Freedom to Fascism - Intermission Deux

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2638049/7-dead-drive-shooting-near-UC-Santa-Barbara.html

DISCLAIMER:  Keep in mind, that this post is full of conjecture, as well as one writer's opinion, and involves a lot of analytical discussion on a very delicate and offensive (to some, if not half of our population) subject matter.  If you are strong on the subjects of women's rights and women's liberation, you may not want to not read this post!!  Keep in mind that I am a firm supporter in women's equality.  I am, however, forming my own version as to why crimes against women, like this one occur.  It does not, by any means, mean I'm sexist (I am not), or in firm belief of the views expressed here (I'm only expressing and analyzing THIS view in an attempt to fathom what causes this sort of behavior in men towards women).

Hey kids.  Yeah, grab some snacks, cook up some popcorn and grab a soda; it's time for another intermission in our little series.

I just have to say it:  I've tried this one before.  Oh yes, I wrote an article not too long ago concerning the very thing I plan to discuss.  Something, somehow, is different this time around.  You see, I took the other article down, mostly because a.) I didn't quite have enough ammo to back it up, and b.) because I'm just really apt to say the wrong thing when I discuss things like this.  I have a solution, however.  My moderator has decided to join forces with me today, and I'm feeling pretty confident for a re-write.  And yeah, she's a lady!

So, on we go, eh?

Here we have Elliot Rodger.  For those of you who haven't heard it 100 times by now, the story goes like this:

Boy meets girl, girl throws rejection in boy's face, boy then meets 100 other girls, and they all throw rejection in boy's face to follow suit, then boy writes death itinerary, then stabs his roommates, fires through a sorority house in Isla Vista, then shoots through a deli filled with college-aged kids, then boy takes his own life.  A classic American tale, no doubt.

The thing that gets me here, folks, is this:  Everyone is blaming gun control for this.  Or, that we didn't get there in time....or, quite possibly, that there was a goodly portion of mental instability here.  OK, I'd have to agree that all of these things came into play, for sure.  But I don't believe any of this to be the root of the problem here.  The root of the problem, as some of you have already guessed, is simply this:  Rejection.  I think we can even go with the mental thing, and add in rejection resulting in mental instability.  Or, even better, we could throw some social awkwardness in, mix in a couple of labels like ODD, chemically imbalanced, top it off with some anger issues, and whaddya get?  Poof!!  Instant Sociopath!

No, I don't really plan to attend this meeting.  Let's shoot for a different way of thinkin'...hmm?

Let's start where we should have, from the beginning.  What's wrong with this kid?  Well, according to the better part of his manifesto, he's sexually frustrated, is he not?  He's 22, and still a virgin.  He's been asking women to go out with him, and they all say no.  Isn't this the entire problem then?

Now granted, who are we to pin on this kid what we think the problem is.  Nobody.  Granted also, just because a person SAYS that girls and their rejection of him are the issue, doesn't mean it actually is the core problem.  Unfortunately, the guy's dead, his roommates are dead, and I'm sure his parents are just as lost as we are.

But hold on.  Let's ASSUME that the kid knew what he was talking about.  That the thing really buggin' him WAS rejection, and that all his anger stemmed from where he said it did.  This, I've discovered, is something we don't really care to talk about.  And do you want to know why we don't want to talk about it?  Because it's inconceivable.  And not only is it that, it will cause half of my readers to fly straight off of the handle.

If you have no clue where I'm going, you should.  When was the last time you got in an argument with your wife?  What happened?  Who ended up being right?  Let's see if you know where I'm going now.

What I'm trying to say is, if I were to present, to the female population of America, that the real reason Elliot shot up the deli was due to a line that leads back to the actions of woman-kind leading back to the women's rights movement, I would more than likely be wrong.  The more logical of women-kind would first ignore, then would highly dispute this fact, then disregard it, maybe some would present other reasons for it, then put their feet down and turn up their noses, stalk off, and say "you're WRONG!!"...and that'd be that.

Just for fun, I conducted a RANDOM survey.  Some would call it biased...mostly some of my more stubborn female friends.  It's most certainly not biased, nor is it not random.  I asked 50 women, and 50 men this question:

In the last argument you had with the opposite sex, when the argument was over, and the dust cleared, who was right and who was wrong, in your opinion?

Here, by sex, were my answers:

Men:  70% - She was.  22% - You're kidding right?  2% - Are you serious?  4% - A smart man wouldn't answer that question.  2% - I was.

Women:  68% - I was, of course.  12% - I'm not gonna answer that.  8% - It's programmed.  Women are always right, men are wrong.  6% - That's not a fair question. 4% - that's a loaded question.  2% - That's a biased question; I won't answer it, it's not valid, go back and learn how to take a survey. The last 2% was from a girl that I've known since she was 19...about 20 yrs.  She's taking a loooooong break from speaking to me, after we argued over the validity of the question for over 2 hours.  When the argument ended, though, guess who was right?

Are you starting to get the idea yet?  We have to make this about gun control or mental illness, because its NOT OK for us to talk about the other possibility, especially if it has to do with women's liberation.  We've accepted it, and it's wrong to question it.

Well, I'm not sure about the rest of you men, but I'm getting a little tired of more than likely being wrong.  Please, ladies, if you will, open your minds, and read on, willya please??  Maybe, just this once, I'm right about something.

In order for me to say what really happened here, I'm going to have draw a logical line.  What I would really have to say is Elliot shot people because he was mad at women.  If I had to guess why he was mad at women, I'd have to say it was because he was rejected by women.  And if you were to ask me why he was rejected by women, I'd have to say it was because of years of former rejection leading to his becoming creepy, and getting rejected later on for that reason.  And then if you ask me why he suffered rejection before, I'd have to guess that it was due to a possible bunch of other things that, unfortunately, may also include a little defiance exhibited by no less than the liberated woman of our time.

We'll never be able to put our finger on just how much sex crime there was before women's liberation, because a lot of it was not reported; just like we'll never be able to put our finger on it today, for the same reasons.  But I can say this:  The more sex is withheld, for whatever reasons...the more you tease a man, then don't give up what you're dangling in front of him, the more you reject, and reject, and reject...the more you gather up men to get what you want, knowing full well what THEY want, well, it's gonna keep happening, and it's only going to get worse.

Is every man, when rejected, going to go out and kill people?  Nope.  Is every man, when turned down for sex, going to murder, rape or sexually abuse women?:  Definitely not.  But is the possibility that the same normal man may someday snap, or that an already mentally imbalanced male may go on a killing spree because he's still a virgin at 22 likely to occur?  Oh yeah.  I'm all for your rights ladies, trust that.  I'd never go as far as any of these criminals.  It's wrong.  I know that.  But watch yourselves.  Every time you tease a guy with something you never intend to give him, don't be surprised if you flip the wrong switch someday.  Tone it down some, or you may end up with a monster on your hands.

I will say that I disagree with only ONE thing where today's woman is concerned.  A man's first urge out of the box is to have sex.  If you believe in the bible, it's our first command, and our most basic instinct.  If we had our way, we'd have sex every day of our teens and 20's, with about anything we could.  When you take that and make it a privilege instead of a base right, you're going to bring with that, some serious problems.

Give up something here ladies.  Let the men have their I-porn...let them have legalized prostitution.  GIVE MEN AN OUTLET, or sex/sex related crimes will never go away.  Be liberated, I insist.  Just give up something in return, OK?  For your sakes, really.  If this guy, shown below isn't enough to convince you, remember that, before they are 18, one of three women will be sexually abused in some way.

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ADD-ON UPDATE!!

I have just two more things on this post; for one, after rejection, the number one thing most people have said to me is this:  This kid was obviously mental.  It's been said, however, by someone who was prominent in Elliot's life, that he had never exhibited any behavior that presented itself as mental issues.  He'd never been in trouble, had never been seen for anything like this.  A lot of people are saying this is a pretty messed up kid...and yet, a lot of folks are stepping up and saying the opposite as well.

We MUST remember something else that's huge here people.  The media sensationalizes this kind of thing, they have been for DECADES now.  None of this was the norm...until Columbine.  Then EVERYBODY started doing it.  WHY??  10 seconds of fame.  Your footprint in the sand.  If you make this big of a deal of it, people start doing it because they know they're going to be guaranteed a spot in history!!  Stop talking about it on every station for months, and maybe it won't happen as often!!  This one's just one more in a long line since Columbine.  CUT IT OFF!!  Stop it now!