Comments on: Gay Shooting http://blueherald.com/2008/03/7763/ News You Can Abuse! Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:54:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Bro http://blueherald.com/2008/03/7763/#comment-5772 Bro Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:08:14 +0000 http://blueherald.com/2008/03/7763/#comment-5772 Yep, blaming the victim seems to a popular theme these days. The denial of the sociopathic behavior of the perpetrator by trying to shift the blame for their actions to the victim seems to be pervasive in our society as of late. Even if the kid's ego and sense of identity was threatened by the flirting as the psych professor says may be the case, the sociopathic behavior started with the response to it and not before. From a very early age I played competitive sports and had my ego and sense of identity threatened on a daily basis by my competitors and never responding to it in a violent manner because I would have been thrown out of the game or banned from competing for good. I sure as hell hope this pysch professor isn't professing that the threatening of this kid's ego and sense of identity (by the flirting in this case) is sociopathic and is somehow to be at fault for the violent reaction to it because that is psycho nonsense. I was told that competing in sports would "build my character" and apparently the shooter in this case tragically didn't have enough character to overcome the threat to his ego and sense of identity. Whether in competitive sports or in school situations involving sexual situations amongst your peers having your ego and sense of identity "threatened" is an everyday occurance and is nothing that in anyway should justify this kid's response to it. The only thing the shooter was a victim of was his own lack of character. Yep, blaming the victim seems to a popular theme these days. The denial of the sociopathic behavior of the perpetrator by trying to shift the blame for their actions to the victim seems to be pervasive in our society as of late. Even if the kid’s ego and sense of identity was threatened by the flirting as the psych professor says may be the case, the sociopathic behavior started with the response to it and not before. From a very early age I played competitive sports and had my ego and sense of identity threatened on a daily basis by my competitors and never responding to it in a violent manner because I would have been thrown out of the game or banned from competing for good. I sure as hell hope this pysch professor isn’t professing that the threatening of this kid’s ego and sense of identity (by the flirting in this case) is sociopathic and is somehow to be at fault for the violent reaction to it because that is psycho nonsense. I was told that competing in sports would “build my character” and apparently the shooter in this case tragically didn’t have enough character to overcome the threat to his ego and sense of identity. Whether in competitive sports or in school situations involving sexual situations amongst your peers having your ego and sense of identity “threatened” is an everyday occurance and is nothing that in anyway should justify this kid’s response to it. The only thing the shooter was a victim of was his own lack of character.

]]> By: QG http://blueherald.com/2008/03/7763/#comment-5767 QG Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:29:05 +0000 http://blueherald.com/2008/03/7763/#comment-5767 <em>That may have been what got him killed.</em> That sentence is disturbing to me for many reasons. That may have been what got him killed.

That sentence is disturbing to me for many reasons.

]]> By: Buck http://blueherald.com/2008/03/7763/#comment-5766 Buck Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:17:38 +0000 http://blueherald.com/2008/03/7763/#comment-5766 Gays at that age feel threatened by their straight counterparts. And for a reason! When is the last time you heard about a gay shooting and killing a straight for this reason? When was the last time the boy's family, friends, community and the major paper that posted the story took up for and sided with the poor little gay boy? We truly are barbaric bigots. Gays at that age feel threatened by their straight counterparts. And for a reason!

When is the last time you heard about a gay shooting and killing a straight for this reason?

When was the last time the boy’s family, friends, community and the major paper that posted the story took up for and sided with the poor little gay boy?

We truly are barbaric bigots.

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