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In reply to the discussion: The Isla Vista shooter COULD have gotten a girlfriend [View all]DCBob
(24,689 posts)78. I didnt read it but I saw some exerpts.
For sure he was weird.
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"they can't see that there is more to the definition of beauty than a pretty face and a nice body"
redqueen
May 2014
#4
Absolutely right. Which is why we have four year olds worried about "getting fat" as if the
Number23
May 2014
#98
It truly is. I also find it sickening that the very concept is mocked and ridiculed
redqueen
May 2014
#106
You can't know that. One report says he was hearing voices. Depending on what he was hearing,
pnwmom
May 2014
#43
That's your opinion. But what is fact is that he was being prescribed an anti-psychotic,
pnwmom
May 2014
#62
"The researchers posit that these differences are evolutionary". Posit=assume as a fact
uppityperson
May 2014
#25
Yes that is exactly it. He never wrote about approaching a woman and actually being turned down and
seaglass
May 2014
#29
I've not watched the video, but getting a girlfriend isn't as easy for some people...
Silent3
May 2014
#10
Not necessarily. He may well have, probably did, turn anyone off immediately.
Schema Thing
May 2014
#11
Exactly what I was going to say. It would be quite easy to repel everyone you meet
stevenleser
May 2014
#18
He assumed every woman he saw was fucking the man next to her- and that POV shows
bettyellen
May 2014
#23
"This Roger guy emits warning signals like a rotating radar antenna": MineralMan
Hekate
May 2014
#46
True. But a strong daughter will be better able to handle the shit that gets thrown at her.
pnwmom
May 2014
#45
Thank you (and squinch and redqueen above you) for your kind words (NT)
Proud Public Servant
May 2014
#131
"To imagine that you can fix the problem by raising the "right" kind of daughter . . ."
Lex
May 2014
#133
He wasn't exactly what I would call an approachable person in the first place
herding cats
May 2014
#80
No, he thought there were many gorgeous girls at school, and was unable to meet anyone on his own.
bettyellen
May 2014
#81
Sigh. I am actually interested, which is why I brought it up. If you would check, you
Common Sense Party
May 2014
#84
someone here confessed they hated feminists because one single woman many years prior had
bettyellen
May 2014
#79
what you have to realize about that kind of resentment, is that you are denying others their
bettyellen
May 2014
#100
He was as shallow as he was disturbed. His obsession with all things "blonde" was absolutely pitiful
Number23
May 2014
#99
Anyone of any age (18+) of any gender can get a girlfriend. Elliot Rodgers problems is he didn't
MillennialDem
May 2014
#101
I find it hard to believe the child of a Hollywood director couldn't get a girlfriend
hughee99
May 2014
#118
I realize people with normal social skills can't understand how someone can't get a girlfriend.
LisaL
May 2014
#119
From what I've read about this guy he had a mental disorder, and had only ever approached a woman
Erose999
May 2014
#122
Animals can sense when another of their species is not right...and we,too, are animals.
Ikonoklast
May 2014
#127