Felony Friday: Do Not Blame Societal Behaviors And Inanimate Objects For The Actions Of A Madman
For the past week news outlets have provided their “unique” perspectives on the circumstances that motivated Elliot Roger to murder six innocent people and injure seven more, before taking his own life. The horrendous acts took place in Isla Vista, California home of the University of California Santa Barbara.Understandably, the outrage resulting from the killings has been passionate, as different groups and media outlets have voiced their opinions on who, outside of the killer, enabled this terrible tragedy to occur. The opinion makers' believe that they are assisting in delivering justice by identifying societal trends and pressures that nudged Elliot Roger to murder six and injure seven.It is true that some participating in the conversation may have ulterior motives hidden behind their stated selfless mission to make the world a safer place. To be fair, most outspoken voices on this topic honestly want to find a way to stop senseless killings from occurring. Unfortunately, in their search for the truth they are falsely implicating many that have no connection to these disturbing and violent subhuman acts.We’ve heard many from the left opine about specific trends in society that contributed to the formation of an atmosphere that affected the mentally unstable Roger and thus were partially to blame for the blood in the streets of Isla Vista. These supposedly murder-inducing behaviors range from society’s acceptance of misogynistic behavior by men to the unchecked growth of an out of control gun culture. Liberals haven’t been the only political faction reasoning that society is partially to blame for nudging the psychotic Roger towards the use of violence.Conservatives have assigned blame to the movie industry for creating a false image of how normal people behave. Others have blamed the police for not arresting him when they met with him a month prior to the massacre. Some have even questioned if the multiple therapists he was seeing are partially to blame for not getting through to him.Which side is correct? What groups or societal trends are to blame for nudging a mentally ill person over the edge and causing him to stab, shoot, and run down people who have never caused him harm?The only people who have been correct in judging those at fault for this tragedy are those that have assigned Elliot Roger 100% of the blame. These atrocities are the fault of no other man. No other group, cultural trend, movie scene, or inanimate object is responsible for his actions.We can surmise, based on publicly available evidence, that Elliot Roger was a psychopath. This means that our world is not the same world in which Elliot Roger lived. Roger was delusional, therefore it didn’t matter what the circumstances of his life were in reality, because in his mind he had generated a false world that was inconsistent with reality.To him movies were reality and guns were a way to elevate him above others in society that he believed had wronged him simply by not living by his rules.Those that have tried to assign blame to others have neglected to reason that Elliot Roger was a psychopathic killer. Sure he may have been a misogynist that was attracted to guns, but this did not define him as a murderer. Degrading women and owning many guns does not make someone more likely to kill women. It defies logic to reason that sane people should discuss rational ways to change their behaviors in order to subdue psychopathic killers that behave irrationally regardless of outside influences.There are evil people (or dangerous lunatics, for those that don’t believe in evil) in this world. The tragedy in Isla Vista is another reminder. Evil people, especially the ones that are killers, are not law-abiding citizens. Changing gun laws to make it more difficult for citizens to obtain guns is not going to prohibit evil people from obtaining firearms. Even if further restrictions on gun rights were signed into law, the tragedy in UCSB is yet another reminder that the lack of a firearm does not stop an evil person from using a knife or even a BMW as a deadly weapon. In contrast, the tragedy highlights the need for free people to be guaranteed the right to protect themselves and others from the actions of a madman.Society was not to blame and guns were not to blame for the tragedy at UCSB. Elliot Roger was to blame. In order to progress as a society we must stop using irrational behavior as a basis to regulate rational behavior. All groups and individuals will be much better off, once this truth is understood.Check out our past editions of Felony Friday!The Lions of Liberty are on Twitter, Facebook & Google+Receive access to ALL of our EXCLUSIVE bonus audio content – including “Conspiracy Corner”, “Degenerate Gamblers” and the “League of Liberty Podcast” by joining the Lions of Liberty Pride and supporting us on Patreon!
