Posted on 12/15/2012 1:47:13 PM PST by drewh
Drudge Report: Connecticut Killer “Obviously Not Well,” “Suffered From Personality Disorder,” ”Played Video Games …” Owen Good
Now that we've got the right name of the killer in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre yesterday, the media profiles are starting to emerge. To the Drudge Report, playing video games is a remarkable enough thing that it bears mentioning in a headline. An italicized headline. Oh, it's factual enough, but that typeface and those ellipses raise a suspicious eyebrow, or at least mutter a "Just sayin'." Good work, Matt.
Having worked a cops reporting beat at a large newspaper utterly obsessed with tragedy, I can tell you what is going on: Reporters have been told to gather every single detail they can on Adam Lanza. They are. There is a bottomless desire to know as much as possible about the person who caused this tragedy. And it's absolutely fair game to mention Adam Lanza enjoyed computer games if it's part of who he was. If I was in my old job, I would have no trouble putting that into a story, as the Associated Press did—in the 16th paragraph, well below statements from investigators about Lanza's potential mental illness, and in obvious context of what Lanza was otherwise like as a person.
It's lazy to list that detail in a headline stack along with the more likely causes of a mass killing, such as having a personality disorder, or being "obviously not well." I'm sure parents of autistic children enjoy seeing the suggestion Adam Lanza was autistic, too.
So, what does "played video games dot-dot-dot" really mean? Stories say Lanza belonged to a high school technology club The game they played was not specified.
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The guy was a nut that couldn’t tell that those guys on screen were not real people, and that they are meant for fun.
I just hope there are more young men treating those games like they are a training simulation.
“I just hope there are more young men treating those games like they are a training simulation.”
are = aren’t. Duuuuuur.
I bet he was a heavy pot smoker too
It’s especially a concern for those whose connection with reality is tenuous at best.
I also wonder if these young shooters were raised on ADHD drugs required by their schools. To say that the guy was not well is an easy conclusion for anyone to arrive at.
The point is just that, but with guns. These loons play violent video games, watch violent movies and try to emulate the characters. Somehow in this screwed up world the gun gets blamed. Mather movies and video games escape that wrath though, as does the individual who is ultimately responsible.
“psychotropic drugs” given to them by psych’s. Only difference is in years gone by he would be infirmed now the psychs and the politicians decided they can function normally amongst us much like a convicted rapist or murder who are pardoned to do it again. Do they have our best interest in mind? I think not
Absolutely.
And if it wasn't effective they wouldn't spend hundreds of millions producing it.
Video games are as guilty as guns. An excuse.
Go back to Wolfenstein in the early 90s with 1st person shootets. Video gamds dont kill people. Guns dont kill people. People kill people.
Socialist madman voted for Obama!
If we are talking common threads, having access to a gun is the only 100% common thread.
Sounds like they’re trying to excuse his actions by saying he had a mental disorder.
cannot remember where i read the guy was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome and a personality disorder. Aspergers Syndrome is for a higher functioning individual with intelligence but no social skills. Autism higher spectrum - idiot savant - keep in mind Rain Man - Dustin Hoffman - great on facts but no able to function in society.
The gun was not the problem it was the issue of Asperger’s Syndrome - little is known about the disease recently added to the DSM classification - not enough people whom are trained to deal with the Aspergers Syndrome (Nonverbal Learning Disabilities) thus resulting in the youth being granted social security disability.
Note the classification of NonVerbal Learning Disabilities is a newer class of learning disabilities that the researchers are still trying to classify. Sue Thompson in Nonverbal Learning disabilities (NVLD clarifies the disorders of these type of learning disabilities). The problem is the children receive help to get through school, but as young adults they do not have any assistance because the colleges, technical schools do not have the resources to accommodate the disability. The diagnosis is made in elementary school and special education classes are part of the education - socialization skills but as yound adults isolated alone and some whom get jobs are fired repeatedly because of the social interactions needed in the workplace.
Please understand the diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome is a diagnosis that is under the DSM classification of mental health disorders. But it is not a true mental health disorder - it is a neuropsychological, neurobiological one. Some people call it a disorder of children whom only recognize traditional roles, the child as an adult is lost in the world, because the world has advanced but this child as an adult does not know how to function in the real world.
in counseling of people I have had two people in 12 years with the diagnosis of Aspergers Syndrome. I was not able to assist them, I referred them to the Henry Ford Healthcare System in Metropolitan detroit area for further assistance. In the school system Aspergers Syndrome is being diagnosed more frequently, but people do not understand it.
This is not saying for excuses, But generally the disorder is more aptly diagnosed and treated in a major metropolitan area. keep in mind the diagnosis has been made between the ages of 6 - 7, and is a lifetime disorder. Hope this helps in understanding the media will say mental health because of DSM classification. But the media will not read the DSM classification for Aspergers Syndrome. I can post it if others are interested or look it up in DSM Manual.
Reporters could care less about the truth regarding the perp or anything else- all they are concerned about is whatever might be used to blame guns and inflame the "ban all guns" mantra.
It might be interesting to know what meds this autistic kid was on. Many if not most prior similar school massacres have involved Ritalin or similar psycho drugs. One of the commonly prescribed drugs causes agression-"risperidone can reduce repetitive and self-injurious behaviors, aggressive outbursts and impulsivity, and improve stereotypical patterns of behavior and social relatedness.(from wikipedia)"
I would not mind demonizing violent games. Not outlawing them, but making them taboo for children. Children spend all their awake time doing social media and video games and it stunts their social and cultural maturity.
In 2006, the FDA approved risperidone for the treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autism.[6] The FDA's decision was based in part on a study of autistic people with severe and enduring problems of violent meltdowns, aggression, and self-injury; risperidone is not recommended for autistic people with mild aggression and explosive behavior without an enduring pattern.[7]
Tipper Gore was right.
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