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Together with what he portrayed as the injustices of society, these circumstances were stated by him to be the primary factors that made him carry out his suicidal rampage attack in the affluent California suburb of Isla Vista, which resulted in his death and the death of six other people (4 men and 2 women), all UCSB students. | Together with what he portrayed as the injustices of society, these circumstances were stated by him to be the primary factors that made him carry out his suicidal rampage attack in the affluent California suburb of Isla Vista, which resulted in his death and the death of six other people (4 men and 2 women), all UCSB students. | ||
This massacre was preceded by a rampage attack perpetrated by another autistic individual who was also the son of a Hollywood director thirteen 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 thirteen 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. | ||
His actions received widespread (sensationalist) media coverage. At the time, there were frequent attempts to politicize it and blame it on the [[manosphere]] (which was much more influential in 2014 than it is now), especially due to the rhetoric Rodger used in his pre-massacre video, where he claimed to be the "true [[alpha]] male". | His actions received widespread (sensationalist) media coverage. At the time, there were frequent attempts to politicize it and blame it on the [[manosphere]] (which was much more influential in 2014 than it is now), especially due to the rhetoric Rodger used in his pre-massacre video, where he claimed to be the "true [[alpha]] male". | ||