Comment

The Worst Right Wing Tweet So Far About the Isla Vista Murders

280
iceweasel5/26/2014 9:17:42 am PDT

re: #248 Killgore Trout

Unhelpful media headlines

Friend: Santa Barbara killer Elliot Rodger wanted to ‘dominate the world’

Isla Vista shootings: Killing rampage recalls 2001 ‘angel of death’

Reminder: The media’s coverage of these events is unhelpful and does much to perpetuate the problem and inspire copycats
Charlie Brooker: News Coverage of Schoolshooting
[Embedded content]

What exactly is ‘unhelpful’ about the first headline you quote? The guy was a narcassist and a misogynist— and frankly, probably a sociopath.

It’s an accurate description of his mindset, if you bother to read his 140 page manifesto, as I did.