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Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
43. And a lot of conservative screeds
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 04:53 PM
Dec 2012

Family friends describe him as politically knowledgable for his age, and extremely politically conservative.

I wonder if his pre-sets to Rush were removed from his radio?? Huskeerdo Dec 2012 #1
Welcome to DU and I hope you enjoy the site. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #46
Has anyone see any details/confirmation of reports that Lanza had hedgehog Dec 2012 #2
That was reported but later rescinded. n/t Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #14
World-class monster BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #3
NSA has all internet traffic of everyone...............n/t kooljerk666 Dec 2012 #4
Bingo! n/t ReRe Dec 2012 #10
lol snooper2 Dec 2012 #28
Good point..and I notice FBI never mentions THAT. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #44
this kid was on a mission of obliteration tj_crackersnatch Dec 2012 #5
Nerdy, introverted is not the problem maxsolomon Dec 2012 #7
Which is why society in general tries so hard to alienate the nerdy and introverted n/t Fumesucker Dec 2012 #29
true-ish, but not all mass killers fit that profile maxsolomon Dec 2012 #36
Really? I don't feel alienated at all... LanternWaste Dec 2012 #50
Read some of the posts about mental illness here on relatively enlightened DU Fumesucker Dec 2012 #53
He was after the kids specifically Scairp Dec 2012 #42
No, we are not. Jesus. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #51
Here's what they'll find: maxsolomon Dec 2012 #6
I agree. I often wonder what these young men say and think when TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #18
He didn't have any friends and hadn't spoken to his brother in more than a year. Auntie Bush Dec 2012 #56
Not a bad guess obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #19
I think you've got it there. nt rrneck Dec 2012 #27
The winner. He bested us all at (what he thought was) our own game, using our own tools. nt patrice Dec 2012 #33
And a lot of conservative screeds Nevernose Dec 2012 #43
The whole thing was thoroughly planned and pre-meditated slackmaster Dec 2012 #8
Why did a murderer/suicide don a bullet proof vest? nt patrice Dec 2012 #9
So he could last long enough Shivering Jemmy Dec 2012 #11
That's intentional & it's more likely caused by the gun factor than the video game factor, right?nt patrice Dec 2012 #16
Probably the games, actually sir pball Dec 2012 #17
On the other hand, I don't know any gamers who actually have a bullet proof vest... JHB Dec 2012 #25
What did motivate the Columbine killers? NT Eric J in MN Dec 2012 #32
A dangerous mix of mental problems JHB Dec 2012 #39
Is intentionality inherently rational? Yes. So the vest was a rational association with the danger.. patrice Dec 2012 #30
How would I know? Shivering Jemmy Dec 2012 #22
You can't assign probabilities without evidence, but you can hypothesize them in order to patrice Dec 2012 #31
So he could control his own death obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #20
A rational estimate of danger created and applied by the specific weaponry involved. nt patrice Dec 2012 #35
His mother taught him how to use that rifle. 4 more years Dec 2012 #12
The mother was a survivalist who thought the economy was going to collapse. Eric J in MN Dec 2012 #34
that speaks to premeditation SemperEadem Dec 2012 #13
Mental illness doesn't mean you can't reason lbrtbell Dec 2012 #26
Did you see the NY Times article on this subject? A fascinating read! link: patrice Dec 2012 #37
Link wants a log in.....drats. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #45
OMG, I have been thinking "Bad Seed" eversince I read that article. Oh heck!! I want you to read patrice Dec 2012 #54
If you post the headline of the story, exactly as it is dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #57
Can You Call a 9-Year-Old a Psychopath? patrice Dec 2012 #58
As best as I remember dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #59
That's the title of that NY Times article I was telling you about. I think you'll enjoy it. nt patrice Dec 2012 #60
ohhhhhh..sorry, thoughtit was a question. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #61
that's why I said SemperEadem Dec 2012 #48
There's reasoning and then there's reasoning. Some similarities. Some differences. Both of which can patrice Dec 2012 #55
As long as the platters are intact, no problem. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #15
But that means that he'd have to crush each chip, one by one, right? nt patrice Dec 2012 #38
I don't know how the nonvolatile memory in those things works. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #40
All things considered sir pball Dec 2012 #62
This is my fear also Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #63
Why not just heave the whole thing in a river? Would be more foolproof. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #21
Simply running a program like dban on it would be even more foolproof high density Dec 2012 #47
The FBI is known for its forensic data-retrieval. kentauros Dec 2012 #52
Heard an interesting alternate theory about the hard drives this morning. Xithras Dec 2012 #23
I suppose that's possible, but I tend to think that the smashed TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #24
Hunh! That's an interesting hypothesis. Nomatter what, I find the destruction of the... Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #49
maybe his mom broke the computer or a medication side effect pushed him over the edge into the rage Sunlei Dec 2012 #41
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