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In his final video, he spoke at length of his feelings of sexual rejection and loneliness. He ranted at length detailing his intense envy towards sexually successful men and his hatred of women in general, and spoke of his extreme misanthropy, stating: "I hate all of you. Humanity is a disgusting, wretched, depraved species. If I had it in my power, I would stop at nothing (points finger at camera) to reduce every single one of you to mountains of skulls and rivers of blood. And rightfully so." | In his final video, he spoke at length of his feelings of sexual rejection and loneliness. He ranted at length detailing his intense envy towards sexually successful men and his hatred of women in general, and spoke of his extreme misanthropy, stating: "I hate all of you. Humanity is a disgusting, wretched, depraved species. If I had it in my power, I would stop at nothing (points finger at camera) to reduce every single one of you to mountains of skulls and rivers of blood. And rightfully so." | ||
Finally, he promised, "On the day of retribution, I am going to enter the hottest sorority house at UCSB and I will slaughter every single spoiled, stuck-up, blond [[slut]] I see inside there" and then "take to the streets of Isla Vista and slay every single person I see there."<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-transcript-ucsb-shootings-video-20140524-story.html Transcript of the disturbing video 'Elliot Rodger's Retribution']</ref> | Finally, he promised, "On the day of retribution, I am going to enter the hottest sorority house at UCSB and I will slaughter every single spoiled, stuck-up, blond [[slut]] I see inside there" and then "take to the streets of Isla Vista and slay every single person I see there."<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-transcript-ucsb-shootings-video-20140524-story.html Transcript of the disturbing video 'Elliot Rodger's Retribution']</ref> The videos were taken down by YouTube as violations of their policy against violent threats; then undeleted; and then deleted again in 2018, after the Toronto van attack perpetuated by [[Alek Minassian]], who authorities state praised Rodger in a forum post prior to the attack.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/hapas/comments/8fj51n/elliot_rodgers_youtube_channel_has_been_deleted/ Elliot Rodger's Youtube channel has been deleted after the latest incel terrorist. How do hapas feel about this?], r/hapas</ref> | ||
The videos were taken down by YouTube as violations of their policy against violent threats; then undeleted; and then deleted again in 2018, after the Toronto van attack perpetuated by | |||
==Narcissism== | ==Narcissism== | ||
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. | 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. | ||