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- Aug 8, 2020
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I'm not glorifying their actions but do you think bullying was the main reason why they did it? Do you think they "served justice"? Would they fit in this modern society, how would they react to teens of today?
Yeah that's probably Zero Hour.I seen a documentary and apparently they killed the majority of the students in the library where a lot were hiding under the tables.. they picked out the popular kids to kill and spared others.. don't know if that is true or not it's just what I remember from reading/watching documentaries on it.
I seem to remember there was some doubt over whether they were really bullied or not? or just outcast/loners.. they seemed to be friends with each other and nobody else..Yeah that's probably Zero Hour.
That's one theory, though they had some diary entries that suggested they were going through a lot.I seem to remember there was some doubt over whether they were really bullied or not? or just outcast/loners.. they seemed to be friends with each other and nobody else..
Bullying was part of it, but it goes deeper than that. I've researched Columbine on-and-off for 15 years, and my best guess is that they did it because they felt alienated from others, wanted revenge against society for not having what they thought they deserved (girlfriends, popularity, good looks, etc.), and individual predisposing factors (e.g., depression, suicidal thoughts, low self-esteem). They felt powerless and used violence as a means to assert themselves. There are also cultural issues involved as school shootings are, for the most part, a uniquely American phenomenon. For example, gun availability and rigid notions of masculinity should be implicated as well.
I don't think they "served justice" at all because they killed randomly and indiscriminately. Even if they had killed only their bullies, I still wouldn't view it as "justice". I don't think they would've fit in modern society either because some of the underlying issues are still in place and are even worse today.
From what I've heard (I may be wrong) some of the kids they went to school with threw shit (literally shit) at them among other things and called them slurs while teachers and other adults did nothing to stop them. It's frustrating that no one stepped in, they could've stopped the whole thing. I don't want to get political but I think it's narrowminded when people blame it on firearms but fail to address the issues of bullying and mental health.
Eric felt alienated because his family moved a lot when he was a kid, and he lost his friends every time they moved.