While I am not condoning the behavior of what happened in the Connecticut Elementary School shooting at the Sandy Hook school in Newtown; I still wonder what would cause someone to snap.
Some blame the gun control and how lax it is.
Some blame the security of the schools, which in the Newtown event, they were above proactive, the problem was the gunman shot the glass door.
Some would question the mental health system in this country
Some would say that we have gotten too politically correct by not saying that someone who is jerk instead of he’s got issues.
Some even would say that the school systems lowering standards, and giving awards to all people, and saying that “you’re special” and how when they finish school, the world doesn’t treat everyone as “special”
Some have questioned if social media is causing animals like this gunman to do what he did…
…my point would be is it really social media like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter to make everyone else less aware of their surroundings, is causing them to be self-absorbed, or even causing them to act like celebrities, and other narcissistic-enabling behavior?
Is social media or networking sites confirming a point that many “normal” people the ones that are really the jerks, and causing a person to be so angry because of his quirks and being left out because he wasn’t in the “clique”?
This alleged anger might had been dating from his high school days. He was born in Kingston, NH and then moved to Connecticut with his single mother when he was young and did grow up in Newtown. Was the snobbish/jerky behavior of his peers caused him to snap?
We do know he was high honors and was in some peer groups like LAN parties (gaming online – no not trying to socialize with NetWare, Nextstep or NT servers…in my dreams that would be my ideal “LAN party!”) and those stories came out by the end of the weekend.
But what about the ones who wouldn’t take innocent lives, but have some form of frustration after spending most of ones childhood in school? What if someone who has social or relationship problems who see the self-absorbed behavior around him, how can he (or she mind you) is going to react or get those words out properly?
But now after this tragedy, the autism world had initially been painted with a bad brush, and even when it has been debunked, there is still going to be ignorance!
I called this out Friday night, society will still be overly cautious on some loner, and quiet individuals as domestic criminals. There are surveillance technologies that can detect such behavior and send red flags on the “tape”. As fucked up as it is, I hate to say it is what it is. One too many massacres, and people become scared and overly cautious.  And the people like me are the ones that will be targeted for a period of time until another disasters happens.
I want to make this clear – I am in no means defending this guy, I’m only playing devils advocate. Sometimes its necessary to see the other side.