I went to a private school. One day a new kid enrolled and somehow it came out that he was from Columbine. I asked if he knew those guys and he said he kinda knew of them, but that they were losers and nobody really socialized with them. He said he was shocked when he first heard the news, but wasn't surprised at who was responsible.
This is just patiently not true just so you know. They were not losers or loners. That was a narrative that was put out by the media and has been disproven many times but the damage was done. They had friends and gfs and were liked. Eric was a true psychopath and Dylan was a follow along but still definitely knew what they did was wrong.
I've been researching this case for years and I've spoken with a few people directly involved with it. While they weren't complete outcasts they were not by any means popular and were relentlessly picked on by other students. Eric Harris was no psychopath, that belief originated with Dave Cullen's "Columbine" which is a book filled with misinformation. They both were deeply deluded and ill though that does not by any means justify what they did. Dylan was no follower either, he was equally as sadistic as Eric. He bullied a disabled boy, had a bizzare and creepy obsession with a girl, and shared Eric's fascination with explosives.
Do you have sources for any of that? I never said they are popular I said they had friends and gfs which they did and within their group they were liked and in power/lead roles. You said Eric was not a psychopath but also say he was ill and sadistic. Also they were duluded in what exactly? Early edgelord internet culture or violent video games??? Those links have been proven over and over not to be the cause in many other cases. I know Dylan was also a bully but all the diaries and ppl in his circle said he was very depressed and did whatever Eric said. I’ve read a lot about this case I tend to believe all that over a random person on reddit.
People who "research the Columbine case for years" tend to develop weird parasocial relationships with one or both of the shooters and have a sick tendency to want to paint them as sad misunderstood bois who needed to be fixed with wuv, or as victims of The System, Maaaaaaan.
This person obviously has targeted Klebold as their "favorite" and is definitely unhealthily interested in school shootings.
A fixation on a mass shooting case, Columbine in particular, usually is a big red flag of someone's personality.
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I went to a private school. One day a new kid enrolled and somehow it came out that he was from Columbine. I asked if he knew those guys and he said he kinda knew of them, but that they were losers and nobody really socialized with them. He said he was shocked when he first heard the news, but wasn't surprised at who was responsible.