Spuki, I like you, but the problem with that line of thought is that it paints the idea that all mentally ill people are potential serial killers who could snap at any second. That's already what some people think.
This isn't about mental health. This is about society. It doesn't matter if he was autistic, autism doesn't make you go crazy with a gun. What made him go crazy with a gun was entitlement, misogyny, and so forth.
Bringing up mental health is just throwing the mentally ill under the bus.
I know that. I'm not just discussing the mentally ill. I'M MENTALLY ILL. I know that the mentally ill aren't all evil violent nutsos. I want mental illness to lose it's stigma. I've been expressing that! Yes, I know he's likely just a guy who's an evil sociopath.
One thing we must all understand - every single person who has posted in this thread, who has posted on this forum, who will ever post on any forum in the history of time is capable of killing a person.
I could say something about how we're smart enough not to, but all of us are capable of making that choice. Humans are not hardwired to be pacifists. The truth is, we don't kill because we don't want to. For various reasons.
And I'm not even talking about heat of the moment manslaughter. All of us are capable of committing murder, too.
This is the harsh reality of what it means to be human.
I disagree. Many people who have a MASSIVELY hard time with killing someone willingly. Many who do kill in "the heat of the moment" or "self-defense" feel haunted by it long afterwards. Sorry, but humans are not bastards. We're flawed but we are not bastards. Rousseau was just as right as Hobbes....it just depends on the person.
HUMANITY IS.....
The highest & the lowest of the animals.
The wisest & the most foolish.
The most civilized & the most barbaric.
The most intelligent & the most ignorant.
The most reasonable yet the most unreasonable.
The closest relative to the gentle bonobos & the raging chimps.
You see, humanity is varied and to say that all humanity is scum is completely wrong. We can go either way. We can be peaceful or warmongering.
Either way, we need to turn away from our chimp sides & embrace our bonobo side. Yes, humanity can change. We can at least try. Many individuals have succeeded more or less, why not most of the species?
Also, this killer was basically an evil sociopath & not mentally ill. Yes, I get it! This is not about putting the mentally ill under the bus. WHY WOULD I PUT MYSELF UNDER A BUS? I was speaking in generals, about this long string of mass murders going on lately, not just this one case. Geeze, please read my stuff carefully.