[user104658]

Originally Posted by Alf

I don't think the numbers add up for that to be the main cause. I hear over 80% of these school shootings come from people who have come from broken families. That's a concerning number. The increase in school shootings has risen dramatically since the 1990s when the divorce rate really took off to what it was before then. A lack of a father figure in the house in most cases stands out in most of these cases.

It's all part of the same thing though Alf, the people you''re describing are particularly vulnerable to being taken in by these violent/extreme online groups and ideologies. Frustrated young people from broken homes, lacking in role models, easily taken under the wing of "big bro"-type figures who will validate their feelings of anger and frustration at the world and nudge them towards channeling it in more specific ways. Nihilism. Blackpilling. Male power fantasies/violence/rape/murder.

This used to be niche/mainly confined to places like Reddit but now it is absolutely ****ing everywhere. All over mainstream social media like Twitter and TikTok, really snowballing in the last few months.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It's all part of the same thing though Alf, the people you''re describing are particularly vulnerable to being taken in by these violent/extreme online groups and ideologies. Frustrated young people from broken homes, lacking in role models, easily taken under the wing of "big bro"-type figures who will validate their feelings of anger and frustration at the world and nudge them towards channeling it in more specific ways. Nihilism. Blackpilling. Male power fantasies/violence/rape/murder.

This used to be niche/mainly confined to places like Reddit but now it is absolutely ****ing everywhere. All over mainstream social media like Twitter and TikTok, really snowballing in the last few months.

But I assume the amount of people using online groups is in the millions, while the numbers of people acting out on things like School shootings is nowhere even close to near that, it's probably less than the hundreds. So that would say that most people can control themselves. The television and the rhetoric of TV personalities and politicians would be just as influential if not more influential than people chatting with each other online. I'm not saying it's not a problem in some cases but I don't think it's nowhere near the main problem.