I’m a big true crime fan, and I think the reason I’m into true crime generally is because human behavior interests me. Who the hell kills their wife and kids instead of just getting divorced? Who thinks they can get away with murder? Who commits mass shootings? These are very deviant things to happen in day-to-day life, and yet they consistently happen. So, something must be behind it, right?
I once did a 22-minute read on Medium about the logic and assumptions and flaws in the mass shooter dialogue. I guess I had a lot of time that day.
We like to rush to ideological poles on this stuff. Whenever there’s a shooting, we have these discussions:
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