Motive? The Vegas shooter just seemed to be a people hater

[Bugsy McGurk]

A misanthrope.

Everything we read about the guy suggests that he just didn't like other people. He was just a cold, distant person who didn't associate or communicate with other people. He gambled a lot but didn't talk to casino workers or other gamblers. He played video poker - no human interaction required. Below is a link describing his odd behavior where he lived - he went out of his way not to associate with others.

Of course, misanthropes don't tend to take their dislike of people to the point of attacking them. But this guy did. Extreme misanthropy.

Just a theory...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile...tock-fire-legal-republicans-congress.amp.html

 

[PhilFish]

A misanthrope.

Everything we read about the guy suggests that he just didn't like other people. He was just a cold, distant person who didn't associate or communicate with other people. He gambled a lot but didn't talk to casino workers or other gamblers. He played video poker - no human interaction required. Below is a link describing his odd behavior where he lived - he went out of his way not to associate with others.

Of course, misanthropes don't tend to take their dislike of people to the point of attacking them. But this guy did. Extreme misanthropy.

Just a theory...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile...tock-fire-legal-republicans-congress.amp.html

i read, somewhere, that there is a letter... whether found near him or home, i dont know.. hopefully that will shed some light as to what distorted his mind..

 

[Craig]

A misanthrope.

Everything we read about the guy suggests that he just didn't like other people. He was just a cold, distant person who didn't associate or communicate with other people. He gambled a lot but didn't talk to casino workers or other gamblers. He played video poker - no human interaction required. Below is a link describing his odd behavior where he lived - he went out of his way not to associate with others.

Of course, misanthropes don't tend to take their dislike of people to the point of attacking them. But this guy did. Extreme misanthropy.

Just a theory...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile...tock-fire-legal-republicans-congress.amp.html

He must have hated a childhood music teacher.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

He must have hated a childhood music teacher.

He used to work for the Post Office.

A delayed incidence of "going postal"?

https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2017/oct/03/las-vegas-gunman-had-been-letter-carrier-irs-agent/

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

i read, somewhere, that there is a letter... whether found near him or home, i dont know.. hopefully that will shed some light as to what distorted his mind..

There have been reports that he left a note (one is linked below) but the Sheriff said yesterday that no suicide note was found in the room.

P.S. I hope that Sheriff has gotten some sleep - yesterday he looked like he's been up for three days.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ex...-hotel-room-pictures-stephen-paddock-guns/amp

 

[Corruptbuddha]

I believe we will find this nut had the same issues most other mass murderers in the past couple of decades have had. Namely, SSRI's. Mood-altering pharmaceuticals that mess with the chemical makeup of the brain and send these folks off the rails.

Read some of the stories on this page.

https://ssristories.org/

Quite damning.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

I believe we will find this nut had the same issues most other mass murderers in the past couple of decades have had. Namely, SSRI's. Mood-altering pharmaceuticals that mess with the chemical makeup of the brain and send these folks off the rails.

Read some of the stories on this page.

https://ssristories.org/

Quite damning.

I doubt it. This one seems different. We'll see.

 

[as seen on tv]

finding other people to be boring, uniformed, and shallow has never been a trigger for violent action.

if it were, half the people on this board would be attempting mass murder.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

finding other people to be boring, uniformed, and shallow has never been a trigger for violent action.

if it were, half the people on this board would be attempting mass murder.

Misanthropes don't form that conclusion about individuals. They don't even get to know them. They just hate other people as a group.

But it's true that most of them do not massacre other people.

 

[PhilFish]

finding other people to be boring, uniformed, and shallow has never been a trigger for violent action.

if it were, half the people on this board would be attempting mass murder.

ack. no.

 

[Corruptbuddha]

I doubt it. This one seems different. We'll see.

He was prescribed brain candy. Same as all of these other nuts.

 

[as seen on tv]

Misanthropes don't form that conclusion about individuals. They don't even get to know them. They just hate other people as a group.

But it's true that most of them do not massacre other people.

64 is late in life to come to that place. if he was lifelong mental case, he'd have revealed himself far earlier.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

64 is late in life to come to that place. if he was lifelong mental case, he'd have revealed himself far earlier.

Not necessarily. Being a misanthrope is typically not being a mental case. They can function quite well, as the Vegas shooter did. They're just considered strange - aloof. Then something set him off, or a gradual increase in his hatred of others reached a tipping point.

 

[marvin martian]

I believe we will find this nut had the same issues most other mass murderers in the past couple of decades have had. Namely, SSRI's. Mood-altering pharmaceuticals that mess with the chemical makeup of the brain and send these folks off the rails.

Read some of the stories on this page.

https://ssristories.org/

Quite damning.

Without a doubt, that will be one of the factors.

 

[Constitutional Sheepdog]

A misanthrope.

Everything we read about the guy suggests that he just didn't like other people. He was just a cold, distant person who didn't associate or communicate with other people. He gambled a lot but didn't talk to casino workers or other gamblers. He played video poker - no human interaction required. Below is a link describing his odd behavior where he lived - he went out of his way not to associate with others.

Of course, misanthropes don't tend to take their dislike of people to the point of attacking them. But this guy did. Extreme misanthropy.

Just a theory...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile...tock-fire-legal-republicans-congress.amp.html

Which shooter are you talking about? the one that killed himself or the one that got away?
If he was a people hater he would have hit the bigger target of people a week before that reported he was going to target. No This group he targeted would have had a high number of Republicans in a central location.

 

[SouthernBoyI]

I think it was an arms deal that went bad.
He got set up to sell the guns.
The killer iced him then sprayed the bullets on the concert and hauled ass.

SB
No I’m not serious. I think the guy was nuts and wanted to go out with a bang after getting revenge on mankind.

 

[Constitutional Sheepdog]

I think it was an arms deal that went bad.
He got set up to sell the guns.
The killer iced him then sprayed the bullets on the concert and hauled ass.

SB
No I’m not serious. I think the guy was nuts and wanted to go out with a bang after getting revenge on mankind.

There is talk that he planned to get away.

 

[marvin martian]

There is talk that he planned to get away.

No matter how crazy he was, he had to know he wasn't getting out of there.

 

[Constitutional Sheepdog]

No matter how crazy he was, he had to know he wasn't getting out of there.

I'm shocked he didn't have level 4 plate carrier.

 

[marvin martian]

I'm shocked he didn't have level 4 plate carrier.

Folks are going to be debating this whole incident for a long time to come.