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originally posted by: shapur
I think the society expects a lot from teens today and the media as well puts a lot of pressure on them.
originally posted by: TKDRL
a reply to: VoidHawk
This might sound weird, but that is exactly how I would expect a robot trying to be human to sound like.
originally posted by: LDragonFire
a reply to: Rosha
Wow I never viewed "the war on women" as literal.
I agree with all you said and pointed to some of this earlier. For an angry person, he showed little anger and was too calm and collected for a person who was supposed to be enraged enough to commit multiple homicides.
originally posted by: FissionSurplus
I watched the video, and here is my take on it, because I work in mental health.
This video appears incredibly scripted. Something is highly wrong with the whole scenario.
1. The way the video is framed, the way he sets himself up so the setting sun is shining on his face making it all golden, with the palm trees in the background. It is set up like a director would set up a shot. I find this odd.
2. This young man does appear to be acting. Even the phony-baloney villain's laugh isn't genuine.
3. His affect is incredibly flat, and there is no emotion in his eyes. (Flat Affect: www.medterms.com...). I have seen a lot of flat and blunted affect, typically when the person is either in psychosis or from strong anti-psychotic medication. STILL...there is often something in their eyes, that is missing from this young man. For a guy talking about rejection, still being a virgin at 22 (which I do not buy.....any rich kid with a BMW can get some strange, even if he is a creepy jerk). I have talked to plenty of people with homicidal ideation, and this guy doesn't really fit the bill.
4. It isn't just that his emotions are blunted or flat, as he is showing arrogance, but it appears to be acting IMO.
5. For all the pain he claims to have gone through with rejection from women, etc., it doesn't show. Even psychotics with flat affect will have something in their eyes which shows some pain, or anger, even just a flash of it. Not seeing it with this guy. He seems like a bad actor to me.
6. The first thing his family does is scream for GUN CONTROL, and the first crimes this young man supposedly did were to stab three people to death. Not shoot them.
Something is very odd about all of this. I cannot buy the official story, and I do not believe that the young man in the video was legitimately homicidal and psychotic. If you just take his words, then yes, you can see antisocial personality disorder, a ridiculously overblown sense of entitlement, a narcissist, etc. But watch the video, try to see if you can see any pain or torture that he claims he endured over years. In fact, shut off the sound and just observe the face and eyes.
Bad actor, framed like a director would do it.
Plus, it takes a lot of passion and anger to stab three people to death. It's not like shooting people. You have to be pumped up, angry, and stab the person a few times in order to get lucky and hit an artery or a vital organ.
Put it together: He makes this video with no feelings whatsoever, despite his statement of all his hurt feelings and rejection. His story makes zero sense, because he has money, so he could have gotten at least one girl. Then, he goes on a stabbing spree. He would have been a bloody mess from it. Then, he gets a gun and drives around shooting people. His family immediately screams for gun control, ignoring the fact that issues such as mental illness and stabbing three people play a very large part in this whole deal.
I am very skeptical, all the way around.
originally posted by: FissionSurplus
2. This young man does appear to be acting. Even the phony-baloney villain's laugh isn't genuine.
originally posted by: Bilk22
A few points of note. The names of "the three men" he allegedly killed have not been released. Why? Also, he is "international". He was born in London and his aunt (father's sister) lives in France. She's already calling for "America to change their gun laws." Wanted to know why "such a sick boy could purchase guns."
Strange times. Strange times.
originally posted by: LDragonFire
originally posted by: CallYourBluff
I thought he made some good points.
What part of what he said are good points? Looking at you, because we can't afford to look away.
Everything in the video seemed fake
originally posted by: FissionSurplus
Yes, some of y'all are seeing it too. He says everything one would expect a young psycho-killer to say if it were scripted for TV.
Keep in mind that flat or blunted affect can be caused by antipsychotic drugs as well as schizophrenia, but at least there is *something* in the eyes or speech which lets us know how much mental pain they're in.
I'm going with this kid acting. So far, nobody is stating positively that the kid in the videos is the one who committed the crime, either. I may be behind on this story a little, but the MSM is now going with him being a misogynistic weirdo and not mentally ill. Yet I cannot find the sex of the three people he stabbed to death. Anybody know this info?