General Discussion

This may not be a popular view, but as the parent of a child who ended his life (at 25), I hear of these mass shooters, and I can't help but feel a big part of this is our toxic world today.

This world has become one where the number of "followers" you have is regarded more highly than simply being a good person who lives a simple life.

My son was an overly empathetic, kind soul who had no armour against this toxicity. He absorbed it all and turned it inward. On the outside, he made people laugh and loved to laugh himself, but on the inside, he felt inadequate, a failure, and a burden to the world. My son turned all the anger in this world inward; some of these mass shooters are turning it outward.

I'm not making excuses for any of the mass shooters, I just feel our current society exacerbates this.