realcavemanshit [#30]
Am I the only one who doesn't gaf that he was bullied. A lot of people are bullied, hell I'd say most ppl will be at least once in their school lives. I was bullied, bullying is fucked up and not ok but that doesn't give someone a free pass to do whatever they want. These mfs think that they're anime main characters and their tragic backstory gives them the right to lash out. And the fucked up part is he was like 21. The kids he went and killed weren't even in school at the same time as him.
I have a lot of sympathy for people who get bullied. It affected me pretty badly. But 99.99% of people who are bullied don't do this shit, so I don't think it should be considered the cause. Clearly something wrong in the head.
thing's like this tend to happen due to a combination of factors - it's hard to pin down any singular cause.
sure, people don't shoot up schools just because they're bullied. but if they're being bullied at school, live in a toxic household, live in poverty, are genetically predisposed to mental health issues, overconsume violent content etc. then it becomes a lot more likely. none of these factors individually is likely to cause someone to do this, but they each raise the probability of it happening.
point is, and this isn't to deflect responsibility, but it's kind of burying your head in the sand if you look at an event like this and say the school environment is completely innocent. just bullying alone probably wouldn't cause someone to do this, but it most certainly wouldn't help. and if we want to prevent things like this from happening again, then one of the first questions we should be asking is: hey, could the school/government/social services have done anything to get this guy the help he clearly needed.