Mass shooters are a very varied lot.There is no general rule as to what they are.The authors of the two largest mass shootings in US history Stephen Paddock and Omar Mateen were not incels.Stephen Paddock was a gambler who for unknown reasons decided to end it all in a mass shooting.Omar Mateen had been a sympathiser of islamic extremists for many years until he decided to act on it.These two together killed way more than the next largest mass shooters killed.Stephen Paddock would actually fit better as a 'Chad' cliche since he was an avid gambler and known womaniser.The reasons for mass shootings vary from workplace disilussion to political beliefs that you decide to act on.The only common thread is a general disilussion with society as a whole.Mass shooters come in all shapes and sizes:white,black,asian even female mass shooters.The only thing linking them seems to be a general disdain for some element of society.Saying incels are responsible for most mass shootings is going way overboard.Just because there is some overlap in some cases doesn't make them the same thing.There is always some overlap between people when it comes to at least some beliefs like for example the kind of movies they like.The Columbine killers were contrary to initial reports actually quite popular and were not bullied in fact they were the bullies in many cases.The real killers were really a bunch of psychopaths that saw the shooting as a way of achieving notoriety.The only trully common belief mass shooters have is a disdain for something in society.And if that is the case then something tells me 96% of all americans have disdain for something.And if your circle of suspects is that big then you might as well go full police state on everyone.
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