack Obama, author of the worst economic recovery in American history.
How is it still in business when its writers are all morons
Generally speaking, mass-murdering shooters are sexually-inadequate males with resulting severe mental problems - kind of like writers for Salon.
Race-based pandering and entitlement mentality indoctrination leads to violent acting out and in some cases mass murder.
too much estrogen in the water leads to socialist metrosexual academics like adam lankford.
(string theory??)
aha, got it now.
according to string theory, too much estrogen in drinking water leads to the growth and development of socialist metrosexual academics like adam lankford.
(now do i get a tenured post?)
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