The Gentleman

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In defense of different

http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2017/01/in-defense-of-different

“As Psychology Today said about Elliot Rodger, the UC-Santa Barbara shooter, and others like him, ‘They feel like ‘losers,’ unloved and unlovable. Unaccepted and unacceptable social misfits. They have not been able to find their place or purpose in life.’ It is impossible to defend the actions of these individuals, but we can try to understand what drove them to do the things they did. The longer people are labeled as different, the longer their grievances against others build. For some, this eventually becomes too much to handle.”