The Manifesto of Elliot Rodger

Dread Knot · 06-02-14, 04:18 PM

The part where he suggests that most women should be put into concentration camps, to be starved to death, while he watches should have raised eyebrows. But there are worse rants on the internet. Some just glibly posted there by trolls to incite negative attention.

I am not a psychiatrist and couldn't give diagnoses on the basis of reading something of this sort. I cannot tell what the role of the bullying he faced at school might have been, and I cannot tell if anything could have been done to relieve his delusions. But the role of entitlement, the role of narcissism and the role of god-like thinking in the manifesto makes me fear that any ordinary therapy would likely not have worked. Something was either going to get in his path, or be denied him sooner or later, and set him off.

Wolferz · 06-02-14, 05:37 PM

This lovelorn fellow just took a wrong turn...

Blame it on Google for not updating their maps properly.

Onkel Neal · 06-02-14, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Dread Knot

The part where he suggests that most women should be put into concentration camps, to be starved to death, while he watches should have raised eyebrows. But there are worse rants on the internet. Some just glibly posted there by trolls to incite negative attention.

I am not a psychiatrist and couldn't give diagnoses on the basis of reading something of this sort. I cannot tell what the role of the bullying he faced at school might have been, and I cannot tell if anything could have been done to relieve his delusions. But the role of entitlement, the role of narcissism and the role of god-like thinking in the manifesto makes me fear that any ordinary therapy would likely not have worked. Something was either going to get in his path, or be denied him sooner or later, and set him off.

Indeed. I wonder, is there any kind of treatment for people like him?

AVGWarhawk · 06-02-14, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Indeed. I wonder, is there any kind of treatment for people like him?

Straight jacket and rubber room come to mind.

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Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Plain and simple... This lovelorn fellow just took a wrong turn... Blame it on Google for not updating their maps properly. __________________ Tomorrow never comes Last edited by Wolferz; 06-02-14 at 07:06 PM.

06-02-14, 04:18 PM	#1
Dread Knot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,288 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	The part where he suggests that most women should be put into concentration camps, to be starved to death, while he watches should have raised eyebrows. But there are worse rants on the internet. Some just glibly posted there by trolls to incite negative attention. I am not a psychiatrist and couldn't give diagnoses on the basis of reading something of this sort. I cannot tell what the role of the bullying he faced at school might have been, and I cannot tell if anything could have been done to relieve his delusions. But the role of entitlement, the role of narcissism and the role of god-like thinking in the manifesto makes me fear that any ordinary therapy would likely not have worked. Something was either going to get in his path, or be denied him sooner or later, and set him off.