/lit/ - Literature

>>12173418
I'm right to assume some people hate me, because there is a lot of prejudice against autistics by neurotypical individuals. I'm fortunate that I happen to be one that generally likes people. Because let me tell you a little story...

A secret to the societal problem of mass shootings and other frightening events of seemingly "random" violence is that many of the perpetrators have autism. There are numerous examples that can be brought up if you dig into the case histories.

I feel a strong sense of responsibility and so I researched this problem. I realized that only someone who is autistic can see inside this problem and get inside the minds of these demons. And what I saw wasn't pleasant.

I have very intense social anxiety but also the ability to defend myself in most circumstances. Many mass shooters---if you investigate photos of them--tend to be scrawny. They are rarely physically impressive individuals.

These two observations hold a key to the entire causal phenomenology of mass shootings.

Some autistics have it so bad that it is lightyears beyond anything I have to deal with. Life-destroying cases. Or it is combined with mental retardation or other comorbidities. One case I would like to discuss is Adam Lanza, the perpetrator of the Sandy Hook killings.

Lanza fits the above criteria of being autistic and scrawny. He lived out power fantasies in videogames involving guns and warfare, and entertained a ridiculous fantasy of joining the military. His mother was unfortunately not good at her job, and did have the skills needed to detect the morbidity of his autism.

When you are like this poor young man, the world is like a nightmarish assault of pin pricks. He was a highly intelligent young man and developed his own belief system.

In one notable instance he phoned in to some sort of alternative radio station and described the case of a pet chimp that had gone wrong. This chimp was owned by a woman and all was well until one day the chimp turned against her and brutally savaged her to death.

Lanza made an analogy that human life in civilization is similar. The structures of control and regulation are like the woman who presumed she could contain the wild nature of the animal.
To me it is clear that this is Lanza making a subconscious reference to his relationship with his mother, as his condition forced him to be coddled and contained. His father, notably, was absent. He could have stepped in that room, smacked his son around, limited his access to games, and brought him back to earth.
It's very terrible to say these things about someone who is still here and had this happen to their family, but it underscores the point that parents can prevent mass shootings if they noticed the signs.
With the school shooter for the Parkland massacre (another dead ringer autist) it is notable that he did it after his adopted mother passed away. Continued...