From Elliot Rodger's memoir: "I truly had no advantage at all. The Universe was not kind to me" [View all]

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Well, except for being born to two educated, well off people who loved him.

He makes no accusations of abuse. If he's to be believed, his parents loved him and listened to him. He was fortunate enough to travel widely. Nothing about his writing jumps out and screams psychotic. He doesn't remind me of any of the people I've worked with who had Asperger's Syndrome.

His emotional instability seems to have been pretty marked from young childhood. I'm puzzled as to why his parents didn't seek help for him long before they did.

He was the worst kind of raging snob who felt the world owed him whatever he wished and he clearly felt that way by the time he was 5. He had friends as a kid. There is little in his memoir to indicate that he was bullied significantly.

Yes, the NRA sucks. Yes, our culture puts out fantasies that many believe is their due. But this kid just seems to have been a little sociopath or psychopath. No conscience and no recognition that other people have feelings. Zero empathy.