#masshooting

[bucklemonster2]

Dark Comfort: A Reason people do terror or join cults. ENGLISH

The following texts mentions murder, cults, mass shootings, terrorism, depression and head injuries. If you do not wish to read about such topics, feel free to read something else. I'd also like to say, I do not promote cults, terror and murder. Thanks

Like many people, when I hear stories about cults and mass shootings. I keep wondering why? Why do people do such things? In my mind I stumbled upon a reason that is not often discussed:

Comfort. Joining a cult, or doing a mass shooting is extremely predictable, it's fleeing from the complexity of modern life. We see these acts as chaos, but for those that do it, its an act of order, a desperate scream for order in an unpredictable world.

For example: Someone who does a school shooting takes their own fate and that of others in their own hands. The objective is simple: "Killing as many people as possible". The final step is often suicide or suicide by cop. (Often the suicide by cop fails.)

This is of course terrible. But in the perpetrators eyes it is a clear plan with a definitive ending.

Most people's lives are chaotic. They are not sure if they can keep their jobs, their spouse might divorce them, they have no idea what to do on a free Sunday, etc.... They do not know what life will be like in 5, 10 years. They don't even know if they will live in a retirement home when they are old or when and how they will die. Someone whom plans to commit a mass shooting knows when they will die and the way it will happen.

Mass shooters often believe in conspiracies or in a "them versus us" narrative. If anything it is "them alone, versus the world". A world full of complexity, bad and good actors, misled people and thousands of different motivations, groups and cultures are boiled into a binary simple world-vision: "Me versus Evil" or "My Group versus Evil". Mass shooters and terrorists might see themselves as evil, put probably a "necessary" evil. What they do is an "act of revenge" or "shaking the world awake." This dark comfort, this fleeing from complexity, is also seen in people joining cults. They don't have to listen to themselves any more. No more doubts, no more planning, all they have to do is listen to their leader and do what the leader says!

Of course we cannot ignore the other reasons why people join cults or do acts of terror.

They might be lonely, they might have been abused, they might have one or more mental illnesses, maybe they had a head injury, or have a brain tumour. Then there is the media reporting. When someone commits an act of terror this person gets broadcasted on television all the time. Because people want to understand such a bizarre act, or perhaps need a villain. The perpetrator becomes infamous (which is a form of famous). On the news their body count gets listed with those of other shooters as if its some sort of high-score in a video game.

In this world we must foster connection and love (or at least affection). Foster a tranquil world where individuals and groups can flourish. Where those that need help, get the help they need. Besides enforcing laws, and law enforcement keeping an eye on certain groups, online and real life, we also need to think about the reasons why people do certain things. We can do this without agreeing with those reasons.

At least alternative acts and or solutions can be found, besides joining a cult or doing an act of terror. People must be educated about cults and how they operate and reel people in. Most cult members, if not all of them, do not know they are inside a cult. People must be educated about the potential dangers of false conspiracy theories and dark internet rabbit-holes like the incel movement.

In short: terror or joining cults means predictability for the perpetrators. For them its order and simple and maybe even easy. They have a simple world view as an escape from a complex world. By thinking about evil phenomena like these we can prevent them.

Thank you for reading. - Emilia Sameyn 25/06/2023

[mithliya]

The masshooter is a trans woman?

https://www.tumblr.com/the-arachnocommunist/708396212813955072/an-illustrative-example-for-how-society-treats we

cant see the post bc this person has me blocked. can someone screenshot?!

[manicpixiepanicgirl]

The US really be the only country to not give a fuck when a shit ton of people die because of gun violence. My deepest condolences to anyone affected by the last shooting, may you stay strong and receive all the help you deserve.

[kalup-linzy]

Senseless #coloradosprings #coloradospringsshooting #LGBTQ #masshooting https://www.instagram.com/p/ClMB5KSLC5t/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nerdsworld]

Brooklyn,NY

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[peterrauh]

h/t @_stillwerise - another gut punch of lost innocent lives #enough #enoughisenough #enoughalready #guncontrol #stoptheinsanity --------- Reposting: @_stillwerise i hate it here 🥺 another day, another mass shooting. there were 178 mass shootings in this country between January through April. not just thoughts and prayers, call your reps. enough ENOUGH. #gunreformnow #masshooting #guncontrolnow (at San Jose, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPWRyo8nfHd/?utm_medium=tumblr

[idek-someone]

I know the shooting in Florida was a lil bit ago but I feel like I need to put forward my opinion. The parents of American and/or other nation kids should not have to pick up their phones to messages that either say “we’re very sorry to announce that your child has been senselessly murdered at the hand of an unstable school shooter”.

Or even worse, a message from their child themselves saying that “they may not make it out” and that “they love them dearly” followed by their last goodbye.

Wanna stop this shit from happening, voice your opinions as much as you can to get the message around so we can stop the former messages from needing to be sent to our loved ones vice verca. Instigate heavy gun laws, because yeah we may not be able to stop the use of guns...but we can definitely make the schools of America and hopefully in time the world, a safer place.

[jhonnyrebirth]

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- @Regranned from @nelebe39 - She says that there were definitely more than one shooter and they were on the ground, in the crowd with all of the concert goers. Repost this. This is what they do not want people to see! #mandalaybay #mandalaybayshooting #vegas #lasvegas #masshooting #terrorism #terrorist #mandalaybayhotel #violence #shooting #gun #gunviolence #vivalasvegas #vegasnightlife

[empressempathidi]

8.4.19 3:33pm . I moved away from constantly posting about incidents like this for my own health. Every story depressed the hell outta me & shifting my focus was necessary for my own #selfcare. . We've been stating this for DECADES, but #denialisahellofadrug & it's time we #wakeup. Can't #heal when we refuse to acknowledge there's a problem. . #ElPaso #DaytonOhio #masshooting #policychange #racism #whitesupremacy . Reposted from @jessicaxalexandria (@get_regrann) - words are SO important and they speak volumes. It’s NOT just another mass #shooting... it’s #domesticterrorism and the terrorists have each been #whitesupremacists protected under the invisibility cloak of “mental health issues.” #thisisamerica #terrorism https://www.instagram.com/p/B0wQcJqn7Vq/?igshid=wj1swbyjqiio

[kornkidd]

Utterly embarrassing and sad that this country has shown again, how ugly it can really be. #Racism is so virulent and so common place in #america today it’s almost as common as #masshootings in #murica This nation is not just divided, it’s broken. People need to stand up and stand against #hate and racism at all costs. Hate has become normalized. Even mainstream What the hell kind of world am I bringing my son up in? #stopasianhate #stopasianhatecrimes #stopracism #stopafricanamericanhate #asianamericans #africanamerican https://www.instagram.com/p/CM225v-nWSl/?igshid=1j4k7bcr6292a

[ritware1850]

#Repost @sirpennypacker ・・・ #payitforward — Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were flown to Washington, D.C., on Thursday on the New England Patriots' official plane ahead of Saturday's March for Our Lives. - The Boston Globe reported Friday that team owner Robert Kraft sent the plane to fly survivors and the families of victims of the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland, Fla., to the nation's capital. - Kraft's decision came at the behest of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, the Globe reported. - Giffords and Kelly are among the country's most prominent advocates for stricter gun control laws. They founded Giffords, a gun violence prevention group, after the former congresswoman was nearly killed in a shooting in 2011. - The March for Our Lives, set to take place in cities across the country on Saturday, was organized in the wake of a mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas, which left 17 people dead and 14 others injured. - Since then, students and parents from the high school have emerged as vocal advocates for strengthening gun control laws and have pressed lawmakers to take swift action on the matter. - Kelly told The Washington Post that he wanted to help the students get to the march on Saturday. - "Not only did their friends and teachers get shot and killed, other friends shot and injured ... most of them they had bullets flying over their heads," he said. "This is not fair that they have to deal with something like this at their age. They wanted to go to Washington and be heard, and so I felt it was our obligation to help them." - According to the Globe, the plane departed from Fort Lauderdale on Thursday and will bring the students back to Florida after the march. — #howitsdone #commonsense #marchforourlives #takingaction #kids #students #accountability #empathy #hypocrisy #nra #gunculture #gunviolence #masshootings #schoolshooting #ignorance #mueller #impeachtrump #idiots #dumptrump #hypocrisy #trump #fucktrump #clueless #civility #donaldtrump #florida #washingtondc #newengland

[ilovebooksnanimals]

Before I fell to sleep last night my news feed on #facebook n #twitter was about the shooting of #jacobblake smh another black man shot by police yet again n #Protest started today I find out another shooting by police of #treyfordpellerin Yes we have had #policebrutality nd #policeshooting of unarmed black men or ppl of color but it seems like every day it's a new one Why shoot unarmed black men n poc or poor white men yall not shooting these #DomesticTerrorist or #Masshooters no they get arrested These guys got shot like if they was animals yea like this dog that got shot because the office couldn't control his police dog Yes not all cops r bad but yet again a cop makes another cop look bad it don't take 7 or 8 etc shots to stop a person It's up to police to stop this all because it's police that r doing wrong all these marches n protest n riots is changing things some for the best n some for the worst but the issue is #triggerfingerpolice etc Dear Mr or Ms officer black men n women n poc etc r not animals there humans just like u r take away the badge n police uniform n gun nd ur just the same as us n can get shot by another police officer n yes that happens https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/08/23/us/trayford-pellerin-louisiana-police-protest/index.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/kenosha-shooting-wisconsin-police-shoot-jacob-blake-black-man-protesters-gather/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2020/08/23/detroit-cop-fatally-shoots-fenced-in-dog-in-its-own-yard-video-shows/amp/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CER1Z-OpyW0/?igshid=1dpwzvhu7v4we

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[civicdirect]

The #courageous @gabbygiffords continues to #remind us that we need #guncontrolnow. There had been a #string of #masshootings that received almost no #mediacoverage. This is not the #country we want. #guncontrol #momsdemandaction #marchforourlives #gabbygiffords https://www.instagram.com/p/BtMzvVqhZVr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1br8ajq2fe4dd

[little-crazy-misha-minion]

I want to cry