People Got Together to Stop a School Shooting – Before It Happened

Re:People Got Together to Stop a School Shooting – Before It... by watwut on Monday September 29, 2025 @07:22AM (#45412384)

I used to read awful lot about them in a period of my life.

> 76% posted disturbing content of guns and threatening messages.

This is them provably being bullies as judged by their own social media accounts.

> 60% reported being bullied in-person or online

This is them claiming to be bullied at some point in their life. Elliot Roger claimed to be rejected by women while what happened was that he self isolated entirely for whole his life. This was similar to other guys - a person with track record of violence or threats feeling bullied by other people basically existing.

Compare the two claims, really.

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Re:People Got Together to Stop a School Shooting – Before It... by throaway1988 on Monday September 29, 2025 @09:51AM (#45413826)

Elliot Rodger was also given a copy of “The Present” by his parents in response to his emotional distress, so i think it’s fair to look at his home as a place of emotional neglect, possibly bullying.

edit: The Secret, not The Present

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Re:People Got Together to Stop a School Shooting – Before It... by watwut on Monday September 29, 2025 @10:28AM (#45414290)

I dont know what you mean by "The present" here. They allowed him to homeschool and isolate himself, so they were enablers, I would agree with that. He does not report being bullied by them in his manifesto.

He socialized basically exclusively online before going to the college.

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