Fern
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- Sep 30, 2003
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What do you think is the role of other mass killings in motivating a potential mass murderer? I keep hearing that many of these mass shooters were inspired by Columbine, while the Columbine killers said in their journals that they were inspired by the Oklahoma City bomber. Are emulating, or perhaps outdoing, these other acts a necessary part of the fantasy?
I am wondering if we're experiencing a cluster of mass killings that is essentially feeding off itself.
It would seem so. Heard a discussion on news radio earlier today. The discussion concerned a report published by two psychiatrists studying mass shooters. The gist of it was these people (loners and outcasts) seem to have a sense of community or belonging to each other even though they never actually meet. One of those in the discussion remarked that he thought it similar to the "Lone Wolfs" who feel connected to ISIS even though they've never had any actual contact.
Fern