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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe crazy train from End Timesville has pulled in, folks.
Before you click on these links... you have been warned.
Outrage over Facebook tribute pages set up in praise of accused Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2178530/Colorado-movie-theater-shooting-Tribute-pages-accused-shooter-James-Holmes.html#ixzz21cnu3ppu
I'm assuming the Daily Mail has never been flagged as a right wingnut site. I can't believe some guys are crazy enough to worship this monster.
Edit: someone says it is a RW rag. So here's a backup:
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Aurora-Shooter-Tribute-Pages-Show-Up-on-Facebook-163511396.html
And then on the other side of the gender aisle comes this brand of batshit crazy:
Disturbing: Women on Twitter Think James Holmes Is Hot, Sexy, Cute
http://jezebel.com/5927828/disturbing-james-holmes-twitter-groupies-think-hes-hot-sexy-cute
My diagnosis: We're being indoctrinated.
malthaussen
(17,195 posts)As for the women thinking Mr Holmes is sexy, they thought Charlie Manson was sexy, too. All human behavior is subject to the tyranny of the bell-curve, and some times the edges can be pretty... interesting.
-- Mal
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)That's not to excuse the sick behavior, for it is clearly sick, but to highlight that this isn't really anything eschatologically "new".
PB
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)Consider this one less thing I'm naive about...
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)deranged teenaged girls?
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)arely staircase
(12,482 posts)zappaman
(20,606 posts)I don't understand.
What are we being indoctrinated into?
Many murderers get groupies...been happening for decades.
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)malthaussen
(17,195 posts)I'll give you a hint: it's about perceived power.
-- Mal
Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)Wouldn't be the first time.
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)The alternative scenarios kind of suck.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker, got more fan mail from women than anyone in the California prison system. He married one of them. This is a guy who broke into homes, and raped and shot couples as they slept.
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)Initech
(100,075 posts)Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)mail and even serious marriage proposals. I understand the concept of being attracted to the "bad boy," but sheeesh!!!
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)Ted Bundy was a handsome monster too.
randome
(34,845 posts)The .Net encourages extreme expressions. Sometimes it becomes a competition to see who can be more outrageous.