Still-Mirror-3527 t1_j2awbid wrote on December 30, 2022 at 10:19 PM

>I believe that Kevin was just born a little shit

When it comes to stuff like this, everyone loves to just believe that monsters appear out of nowhere and commit callous acts for no reason at all.

The brutal truth is that society, including every parent of a school shooting victim, is to blame for the prevalence of school shooters in the United States.

The ease of access to firearms, lack of universal healthcare, outdated education system, rising cost of living, increasing concentration of wealth in the hands of a few, rampant spread of right-wing propaganda, nonsensical poverty guidelines, etc.

And don't even get me started on how common and accepted child abuse is. We still have some people advocating for beating their children as a method of discipline. That is how psychotic society is.

With regard to the book, the mother abused and neglected Kevin, which always seems to be glossed over for some reason.

There is no point in analyzing isolated incidents when it is a systemic problem that will never change.

ApprehensiveStatus17 OP t1_j2dvfk4 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 3:10 PM

'The ease of access to firearms, lack of universal healthcare, outdated education system, rising cost of living, increasing concentration of wealth in the hands of a few, rampant spread of right-wing propaganda, nonsensical poverty guidelines'.

To be fair, Kevin was not effected by most of these things. He had everything he could ever want, a dad who went above and beyond (the absence of a father figure is usually a symptom of the problem), a mother who (as she tells us) encourages him/says she loves him at least three times a day etc. Kevin had no reason to do what he did other than he was born a sociopath. His sister was brought up in the exact same conditions and was a loveable child.

Still-Mirror-3527 t1_j2exh8b wrote on December 31, 2022 at 7:33 PM

>a mother who (as she tells us) encourages him/says she loves him at least three times a day etc. Kevin had no reason to do what he did other than he was born a sociopath.

You obviously didn't read the book.

The mother was abusive and neglectful.

She played a significant role in Kevin's development.

>a dad who went above and beyond (the absence of a father figure is usually a symptom of the problem)

The dad was a part of the problem as well. He coddled Kevin and never tried to seek help for his mental illness.

Both of these parents were horrible and should've never had children in the first place.

>His sister was brought up in the exact same conditions and was a loveable child.

Abusive families often use one child as a scapegoat to prevent siblings from feeling any sense of solidarity against the abusers.