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sasha031

(6,700 posts)
7. interesting comment on the article
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 01:07 AM
Dec 2012

Kids with Aspergers are not able to connect with people socially. Aspergers is a sensory and social disorder. My son has it and is the same way. He doesnt know how to make eye contact or notice a smile. It doesnt make them monsters. Sorry you were so uncomfortable with the half hour of your time. Imagine being in their shoes! Thats not why he killed people. It was probably Sandy Hook where he was first diagnosed with having Aspergers. He probably attended school in one of those two class rooms he shot in. Perhaps when he attended there, thats where the special education classes were taught. Maybe he killed them to spare them. Maybe in his twisted mind he thought Aspergers is why he thought he was being "tossed away" by his mother and wanted to save the children from disappointing the world. What was going on in his head was not in any way related to actually having aspergers. He had a mental illness co-morbid. He killed mom first so she didnt stop him.

I still contend the mother should not have have weapons, enough to start a small war.

Whoa! Why the HELL would the mother leave her guns unlocked? tridim Dec 2012 #1
He was under her complete control -- like a robot. Or so she thought? FarCenter Dec 2012 #2
Maybe, in the end, it was she who was under his control ... like a robot? Drunken Irishman Dec 2012 #3
Sounds like Lucille and Buster from Arrested Development. Initech Dec 2012 #8
How do you know they were unlocked? HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #4
I thought I read she was killed with a .22. Barack_America Dec 2012 #6
He wasn't allowed a gun. HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #13
I'm dubious about putting blame on her... mcctatas Dec 2012 #5
WHY oh WHY.. sendero Dec 2012 #21
interesting comment on the article sasha031 Dec 2012 #7
I agree that he had a mental illness in addition to Asperger's. HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #14
He didn't attend any special education classes. LisaL Dec 2012 #15
He never went to Sandy Hook. And we dont even know for a fact he had Aspergers. Mass Dec 2012 #20
You're the first person I've seen suggest the "Catcher in the Rye" theory alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #23
I've got to say... She's a terrible hairstylist. kysrsoze Dec 2012 #9
based on what we know the mother may have told her to give him that cut JI7 Dec 2012 #11
I have to agree with you (n/t) Tom Ripley Dec 2012 #17
i would really like to hear from the Dad , and maybe even the Brother JI7 Dec 2012 #10
I really would like if people stop quoting rag sheets as truth. Mass Dec 2012 #12
but the rag sheets come up with the best fodder TorchTheWitch Dec 2012 #16
Agreed. HappyMe Dec 2012 #22
Seriously -- people wanting their 15 minutes obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #24
leave the poor kid alone. and yeah, quit quoting from tabloid 'journalism'. it's pornographic. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #18
So I went to my hair stylist Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #19
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