6,480
edits
Elliot Rodger: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
no edit summary
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
In the course of his short life, he claimed to have suffered from a general lack of attention from [[women]] (partially, but not entirely, ascribed to his [[shyness]]), sexual frustration, and [[bully|bullying]] and mistreatment from his peers. | In the course of his short life, he claimed to have suffered from a general lack of attention from [[women]] (partially, but not entirely, ascribed to his [[shyness]]), sexual frustration, and [[bully|bullying]] and mistreatment from his peers. | ||
Together with what he portrayed as the injustices of society, these circumstances were stated by him to be the primary factors that incited the tragic 2014 Isla Vista massacre. | Together with what he portrayed as the injustices of society, these circumstances were stated by him to be the primary factors that incited the tragic 2014 Isla Vista massacre, which resulted in his death and the death of six other people (4 men and 2 women), all fellow USCB students. | ||
This massacre was preceded by a rampage attack perpetrated by another autistic individual who was also the son of a Hollywood director four years prior in the same area. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Isla_Vista_killings</ref> It is not known if this last massacre inspired Rodger. On the other hand, he was likely inspired by the actions of [[George Sodini]], one of the first self-identified incel rampage killers in the modern age. | This massacre was preceded by a rampage attack perpetrated by another autistic individual who was also the son of a Hollywood director four years prior in the same area. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Isla_Vista_killings</ref> It is not known if this last massacre inspired Rodger. On the other hand, he was likely inspired by the actions of [[George Sodini]], one of the first self-identified incel rampage killers in the modern age. | ||