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I thought this was interesting and it's the first time I've seen it put like this...
The author likens school shootings to riots in that riots are filled with people of varying "thresholds." There's the person who would never be the first to throw a rock but would throw a rock if one other person went first. Then there's the person that would throw a rock if two other people went first. And so on.
The author then suggests that Columbine was the first rock thrown and that each subsequent school shooting lowers the threshold for the next person to do it. It's one big slow motion riot of sorts.
The author puts it...
The Best Explanation For Our Spate Of Mass Shootings Is The Most Chilling
The author likens school shootings to riots in that riots are filled with people of varying "thresholds." There's the person who would never be the first to throw a rock but would throw a rock if one other person went first. Then there's the person that would throw a rock if two other people went first. And so on.
The author then suggests that Columbine was the first rock thrown and that each subsequent school shooting lowers the threshold for the next person to do it. It's one big slow motion riot of sorts.
The author puts it...
The problem is not that there is an endless supply of deeply disturbed young men who are willing to contemplate horrific acts. It's worse. It's that young men no longer need to be deeply disturbed to contemplate horrific acts.
The Best Explanation For Our Spate Of Mass Shootings Is The Most Chilling