In case you haven't heard
Can’t help feeling that this Elliott Rodgers situation (and many other violent outbursts akin to it) is what happens when society is ignorant and/or unsupportive towards people with severe medical disorders. If he had gotten more help coping with his ailment than he did, it probably wouldn't have spiraled quite so wildly out of control. Mental health is extremely important, and if it is not taken care of carefully, sufferers can be driven to performing detestable actions as if they were nothing.
Now I’m not saying he was just a victim – obviously his personality was rooted in some disgustingly intolerant ideals – but I think there were many viable approaches that could have been taken to help him regulate and control these thoughts and vent them in a non-violent fashion. There were likely some issues in his upbringing that contributed to how he turned out as well - damage that can't be undone - but I doubt his condition was truly "unmanageable".
Hopefully some lessons will be learned from the whole situation (including ones regarding gun control, but I certainly won’t hold my breath), but honestly it’s more likely to simply be labelled as an unavoidable outburst, swept under the rug of society and forgotten in a few weeks’ time. Which is horrible, because that's just breeding the ignorance towards mental illness and instability which (I think) leads to most murderous rampages.
I guess all I can really do is get on my e-soapbox and rant. Like some disgusting armchair psychologist.
