The Gentleman

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Griggs: We can’t continue to victim blame students

Excerpt: “In 2014, Elliot Rodger killed six people on the University of California, Santa Barbara campus in Isla Vista. In a 141-page personal manifesto, Rodger justified his decision to commit this massacre to “punish [his] enemies”. Rodger’s manifesto is ensconced in male entitlement, and paints him as an awkward man who people thought of as a loser and who women weren’t attracted to. Even if people treated Rodger terribly, he had no justification to carry out this murder. Telling students to feel sorry for these mass shooters makes it seem like they had an excuse to do what they did. They didn’t. ”

https://www.dailyemerald.com/2018/04/01/griggs-cant-continue-victim-blame-students/