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Elliot Rodger's personal story is disproportionately cited by media because he exhibited [[narcissism|narcissistic]] traits and an unlikable personality, and this fit with their narrative. It has been claimed that Rodger's frustrated narcissism was a significant factor in his decision to undertake his murderous rampage, with this likely being a greater factor in contributing to the massacre than his autism<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359178916301744M</ref> | Elliot Rodger's personal story is disproportionately cited by media because he exhibited [[narcissism|narcissistic]] traits and an unlikable personality, and this fit with their narrative. It has been claimed that Rodger's frustrated narcissism was a significant factor in his decision to undertake his murderous rampage, with this likely being a greater factor in contributing to the massacre than his autism,<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359178916301744M</ref> and that frustrated narcissism was also a factor in several other mass killings, as part of a theorized "path to intended violence" model, wherein narcissists seek violent revenge for the alleged insults they suffer in contravention to their elevated self-image, a purported example of such being the terrorist attacks committed by Anders Brevik, who was also diagnosed with autism. | ||
This essentially ties in with the common narrative that Rodger's massacre was motivated by sexual [[entitlement]], and it's indeed hard for any reasonable person to deny that Rodger was likely motivated nearly exclusively by sexual frustration, as he lucidly elaborated in his manifesto. | This essentially ties in with the common narrative that Rodger's massacre was motivated by sexual [[entitlement]], and it's indeed hard for any reasonable person to deny that Rodger was likely motivated nearly exclusively by sexual frustration, as he lucidly elaborated in his manifesto. | ||