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Title: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: BannedFromDU on December 14, 2012, 04:15:16 PM
Turns out the kid may have had Ass Burgers and was on meds.

Which describes what, 75% of DU?

And the school was in an extremely affluent area, definitely 1%-er land.

Only question that remains for me is...what was his DU name?


(RIP poor children, and condolences to the families...I apologize to you for the entire world that DU and the MSM will seize on this tragedy for political purposes...)
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: Skul on December 14, 2012, 04:21:20 PM
Here's one.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/12/live-updates-newtown-ct-school-shooting/
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: BannedFromDU on December 14, 2012, 04:31:15 PM
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Star Member Cetacea (5,676 posts)

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Let the discrimination against the mentally ill begin. A PSA on mental illness and violence
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar,and evil is just evil.


Fact 1: The vast majority of people with mental illness are not violent. (no more so than the general population)


Fact 2: The public is misinformed about the link between mental illness and violence.


Fact 3: Inaccurate beliefs about mental illness and violence lead to widespread stigma and discrimination


Fact 4: The link between mental illness and violence is promoted by the entertainment and news media. (and pundits)


"The effects of stigma and discrimination are profound. The President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health found that, “Stigma leads others to avoid living, socializing, or working with, renting to, or employing people with mental disorders - especially severe disorders, such as schizophrenia. It leads to low self-esteem, isolation, and hopelessness. It deters the public from seeking and wanting to pay for care. Responding to stigma, people with mental health problems internalize public attitudes and become so embarrassed or ashamed that they often conceal symptoms and fail to seek treatment (New Freedom Commission, 2003).”



Let the DU squirming begin. (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021981828)
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: Linda on December 14, 2012, 04:33:43 PM
Fact 1: The vast majority of people that own guns are not violent. (no more so than the general population)


Fact 2: The public is misinformed about the link between gun owners and violence.


Fact 3: Inaccurate beliefs about gun owners and violence lead to widespread stigma and discrimination


Fact 4: The link between gun owners and violence is promoted by the entertainment and news media. (and pundits)

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Post by: CactusCarlos on December 14, 2012, 04:36:54 PM
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Fact 1: The vast majority of people with mental illness law-abiding gun-owners are not violent. (no more so than the general population)


Fact 2: The public is misinformed about the link between mental illness lawful gun-ownership and violence.


Fact 3: Inaccurate beliefs about mental illness and violence law-abiding gun owners lead to widespread stigma and discrimination


Fact 4: The link between mental illness lawful gun ownership and violence is promoted by the entertainment and news media. (and pundits)Lamestream Media and liberal pundits

You're welcome!  :-)
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: CactusCarlos on December 14, 2012, 04:38:37 PM
Fact 1: The vast majority of people that own guns are not violent. (no more so than the general population)


Fact 2: The public is misinformed about the link between gun owners and violence.


Fact 3: Inaccurate beliefs about gun owners and violence lead to widespread stigma and discrimination


Fact 4: The link between gun owners and violence is promoted by the entertainment and news media. (and pundits)



GMTA! 

H5!
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: formerlurker on December 14, 2012, 05:14:15 PM
Anyone who would do something so horrific has to be mentally ill in some capacity.

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Post by: 98ZJUSMC on December 14, 2012, 05:15:04 PM
Anyone who would do something so horrific has to be mentally ill in some capacity.



That's what it looks like.
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: longview on December 14, 2012, 05:17:43 PM
Dang.  The kid from CT who came to Casper (WY) College and killed his dad's girlfriend, the dad (while teaching a class), and himself with a crossbow also had Asperger's, supposedly.  I'm kind of doubting the quality of diagnosis and mental health care in CT.
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: miskie on December 14, 2012, 05:54:32 PM
I suppose that there will soon be threads about how 'aspies' are the nicest people one could ever hope to meet, and are entirely incapable of this sort of violence.

Well, Ill tell you what primitives- 'aspies' are perfectly capable of violence - the disorder presents sociopath-like behavior in some cases. Not to mention, the people with Asperger's are still human, and are capable of independent thoughts & actions. The Shooter was 20 years old-  more than capable of making up his apparently twisted mind to do something barbaric.

At least he had the courtesy to check himself out once his rampage had ended - because his diagnosis would have kept him alive & in an institution at taxpayer's expense for the rest of his days, instead of six feet under where his sorry child-killing ass belongs.
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: Tucker on December 14, 2012, 06:33:56 PM
No link yet. (I've read too many articles to backtrack)

I read that the shooter has two 9mm handguns and a AR-15. The AR-15 was found in his vehicle without being discharged. The shooters assault was did with the handguns.
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: Toastedturningtidelegs on December 14, 2012, 07:57:28 PM
I suppose that there will soon be threads about how 'aspies' are the nicest people one could ever hope to meet, and are entirely incapable of this sort of violence.

Well, Ill tell you what primitives- 'aspies' are perfectly capable of violence - the disorder presents sociopath-like behavior in some cases. Not to mention, the people with Asperger's are still human, and are capable of independent thoughts & actions. The Shooter was 20 years old-  more than capable of making up his apparently twisted mind to do something barbaric.

At least he had the courtesy to check himself out once his rampage had ended - because his diagnosis would have kept him alive & in an institution at taxpayer's expense for the rest of his days, instead of six feet under where his sorry child-killing ass belongs.
Not if there is  psychosis present co-morbidly. Some aspies i've dealt with can be a bit aggressive as children but i have never met one who carried that out into adulthood...especially since his mother was a teacher and would have been able to access help for her son easier and been able to spot developmental deficits easier than most folks. I really dont think this had anything to do with his autism...he had something else going on there besides.
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: miskie on December 14, 2012, 09:16:26 PM
Not if there is  psychosis present co-morbidly. Some aspies i've dealt with can be a bit aggressive as children but i have never met one who carried that out into adulthood...especially since his mother was a teacher and would have been able to access help for her son easier and been able to spot developmental deficits easier than most folks. I really dont think this had anything to do with his autism...he had something else going on there besides.

None of us will never know what was going on in his head - But I am working the thesis that the shooter intended to rid the world of everything tied to his mom, including himself. We can only wonder exactly 'why' he would want to do that, unless something turns up..
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: blitzkrieg_17 on December 14, 2012, 09:30:46 PM
Not if there is  psychosis present co-morbidly. Some aspies i've dealt with can be a bit aggressive as children but i have never met one who carried that out into adulthood...especially since his mother was a teacher and would have been able to access help for her son easier and been able to spot developmental deficits easier than most folks. I really dont think this had anything to do with his autism...he had something else going on there besides.

I am not a medical professional but he could have just been a run of the mill psychopath. There really isn't much that will help those types.
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: BlueStateSaint on December 15, 2012, 07:01:13 AM
No link yet. (I've read too many articles to backtrack)

I read that the shooter has two 9mm handguns and a AR-15. The AR-15 was found in his vehicle without being discharged. The shooters assault was did with the handguns.

All of them belonged to his mother, whom he murdered with one of the weapons first.  The handguns were a Glock and a Sig.  The M-4-type carbine wasn't used.
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: txradioguy on December 15, 2012, 09:25:39 AM
Y'all wanna see some heads explode at the DUmp?

Wait till the DUmmies get wind of the AP report I saw that said the guns used in the shooting belonged to the shooters dead mother who taught at the school.
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: Toastedturningtidelegs on December 15, 2012, 09:29:36 AM
I am not a medical professional but he could have just been a run of the mill psychopath. There really isn't much that will help those types.
According to his brother he also has a personality disorder{he didn't specify which cluster} I would guess he would be in the B group with all the other antisocials, narcissists and borderlines. There was some planning involved which would rule out the others but i could be wrong.
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: blitzkrieg_17 on December 15, 2012, 12:01:08 PM
According to his brother he also has a personality disorder{he didn't specify which cluster} I would guess he would be in the B group with all the other antisocials, narcissists and borderlines. There was some planning involved which would rule out the others but i could be wrong.

Antisocial, definitely. That makes sense because who else would do something like this? A sociopath, that's who.
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: jukin on December 15, 2012, 12:07:30 PM
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Star Member Cetacea (5,676 posts)

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Let the discrimination against the mentally ill begin. A PSA on mental illness and violence
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar,and evil is just evil.


Fact 1: The vast majority of people with mental illness are not violent. (no more so than the general population)


Fact 2: The public is misinformed about the link between mental illness and violence.


Fact 3: Inaccurate beliefs about mental illness and violence lead to widespread stigma and discrimination


Fact 4: The link between mental illness and violence is promoted by the entertainment and news media. (and pundits)


"The effects of stigma and discrimination are profound. The President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health found that, “Stigma leads others to avoid living, socializing, or working with, renting to, or employing people with mental disorders - especially severe disorders, such as schizophrenia. It leads to low self-esteem, isolation, and hopelessness. It deters the public from seeking and wanting to pay for care. Responding to stigma, people with mental health problems internalize public attitudes and become so embarrassed or ashamed that they often conceal symptoms and fail to seek treatment (New Freedom Commission, 2003).”


Can you  imagine the Cat 5 shit storm on the DUmp if this person had been in the military?

Yeah.
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: Freeper on December 15, 2012, 12:11:04 PM
Can you  imagine the Cat 5 shit storm on the DUmp if this person had been in the military?

Yeah.

They would be dancing with joy because they could pin it on Bush and his "illegal wars".

Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: formerlurker on December 15, 2012, 12:20:06 PM
I suppose that there will soon be threads about how 'aspies' are the nicest people one could ever hope to meet, and are entirely incapable of this sort of violence.

Well, Ill tell you what primitives- 'aspies' are perfectly capable of violence - the disorder presents sociopath-like behavior in some cases. Not to mention, the people with Asperger's are still human, and are capable of independent thoughts & actions. The Shooter was 20 years old-  more than capable of making up his apparently twisted mind to do something barbaric.

At least he had the courtesy to check himself out once his rampage had ended - because his diagnosis would have kept him alive & in an institution at taxpayer's expense for the rest of his days, instead of six feet under where his sorry child-killing ass belongs.

What distinguishes Aspergers from autism is that the aspie kid is the one who presents typically - they are very high functioning.    They still have all of the neurological deficits of autism; see the world as black and white; do not understand emotions, social cues;  abstract concepts such as death are extremely difficult to understand; and can have no real interest in social interactions or contacts (i.e. loners - but they are quite content).  Capable of independent thought?  sure - but those thoughts are completely devoid of abstract thinking.     

School districts push them through and rarely if ever provide the services they need to be functioning adults.   

We have no idea what this person's diagnosis is, if he even had one.     His mother  - a teacher mind you - purchased him guns which she registered in her name.  Nice.

Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: jtyangel on December 15, 2012, 12:23:17 PM
Nice little backtrack a few up but anyway...

What happened here creates too much aforethought, conflict, and confrontation for an autistic person. That, imo, would not be of any primary importance and could contribute to peripheral behaviors like being socially awkward or avoiding eye contact.

The primary contributor is probably this personality disorder they have mentioned.

even if he was aspergers he likely had some other very serious mental illness going on. The combination of the two and the inability to cope with even normal stressors led to a 'break'. As I said in another thread, the recent shootings are actually an argument for discussion of bringing back asylums where people who show the precursor signs can be institutionalized BEFORE this happens. The mental health problems and lack of effective intervention seem to all be contributors and I think with some people there is not effective intervention because the problem is that the personality disorder when that severe makes for someone who can not cope with the ordinary stressors that we all face in life. Someone like that, imo, can probably not be treated with therapy and medications. they need the stability and security of a facility that basically shields them from the outside world. Where they can do and see things in a controlled environment. In that situation they are unlikely to have a break and if they do they are not likely to hurt people to the extent they can on the outside.

A good point in this with autistics is that many do go into homes because of the routine and rigidity and constant supervision offered in them. Not because they are violent but because a place like that offers the stability and routine that they need to spare them the confusion of changes they can't process. What I said about a personality disorder ont he other hand applies more because that stability and routine is necessary to protect everyone involved from someone who has a personality disorder that severe not just themselves. The autistic often gets 'housed' to protect them from themselves and their inability to see danger to themselves whether crossing the street or some other routine matter. A severe personality disorder gets house not only for their own protection but society's protection from the consequences of a 'break'. I'm sure the difference between the two is obvious.
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: formerlurker on December 15, 2012, 12:23:39 PM
Oh and as far of the autism spectrum goes - if you meet one child with the diagnosis of autism, then you have met one child.    Every child is different and presents differently.    That is why it is a spectrum.

If he does have aspies, I would doubt this is the reason for these acts.  He most likely had a co-diagnosis, which when coupled with autism makes it near impossible to effectively treat.    The exposure to guns, violent movies and games would be therefore detrimental to someone like this.    I have no facts, but my eyebrow is raised in parents direction.

I will hold judgment however.
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: formerlurker on December 15, 2012, 12:28:04 PM
Nice little backtrack a few up but anyway...

What happened here creates too much aforethought, conflict, and confrontation for an autistic person. That, imo, would not be of any primary importance and could contribute to peripheral behaviors like being socially awkward or avoiding eye contact.

The primary contributor is probably this personality disorder they have mentioned.

even if he was aspergers he likely had some other very serious mental illness going on. The combination of the two and the inability to cope with even normal stressors led to a 'break'. As I said in another thread, the recent shootings are actually an argument for discussion of bringing back asylums where people who show the precursor signs can be institutionalized BEFORE this happens. The mental health problems and lack of effective intervention seem to all be contributors and I think with some people there is not effective intervention because the problem is that the personality disorder when that severe makes for someone who can not cope with the ordinary stressors that we all face in life. Someone like that, imo, can probably not be treated with therapy and medications. they need the stability and security of a facility that basically shields them from the outside world. Where they can do and see things in a controlled environment. In that situation they are unlikely to have a break and if they do they are not likely to hurt people to the extent they can on the outside.

A good point in this with autistics is that many do go into homes because of the routine and rigidity and constant supervision offered in them. Not because they are violent but because a place like that offers the stability and routine that they need to spare them the confusion of changes they can't process. What I said about a personality disorder ont he other hand applies more because that stability and routine is necessary to protect everyone involved from someone who has a personality disorder that severe not just themselves. The autistic often gets 'housed' to protect them from themselves and their inability to see danger to themselves whether crossing the street or some other routine matter. A severe personality disorder gets house not only for their own protection but society's protection from the consequences of a 'break'. I'm sure the difference between the two is obvious.

The present system of interventions lies with the public school districts which fail these children daily.  It's a poor system.  With proper interventions everyone has a chance.     

Front loading intense interventions in the early years yields the best long term outcomes.  <---  the entire foundation of early intervention.    I could write a book.

Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: jtyangel on December 15, 2012, 12:31:27 PM
Oh and one more thing...It might be important to note that autistics are NOT considered mentally ill or even mentally retarded, but they can be one or both comorbid with autism. Autism, of which I know more about then aspergers, is a neurological condition. The nerves are underdeveloped in certain areas of the brain or do not work. Those areas are usually related to language and expression and the inability to adjust from a concrete learned scenario. Autistics don't appear to learn how others do. They can memorize but not apply those memorized scenarios to changing situations. I'm not sure the deficiency there. Toast might be able to help. I can't recall offhand. All of this actually makes more potential for them to be victimized by others or put themselves in dangerous scenarios(like crossing a street and not looking) then for them to victimize others. Liek I said, I can't speak to aspergers. I have very little experience with a child more capable then the classically autistic and quite frankly I'm not totally on board with them being on the spectrum with severely autistic people since they are two totally different animals from what I've seen.
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Post by: jtyangel on December 15, 2012, 12:32:40 PM
The present system of interventions lies with the public school districts which fail these children daily.  It's a poor system.  With proper interventions everyone has a chance.     

Front loading intense interventions in the early years yields the best long term outcomes.  <---  the entire foundation of early intervention.    I could write a book.




As the mother of someone severly autistic though, I can tell you in some cases they give false hope and the expense of the more intensive ones are not something most families can bear.
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: jtyangel on December 15, 2012, 12:35:43 PM
Oh and as far of the autism spectrum goes - if you meet one child with the diagnosis of autism, then you have met one child.    Every child is different and presents differently.    That is why it is a spectrum.

If he does have aspies, I would doubt this is the reason for these acts.  He most likely had a co-diagnosis, which when coupled with autism makes it near impossible to effectively treat.    The exposure to guns, violent movies and games would be therefore detrimental to someone like this.    I have no facts, but my eyebrow is raised in parents direction.

I will hold judgment however.

That's a good point about the exposure to certain things. I had thought to include that but I think sometimes parents of aspies tend to take for granted that becaue they have more normal interactions they are capable of doing and seeing the things a normally developing child would. Mine is severely autistic and I don't let him watch or play anything with violent themes. I just see him mimic in speach and sometimes action what he sees like on America Funniest Videos that I don't think it's wise. Developmentally he's not there and I think his being severe is a helpful reminder because of his behavior that it's not a good choice. I can see someone with an asperger's child overlooking that because they are more functioning and maybe allowing things not appropriate for that child.
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Post by: blitzkrieg_17 on December 15, 2012, 12:54:13 PM
That's a good point about the exposure to certain things. I had thought to include that but I think sometimes parents of aspies tend to take for granted that becaue they have more normal interactions they are capable of doing and seeing the things a normally developing child would. Mine is severely autistic and I don't let him watch or play anything with violent themes. I just see him mimic in speach and sometimes action what he sees like on America Funniest Videos that I don't think it's wise. Developmentally he's not there and I think his being severe is a helpful reminder because of his behavior that it's not a good choice. I can see someone with an asperger's child overlooking that because they are more functioning and maybe allowing things not appropriate for that child.

I don't know much about autism but that alone would not make a person do this. This is the work of an evil, psychopathic individual.
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: jtyangel on December 15, 2012, 01:05:28 PM
I don't know much about autism but that alone would not make a person do this. This is the work of an evil, psychopathic individual.

That is true. AFter all the mental health discussions, I too will give there is evil in the world. Terrible evil. :(
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: formerlurker on December 15, 2012, 01:08:41 PM

As the mother of someone severly autistic though, I can tell you in some cases they give false hope and the expense of the more intensive ones are not something most families can bear.

The system is set up for school districts to bear the costs, and give health insurance a pass.   Autism Speaks spends a great deal of time and money bringing autism mandates to state legislation (which has passed in a great deal of states), but for the most part it remains a poor system. 

Good school systems develop outstanding programs, other schools systems just babysit the developmentally disabled.    It makes me want to scream as every child has the ability to learn.   
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Post by: dutch508 on December 15, 2012, 01:18:22 PM
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Skidmore (28,242 posts) http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021991538

MSNBC just reported that this man's mother was a "survivalist" type
concerned with economic collapse and other such ideas. She stockpiled. Explains all the guns. They were talking to the kid's aunt, not sure whether paternal or maternal. She said he was a "good kid."


Watch out. DU is changing the meme... the guy was obviously a right wing tea bagger!!!

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frazzled (8,454 posts)
9. A survivalist ...

living in a fairly tony small town, on $250K per year alimony, in a 3000 sf house? In freaking Connecticut?


Obviously a 1% RWNut!!!

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bigdarryl (8,796 posts)
13. She sounds so REPUBLICAN
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Post by: Chris_ on December 15, 2012, 01:21:38 PM
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bigdarryl (8,796 posts)
13. She sounds so REPUBLICAN
:rofl: :loser:
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: dutch508 on December 15, 2012, 01:23:38 PM
It's started...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021991679

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senseandsensibility (11,273 posts)

Anyone shocked that the shooter's mother was a rich gun fantatic and not a teacher?
The average person will believe that an irresponsible public school teacher left guns around her unstable son forever. It is too late to unring that bell. But the reality is a public school teacher did not do that.


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Honeycombe8 (15,131 posts)
1. What makes you think she was rich? Even if Mom had been a teacher....

that doesn't mean that being a teacher was in any way related to the cause of why the guy did it. It wouldn't matter if she were a teacher, and it doesn't matter that she wasn't.

Her having those odd guns is no doubt related to the cause. Very odd for her to have a glock. I think most people are even more surprised because she's female.


Glock is one of the most popluar handguns in the world. Why would it be odd to have one?

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sufrommich (12,899 posts)
2. They showed her massive house in a tony neighborhood too. So much for that whole "we need better access to mental health care in this country" argument. It certainly looked liked it would have been affordable to her.
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Post by: dutch508 on December 15, 2012, 01:26:31 PM
And they are off!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021991469

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Horse with no Name (30,310 posts)

Strange little things coming out in this..
These are just quotes I have heard on MSNBC today.

"Nancy Lanza was passionate about guns"

"Nancy Lanza had many guns because she 'feared' a government takeover"....


Those comments are a little bit "out there"...but not unlike many of my own neighbors.

This is what happens when the likes of rushfauxbeckco terrorize these people...they hoard guns and ammunition, and although many times it ends up solely being used against the owners of the guns, what happened in Connecticut shows that their hoards can be used against any and all of us if they fall into the wrong hands.
 

They cannot let it not be about politics.

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Lionessa (3,281 posts)
2. and she apparently didn't think well of her

formal dressing, pocket protector nerd of a son, Adam, based on some of the neighboring classmates of Adam's from a few years ago.

Sounds to me like clashing forms of mental illness. She seems to be summing up to a raging nutjob, and he trying really hard to be her exact opposite and simply lost it. I wonder if she was actively bullying him about his sissy-ness when he turned the guns on her?

Some people shouldn't be parents. And yes, I'm just bizarre enough to think if we really cared about our populace, having children should be regulated. We all know people who have children that they've terribly screwed up or screwed over, and should never have ever been allowed to raise anyone. Oh, and some of these folks are teachers, my mother was. my dad was a doctor, so they are everywhere, these horrid, abusive, neglectful, hateful parents who cause young men like Adam to lose it.

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tularetom (16,776 posts)
3. Sounds plausible but why go and shoot 20 kids?

There had to be something else going on with him besides his mom's disapproval. Even if she was a full on nut job he could have shot her and let it go at that.

I suspect something happened to him at that school years ago that made him go back there.
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Post by: Skul on December 15, 2012, 01:29:53 PM
PMSNBC is their source??  :banghead:
That place is about as reliable as gNads getting something right.
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Post by: USA4ME on December 15, 2012, 01:45:54 PM
FYI, apart from this discussion, Asperger's has been moved from the autism spectrum for a few years now by doctors and pshychiatrist.  Now if you go to various sources you'll see they still call it part of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but it's been viewed as it own thing for a while.  It was initially placed in with autism because Dr's didn't really know where it should go.

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Post by: formerlurker on December 15, 2012, 01:55:04 PM
FYI, apart from this discussion, Asperger's has been moved from the autism spectrum for a few years now by doctors and pshychiatrist.  Now if you go to various sources you'll see they still call it part of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but it's been viewed as it own thing for a while.  It was initially placed in with autism because Dr's didn't really know where it should go.

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It is recognized as autism in the autism community (and always has been), and the diagnosis has been completely eliminated in DSM-V, as has PDD-NOS.   It is all autism now, as it should be.

Autism is a spectrum.   You don't base treatment on the disorder, your base it on the specific delays of the individual child. 

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Post by: Freeper on December 15, 2012, 02:17:37 PM
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And yes, I'm just bizarre enough to think if we really cared about our populace, having children should be regulated. We all know people who have children that they've terribly screwed up or screwed over, and should never have ever been allowed to raise anyone.

What could possibly go wrong if this happened?
The DUmmies would take away kids who are made to go to church and learn about the "sky daddy".
Teach your kid to fish and hunt and they will take your kid away.
Vote Republican and they will take your kid away.
Now if you happen to be a male panther trapped in a woman's body and she managed to have a kid I suspect she would be a fine parent according to the DUmp.

 :banghead:
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Post by: Duke Nukum on December 15, 2012, 02:22:55 PM
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bigdarryl (8,796 posts)
13. She sounds so REPUBLICAN

Well then, you should be happy she's dead.

Oh, and by the way, **** YOU, DUmbNutz!
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: USA4ME on December 15, 2012, 02:24:41 PM
Not with my daughter anymore.  She's diagnosed with Asperger's but is no longer considered part of the traditional autism spectrum by her doctors.  This is the diagnosis she received from Dr. Mel Levine who was a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina Medical School in Chapel Hill.  It didn't drastically change the special services she receives for education, but it did define it more accurately for her needs.  Maybe this is a NC thing because this state has been on the leading edge of this, for which I'm thankful.

I am aware that the American Psychiatric Association is dropping the term "Asperger's disorder" from their revised manual due out in May and dropping just about everything under ASD making it an umbrella disgnosis.

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In a separate issue and directed towards everyone, here's some good info in relation to the tragic incident yesterday:

Quote from:
Autism Society: No Linkage Between Autism and Planned Violence

December 15, 2012
By Autism Society

Yesterday, 26 people lost their lives through the acts of a single person. These 26 people were children, teachers, husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters.  Today, their families are experiencing grief that can't be described.  Our thoughts and prayers are with all those impacted by yesterday's tragic shooting.
 
This morning, many news outlets are reporting the shooter was on the autism spectrum.  This has not been officially confirmed.  These reports imply that autism might have had an impact on the person's mindset leading to the shootings.  
 
There is absolutely no evidence or any reliable research that suggests a linkage between autism and planned violence.   To imply or suggest that some linkage exists is wrong and is harmful to more than 1.5 million law abiding, non-violent  and wonderful individuals who live with autism each day.  Stereotyping an entire group of individuals because of the actions of one individual is wrong and unacceptable.  
 
Please do not judge any individual with autism based on what is being said about a killer of innocent children and teachers.  Rather, our nation's attention must be focused on being there for the children and teachers whose lives were lost yesterday.

http://www.autism-society.org/news/autism-society-no-linkage.html

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Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: formerlurker on December 15, 2012, 02:33:58 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/nyregion/adam-lanza-an-enigma-who-is-now-identified-as-a-mass-killer.html?_r=0

No one knows yet what his diagnosis is, if he even had one.   This article states he was very bright and had no friends.   

That could be just about anything.    I look at his picture and it really makes me sad.   Such a horrific tragedy.   
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on December 15, 2012, 03:30:52 PM
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Lionessa (3,281 posts)
2. and she apparently didn't think well of her

formal dressing, pocket protector nerd of a son, Adam, based on some of the neighboring classmates of Adam's from a few years ago.

Sounds to me like clashing forms of mental illness. She seems to be summing up to a raging nutjob, and he trying really hard to be her exact opposite and simply lost it. I wonder if she was actively bullying him about his sissy-ness when he turned the guns on her?

Soooo, are yew sayin' he was a ho-moe?

 :popcorn:
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: delilahmused on December 15, 2012, 04:42:00 PM
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Star Member Cetacea (5,676 posts)

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Let the discrimination against the mentally ill begin. A PSA on mental illness and violence
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar,and evil is just evil.


Fact 1: The vast majority of people with mental illness are not violent. (no more so than the general population)


Fact 2: The public is misinformed about the link between mental illness and violence.


Fact 3: Inaccurate beliefs about mental illness and violence lead to widespread stigma and discrimination


Fact 4: The link between mental illness and violence is promoted by the entertainment and news media. (and pundits)


"The effects of stigma and discrimination are profound. The President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health found that, “Stigma leads others to avoid living, socializing, or working with, renting to, or employing people with mental disorders - especially severe disorders, such as schizophrenia. It leads to low self-esteem, isolation, and hopelessness. It deters the public from seeking and wanting to pay for care. Responding to stigma, people with mental health problems internalize public attitudes and become so embarrassed or ashamed that they often conceal symptoms and fail to seek treatment (New Freedom Commission, 2003).”

Oh **** you! No one is going to start believing all people with a mental illness would do something like this. But then you're a Democrat so that makes you stupid , angry, prejudice and paranoid. This guy was evil, whatever illness he had is irrelevant. Even most sociopaths and/or other personality disorders, don't do this kind of shit. Heck many of them go into politics, just look at the current CinC.

Cindie
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: delilahmused on December 15, 2012, 04:47:28 PM
The present system of interventions lies with the public school districts which fail these children daily.  It's a poor system.  With proper interventions everyone has a chance.     

Front loading intense interventions in the early years yields the best long term outcomes.  <---  the entire foundation of early intervention.    I could write a book.



That's why a lot of parents of children with spectrum disorders homeschool them.

Cindie
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: Toastedturningtidelegs on December 15, 2012, 07:11:24 PM
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[quoteLionessa (3,281 posts)
2. and she apparently didn't think well of her

formal dressing, pocket protector nerd of a son
, Adam, based on some of the neighboring classmates of Adam's from a few years ago.

Sounds to me like clashing forms of mental illness. She seems to be summing up to a raging nutjob, and he trying really hard to be her exact opposite and simply lost it. I wonder if she was actively bullying him about his sissy-ness when he turned the guns on her?

Some people shouldn't be parents. And yes, I'm just bizarre enough to think if we really cared about our populace, having children should be regulated. We all know people who have children that they've terribly screwed up or screwed over, and should never have ever been allowed to raise anyone. Oh, and some of these folks are teachers, my mother was. my dad was a doctor, so they are everywhere, these horrid, abusive, neglectful, hateful parents who cause young men like Adam to lose it. quote]
"Didn't think well of him"? He lived with his mother you crazy dike! Get off the computer! That filthy pigsty of an apartment of yours isn't going to clean itself!
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: jtyangel on December 15, 2012, 07:18:27 PM
"Didn't think well of him"? He lived with his mother you crazy dike! Get off the computer! That filthy pigsty of an apartment of yours isn't going to clean itself!

Somebody listened to 'Jeremy' one too many times.
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: diesel driver on December 16, 2012, 09:40:43 AM
Somebody listened to 'Jeremy' one too many times.

I think they were drinking STP, not listening to it.
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: AprilRazz on December 16, 2012, 11:43:16 AM
Pammy Dawson owns a Glock and is a teacher. :fuelfire:
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: Freeper on December 16, 2012, 12:28:04 PM
I think they were drinking STP, not listening to it.

Jeremy was Pearl Jam not STP.  :-)
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: jtyangel on December 16, 2012, 12:50:15 PM
Jeremy was Pearl Jam not STP.  :-)

Yep:)
Title: Re: Uh-oh...profile of shooter developing...not good for DUmmies.
Post by: GOBUCKS on December 16, 2012, 02:07:35 PM
Pammy Dawson owns a Glock and is a teacher.
I think  the Glock originally belonged to Spooky. Pam had a pink revolver.

But then Spooky shot himself.