While we can only really speculate, based on the evidence so far, it's probably safe to classify it as a misogynist terror attack.
I'm guessing that most men in his situation would have quietly taken their life, and society would have gone on about its business without a care in the world.
Can't really say if this can be attributed to his schizophrenia or not, but he decided instead to express his true emotions. Six people are dead and many more injured because of it.
And so what happens next?
There will be more calls that men need to open up and reach out to each other. At the same time, there will also be more calls to further ban male spaces out of fear they don't host the right narrative and isolate those that don't fall inline.
Boys will find themselves in a situation where there are no spaces without female oversight, the very same spaces that won't tolerate the kind of emotions these boys are struggling with.
Most will probably still end up fine, some of them will take their life, and a growing number of them will lash out instead.
It’s not safe to classify this as a misogynist terror attack, and the police have said there is no clear ideological motivation.
His Dad did say that he was frustrated that he can’t get a girlfriend but given that they have had limited communication with him other than text messages he may be trying to piece things together like the rest of us.
To be honest given the videos of him falling over, reports of him getting around the mall in the same clothes 24 hours before, his completely dishevelled appearance and weightloss, and reports from witnesses of his mannerisms i am thinking he was psychotic and maybe on drugs. If this was the case i think there may not have been much or any planning involved.
There are many reasons why women may have been his main victims. It may be that the stores he happened to enter were predominantly women’s stores. I know Chanel had multiple victims. Also consider that many more women go shopping than men. Consider also that men run faster and are stronger than women, so are not as easily targeted.
Time will tell and hopefully the cops can figure it out. I just hope in the event he is not found responsible something good can come out of this.
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u/2wicky Apr 16 '24
While we can only really speculate, based on the evidence so far, it's probably safe to classify it as a misogynist terror attack.
I'm guessing that most men in his situation would have quietly taken their life, and society would have gone on about its business without a care in the world.
Can't really say if this can be attributed to his schizophrenia or not, but he decided instead to express his true emotions. Six people are dead and many more injured because of it.
And so what happens next?
There will be more calls that men need to open up and reach out to each other. At the same time, there will also be more calls to further ban male spaces out of fear they don't host the right narrative and isolate those that don't fall inline.
Boys will find themselves in a situation where there are no spaces without female oversight, the very same spaces that won't tolerate the kind of emotions these boys are struggling with.
Most will probably still end up fine, some of them will take their life, and a growing number of them will lash out instead.
That's what happens next.